Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) A local agency shall employ or contract with at least one sewage enforcement officer and one alternate sewage enforcement officer who have been certified by the Certification Board under Subchapter D (relating to certification of sewage enforcement officers). References to sewage enforcement officer in this part also apply to alternate sewage enforcement officers.(b) A local agency shall employ an adequate number of sewage enforcement officers or contract with individuals, firms or corporations to adequately perform the services of sewage enforcement officers to administer the applicable provisions of this chapter within the time periods in this chapter and in accordance with this chapter and Chapter 73 (relating to standards for onlot sewage treatment facilities).(c) No local agency may issue a permit for the installation of an individual or community onlot sewage system except by and through a certified sewage enforcement officer employed or contracted by the local agency.(d) The local agency by action of its sewage enforcement officer shall issue a permit for an individual or community onlot sewage system when the proposed system is in compliance with the act and this part.(e) The actions of local agencies include actions of their designated sewage enforcement officers.(f) A property owner proposing a bonded disposal system under § 73.77 (relating to bonded disposal systems) shall bear the cost of activities associated with conducting, observing or confirming percolation tests.The provisions of this §72.21 amended November 1, 1996, effective 11/2/1996, 26 Pa.B. 5347; amended November 7, 1997, effective 11/8/1997, 27 Pa.B. 5877.The provisions of this §72.21 amended under sections 7.2 and 9 of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 750.7b and 750.9); The Clean Streams Law (35 P. S. §§ 691.1-691.1001); and section 1920-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 510-20).