(1) The department shall enter
into a contract with each local health jurisdiction subject to
the requirements of this chapter to implement plans developed
under this chapter, and to develop or enhance electronic data
systems required by this chapter. The contract must include
state funding assistance to the local health jurisdiction from
funds appropriated to the department for this purpose.
(2) The contract must require, at a minimum, that within a
marine recovery area, the local health jurisdiction:
(a) Show progressive improvement in finding failing systems;
(b) Show progressive improvement in working with on-site
sewage disposal system owners to make needed system repairs;
(c) Is actively taking steps to find previously unknown
systems and ensuring that they are inspected as required and
repaired if necessary;
(d) Show progressive improvement in the percentage of
on-site sewage disposal systems that are included in an
electronic data system; and
(e) Of those on-site sewage disposal systems in the
electronic data system, show progressive improvement in the
percentage that have had required inspections.
(3) The contract must also include provisions for state
assistance in updating the plan. Beginning July 1, 2012, the
contract may adopt revised compliance dates, including those in
RCW 70.118A.050, where the local health jurisdiction has
demonstrated substantial progress in updating the on-site
strategy.
(4) The department shall convene a work group for the
purpose of making recommendations to the appropriate committees
of the legislature for the development of certification or
licensing of maintenance specialists. The work group shall make
its recommendation with consideration given to the 1998 report to
the legislature entitled "On-Site Wastewater Certification Work
Group" as it pertains to maintenance specialists. The work group
may give priority to appropriate levels of certification or
licensure of maintenance specialists who work in the Puget Sound
basin.
[2006 c 18 § 8.]