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122 <br /> grease trap, interceptor, or separator upstream from a septic tank or similar <br /> depository that complies with the requirements of the local health <br /> department. <br /> (8) A person employed by the Department, a local health department, or a local <br /> health district, when conducting a regulatory inspection of an on-site <br /> wastewater system for purposes of determining compliance." <br /> AMEND APPROVAL OF ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS <br /> SECTION 415.(a) G.S. 130A-343 reads as rewritten: <br /> "§ 130A-343. Approval of on-site subsurface wastewater systems. <br /> (a) Definitions. —As used in this section: <br /> (1) "Accepted wastewater dispersal system" means any subsurface wastewater <br /> dispersal system, other than a conventional wastewater system, et: any <br /> eehfnelegy, deviee,ereempenent of a vv,asc€v�,atet sy 4en+-that: (i) has been <br /> previously approved as an innovative wastewater dispersal system by the <br /> Department; (ii) has been in general use in this State as an innovative <br /> wastewater dispersal system for more than five years; and (iii) has been <br /> approved by the Commission for general use or use in one or more specific <br /> applications. An accepted wastewater dispersal system may be approved for <br /> use in applications for which a conventional wastewater system is <br /> unsuitable. The Commission may impose any design, operation, <br /> maintenance, monitoring, and management requirements on the use of an <br /> accepted wastewater dispersal system that it determines to be appropriate. <br /> (2) "Gefitrened demefistratieeProvisional wastewater system" means any <br /> wastewater system or any technology, device, or component of a wastewater <br /> system that, on the basis of(i) research acceptable r°seat:e' is appt:eved by <br /> to the Department or (ii) approval of the wastewater system by a nationally <br /> recognized certification body for a period that exceeds one year for research, <br /> testing, or trial use under actual field conditions in this State pursuant to a <br /> protocol that has been approved by the Department. <br /> (3) "Conventional wastewater system", "conventional sewage system", or <br /> "conventional septic tank system" means a subsurface wastewater system <br /> that consists of a traditional septic or settling tank and a gravity-fed <br /> subsurface dispes4-dispersal field that uses washed natural stone or gravel <br /> fushe 4oi+eQf approved size and grade and piping to distribute effluent <br /> to soil in one or more nitrification trenches and that does not include any <br /> other appurtenance. <br /> (4) "Expetimental v�,ast€v�,at€t-syst€ t€v�,at€t-system <br /> teehfielegy, deviee,orEempenent of a v�,ast€v�,atet system t <br /> ,,diti ns in t4is State p at to a pt:eteeel that has been appt:eved by �l,o <br /> (5) "Innovative wastewater system" means any wastewater system, other than a <br /> conventional wastewater system or a provisional wastewater system, or any <br /> technology, device, or component of a wastewater system that: (i) has been <br /> demonstrated to perform in a manner equal or superior to a conventional <br /> wastewater system; (ii) is constructed of materials whose physical and <br /> chemical properties provide the strength, durability, and chemical resistance <br /> to allow the system to withstand loads and conditions as required by rules <br /> adopted by the Commission; and (iii) has been approved by the Department <br /> for general use or for one or more specific applications. An innovative <br /> wastewater system may be approved for use in applications for which a <br /> conventional wastewater system is unsuitable. The Department may impose <br /> any design, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and management <br /> requirements on the use of an innovative wastewater system that it <br /> determines to be appropriate. A wastewater system approved by a nationally <br /> recognized certification body and in compliance with the ongoing <br /> verification program of such body may submit a sampling protocol for <br /> innovative system approval that reduces the data sets required for such <br /> Page 48 Session Law 2015-286 House Bill 765-Ratified <br />