VirginiaOnsite sewage system designs; Board of Health to establish a pre-certified library of designs, etc.
What it does
Department of Health; Board of Health; powers and duties; onsite sewage system designs. Directs the Board of Health to establish and maintain a pre-certified library of engineered onsite sewage system designs that may be used by right when site conditions materially match the design envelope for such systems. The bill also directs the Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Environmental Quality, to implement a fast-track permitting timeline for subdivision plat review when a subdivision will have identical, decentralized onsite sewage system designs.
More detail
Within 30 days from the date of written submission of a request for approval of a site evaluation and design for subdivision plat review, the Department of Health shall (i) issue the requested letter, permit, or approval or (ii) set forth in writing the specific reasons for denial.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 11Continued to next session in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Jan 30Assigned HACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 22Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 22Presented and ordered printed 26104173DIntroduced