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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54654</law_id><section_number>32.1-164.9</section_number><catch_line>Regulations for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite sewage systems</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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>The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Health shall promulgate <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> systems permitted by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> pursuant to Article 1 (&#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> et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 32.1. Such <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> shall include requirements for chamber and bundled expanded polystyrene effluent distribution systems for onsite <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">regulations</span> for onsite <span class="dictionary">sewage</span> systems as may be deemed necessary by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>2013, c. 202.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
