3701-29-17 STS Abandonment. [Effective 01/01/2007] |
| (A) Any person who is no longer using an STS or an applicable component
of an STS shall properly abandon all tanks, dosing tanks, and/or pretreatment
components that are no longer in use in accordance with this rule. |
| (B) All tanks, dosing tanks, and/or pretreatment components shall have
the sewage contents pumped and removed by a registered septage hauler.
If there is a need to remove solid materials such as filter media or other
STS components, these shall be taken to an approved solid waste disposal
facility or shall be managed in a manner that prevents a public health
nuisance and contamination of surface or ground water. |
| (C) Upon removal of the contents of the tank, dosing tank and/or pretreatment
component, the top shall either be completely removed or shall be collapsed
and at least one side collapsed to prevent containment of water in the
abandoned tank or component. The resulting void shall be filled to the
ground surface with inert and clean fill materials such as sand, gravel,
or compacted soil in an amount and manner that allows for settling and
prevents ponding of surface water. |
| (D) Any person who abandons an STS system shall notify the board of
health in writing that the STS has been properly abandoned, and shall
provide the following information that shall be retained by the board
of health:
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| (E) When a board of health has taken responsibility for SFOSTS in accordance
with paragraph (A) of rule 3701-29-03 of the Administrative Code, the
board of health shall notify the OEPA within sixty days when an SFOSTS
that was previously permitted to be installed by the OEPA has been abandoned
in accordance with this rule. |
Replaces: 3701-29-18 HISTORY: Effective: 01/01/2007 R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/01/2010 |