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This law was first created in 2013. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 202<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66759,"section_number":"32.1-164","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Board; regulations; fees; onsite soil evaluators; letters in lieu of permits; inspections; civil penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-164\/"}],"permalink":{"id":203631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54654,"identifier":"32.1-164.9","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.9","url":"\/32.1-164.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-164.9\/","token":"32.1\/6\/1\/32.1-164.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage systems","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-164.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> of Health shall promulgate regulations<\/span> for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage<\/span> systems permitted by the Commissioner<\/span> pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 32.1-164<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 32.1. Such regulations<\/span> shall include requirements for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage<\/span> systems, which shall include (i) specifications for the physical construction of chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems including minimum exterior width, height, effluent storage capacity, and structural capacity; (ii) requirements for a permeable interface between chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems and trench sidewall soil surfaces for the absorption of wastewater; (iii) criteria for the allowable slope, maximum length, minimum sidewall depth, and minimum lateral separation of chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution system absorption trenches; (iv) criteria for substituting chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for gravity percolation trenches and gravel and crushed stone low pressure systems; (v) criteria for determining the minimum area requirements for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution system absorption trenches; and (vi) such other requirements pertaining to the promulgation of chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution system regulations<\/span> for onsite sewage<\/span> systems as may be deemed necessary by the Board<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS FOR CHAMBER AND BUNDLED EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE EFFLUENT DISTRIBUTION\nSYSTEMS FOR ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS (\u00a7 32.1-164.9)\n\nThe Board of Health shall promulgate regulations for chamber and bundled\nexpanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage systems\npermitted by the Commissioner pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 32.1-164 et seq.) of\nChapter 6 of Title 32.1. Such regulations shall include requirements for chamber\nand bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage\nsystems, which shall include (i) specifications for the physical construction of\nchamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems including\nminimum exterior width, height, effluent storage capacity, and structural\ncapacity; (ii) requirements for a permeable interface between chamber and\nbundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems and trench sidewall\nsoil surfaces for the absorption of wastewater; (iii) criteria for the allowable\nslope, maximum length, minimum sidewall depth, and minimum lateral separation of\nchamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution system absorption\ntrenches; (iv) criteria for substituting chamber and bundled expanded\npolystyrene effluent distribution systems for gravity percolation trenches and\ngravel and crushed stone low pressure systems; (v) criteria for determining the\nminimum area requirements for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent\ndistribution system absorption trenches; and (vi) such other requirements\npertaining to the promulgation of chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene\neffluent distribution system regulations for onsite sewage systems as may be\ndeemed necessary by the Board.\n\nHISTORY: 2013, c. 202.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}