Facility Inspections on Installed Systems
Each year a JCED environmental health specialist inspects each
of the nearly 400 locations where on-site wastewater systems are
permitted for commercial/industrial, institutional, and governmental
entities. The purpose of the inspection is fourfold:
- To verify that the system is operating properly and not causing public
health or environmental problems;
- To interview a representative of the permittee’s operations as to any
increases in the number of employees, or process changes which might
generate more wastewater and necessitate system modifications;
- To ascertain the quality of service being provided by the
county-licensed sanitary disposal contractors who retrieve the wastewater
and provide a current copy of Licensed Sanitary Disposal Contractors, and
- To educate the permittee regarding the proper operation of the on-site
system, public health and environmental issues, and to provide a copy of
the Commercial/Industrial On-Site Sewage Disposal Inspection results.
Annual Permitting
Permits for the operation of a commercial/industrial on-site system are
issued annually. The term of the permit is the calendar year and the Application
for Annual Commercial/Industrial On-Site Sewage System Operation Permit must be
completed and a fee paid. All permits are renewed at the beginning of the year,
and a fee is charged, depending upon the size and type of operations
discharging to the on-site system. The fee covers the cost of the annual
inspection, enforcement activities, and the tracking of all wastewater to
its proper point of disposal.
Fee Schedule
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