WAC 173-240-040
Review standards. (1) The department will
review general sewer plans, engineering reports, plans and
specifications, and operation and maintenance manuals for
domestic wastewater facilities to determine whether the proposed
facilities will be designed, constructed, operated, and
maintained to meet effluent limitations and other requirements of
an NPDES or state waste discharge permit, if applicable, and to
meet the policies and requirements of chapters 90.48 and 90.54 RCW pertaining to prevention and control of pollution of waters
of the state.
(2) In addition to the above, the department will review
documents submitted under this chapter to determine whether they
are reasonably consistent with the appropriate sections of the
state of Washington, "Criteria for sewage works design."
Additional references may include, but are not limited to, the
following:
(a) Manuals of Practice, Water Pollution Control Federation.
(b) Manuals of Engineering Practice, American Society of
Civil Engineering.
(c) Standard Specifications for Municipal Public Works
Construction, American Public Works Association.
(d) Considerations for Preparation of Operation and
Maintenance Manuals, United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
(e) Process Design Manuals, United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
(f) Design Criteria for Mechanical, Electric, and Fluid
System and Component Reliability, United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
(g) Design Manual: Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
Systems, U.S.E.P.A. October 1980.
(h) Guidelines for Larger On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems,
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services and
Department of Ecology.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 90.48.110. 00-15-021 (Order 00-09), §
173-240-040, filed 7/11/00, effective 8/11/00. Statutory
Authority: Chapters 43.21A and 90.48 RCW. 83-23-063 (Order DE
83-30), § 173-240-040, filed 11/16/83. Statutory Authority: RCW 90.48.110. 79-02-033 (Order DE 78-10), § 173-240-040, filed
1/23/79. Formerly chapter 372-20 WAC.]