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AL SB287
Bill
Status
2/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
Greg Albritton
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AI Summary
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Require all Department of Public Health rules for onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems to be applied uniformly based on system performance and functionality rather than material specifications.
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Prohibit the Department of Public Health from implementing or enforcing rules that restrict systems based on different types of materials or media used in treatment and dispersal of effluents unless technical justification is provided.
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Void and supersede any department rule that became effective in March 2017 and is applied based on the type of material or media used during treatment or dispersal of effluents.
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Allow systems that have already proven to work successfully in the state under the regulatory scheme prior to March 2017 to continue operating without restriction.
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Become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Sewer systems, solid waste, septic tank sewage-systems, regulated by Dept. of Public Health, rules limiting systems based on types of materials used in treatment superseded
Health Department
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
2/8/2018