                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LONG RANGE PLAN FOR ONSITE SEWAGE (§ 32.1-163.2)

In addition to the powers and duties provided in § 32.1-164, the Board of
Health shall develop and revise as may be necessary a five-year plan for the
handling and disposal of onsite sewage. Such plan shall include (i) the number
of applications for onsite sewage permits per year; (ii) the number of
households or facilities utilizing onsite sewage systems per year; (iii) the
volume of onsite sewage to be disposed per year; (iv) the available and needed
capacity in the Commonwealth for environmentally sound methods of disposal of
septage in sewage 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 laws or
regulations pertaining to onsite sewage and the system of permitting onsite
sewage systems. The Board shall also report every five years to the governor and
the General Assembly, beginning in 1992, on the status of onsite sewage handling
and disposal in Virginia and the progress in implementing its long range plan.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 223.