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Board accepts petition to review onsite-sewage setbacks, directs CR-101 rulemaking
Summary
The Board accepted a petition to revisit WAC 246-272A-0210 (Table IV) after recent revisions doubled some surface-water setbacks, creating implementation challenges (notably along the Pend Oreille River). Staff were directed to notify the requester and file a CR-101 to begin rulemaking.
The State Board of Health voted unanimously on Jan. 14 to accept a petition seeking clarifications and corrections to on‑site sewage system setback requirements after recent rule edits unintentionally expanded certain surface-water setbacks from 100 feet to 200 feet.
Board Member Peter Browning, staff member Shay Bauman, and Department staffer Jeremy Simmons presented the petition, explaining that the change had the practical…
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