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Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Tennessee Code : Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection: Chapter 221 Water and Sewerage: Part 4 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (NOTE: For best results, click on the above link and do a LexisNexis search for T.C.A. 68-221-401)

Includes the following:

68-221-401. General requirements.

68-221-410. Variances - Hearings - Finality of decision.

 

Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Chapter 1200-1-6 - Courtesy of the Secretary of State's Office
Includes information on the following:

    1200-1-6-.01 Definitions

    1200-1-6-.02 Subdivisions

    1200-1-6-.03 Additional Site Requirements and Limitations for Subdivision Approval and Individual Lots and Issuance of Construction Permit

    1200-1-6-.04 Percolation Test Procedures

    1200-1-6-.05 Construction Permit

    1200-1-6-.06 Design of the Conventional Disposal Field

    1200-1-6-.07 Septic Tank Capacity

    1200-1-6-.08 Design of Septic Tanks

    1200-1-6-.09 Effluent Treatment Devices/Systems

    1200-1-6-.10 Location of Septic Tanks, Dosing Chambers and Absorption Fields

    1200-1-6-.11 Design of Dosing Systems

    1200-1-6-.12 Maintenance of the Subsurface Sewage Disposal System

      1200-1-6-.13 Grease Traps

      1200-1-6-.14 Alternative Methods of Subsurface Sewage Disposal

      1200-1-6-.15 Experimental Methods of Treatment and Disposal Other Than Those Provided in These Regulations

      1200-1-6-.16 Privies and Composting Toilets

      1200-1-6-.17 Approved Soil Consultants

      1200-1-6-.18 Installer of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

      1200-1-6-.19 Septic Tank Pumping Contractor

      1200-1-6-.20 Domestic Septage Disposal

      1200-1-6-.21 Fees for Services

      1200-1-6-.22 General Provisions