H.B. 141 Summary

• Revises Ohio's household sewage and small flow on-site sewage treatment systems law by amending sections 711.05, 711.10, and chapter 3718 of the Revised Code to establish comprehensive standards for siting, design, installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection of sewage treatment systems.

• Expands the Sewage Treatment System Technical Advisory Committee from 10 to 13 members and clarifies its role in developing standards, guidelines, and protocols for approving sewage treatment systems and recommending approval or disapproval of applications to the Director of Health.

• Requires boards of health to approve or deny installation, operation, and alteration permits for sewage treatment systems, with mandatory consideration of economic impact on property owners, available technology, and long-term treatment capability; establishes vertical separation distance standards for soil absorption systems.

• Authorizes boards of health to require property owners to connect to available central sewer systems under specified conditions (within 300 feet, by administrative/judicial order, or through sewer assessment), with a three-year compliance period and exceptions for agricultural properties.

• Establishes fee structures and pilot project funding mechanisms, with 25-75% of permit fees dedicated to administering the law and funding sewage treatment system new technology pilot projects selected in consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee.