Section 18.72.410. Approval of homeowners.

	(a)  The department will issue an approval for a homeowner to install or modify a conventional onsite system to serve that individual's owner-occupied private residence if the homeowner meets the requirements of this section.  
	(b)  To be approved, a homeowner must attend the department's training course provided under 18 AAC 72.415(a), but is not required to take the examination.  
	(c)  Before attending the department's training course provided under 18 AAC 72.415, a homeowner who seeks to be approved under this section must submit to the department  
		(1) a completed application for attendance in the training program on a form supplied by the department; and  
		(2) the training course fee required by 18 AAC 72.440(c).  
	(d)  Before installing a conventional onsite system, an approved homeowner shall properly size the soil absorption field by  
		(1) collecting a soil sample from the soil strata in which the absorption field will be installed and having a registered engineer or a soils laboratory perform a sieve analysis on the collected sample; or  
		(2) having a registered engineer rate the soils on site.  
	(e)  An approved homeowner shall comply with the notice requirements of 18 AAC 72.435.  
	(f)  Approval of a homeowner to install a conventional onsite system under this section is limited to one system within a one-year period, beginning on the date the homeowner attends the department's training course.  

Authorities

44.46.020;44.46.025;46.03.020;46.03.050;46.03.070;46.03.080;46.03.100

Notes

Reference

18 AAC 72.010
18 AAC 72.015
18 AAC 72.400
18 AAC 72.440

Authority

AS 44.46.020 AS 44.46.025 AS 46.03.020 AS 46.03.050 AS 46.03.070 AS 46.03.080 AS 46.03.100

History

Eff. 4/1/99, Register 149; am 5/12/2016, Register 218