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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71587</law_id><section_number>32.1-163.2</section_number><catch_line>Long range plan for onsite sewage</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2123</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Environmental Health Services</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Sewage Disposal</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In addition to the powers and duties provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties of Board; regulations; fees; onsite soil evaluators; letters in lieu of permits; inspections; civil penalties" href="/32.1-164/">32.1-164</a>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health shall develop and revise as may be necessary a five-year plan for the handling and disposal of onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span>. Such plan shall include (i) the number of applications for onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> permits per year; (ii) the number of households or facilities utilizing onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> systems per year; (iii) the volume of onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> to be disposed per year; (iv) the available and needed capacity in the Commonwealth for environmentally sound methods of disposal of septage in <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> treatment plants, other approved facilities and by land application per year; (v) descriptions of technology for alternative systems including the types of soils and conditions recommended as appropriate for such alternative systems; and (vi) recommendations for changes in the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> or <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> pertaining to onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> and the system of permitting onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> systems. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also report every five years to the governor and the General Assembly, beginning in 1992, on the status of onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> handling and disposal in Virginia and the progress in implementing its long range plan.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 223.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
