[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Town of Walpole effective as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewer Bylaw — See Ch. 465.
Rules and regulations of the Walpole Board of
Health and Title 5 of the Massachusetts Environmental Code require
that no individual sewage disposal system shall be located, constructed
or installed until a permit for its location, construction or installation
shall have been issued by the approving authority.
Applications for disposal works construction
permits are available in the Board of Health office. A fee is charged
for the issuance of the permit, payable at the time application is
made.
A.
In addition to the State Environmental Code, Title
5, which establishes minimum requirements for the disposal of sanitary
sewage, the Town of Walpole shall require the following:
(1)
Disposal works installer's permits shall be renewable
annually. Initial applicants for a disposal works installer's permit
shall submit two references and pass a qualifying exam. A grade of
80% must be achieved in order for a permit to be issued. If not, you
may retake the test after 10 working days have expired. All questions
are related to Title 5 and the Town of Walpole's septic construction
regulations.
(2)
Leaching area requirements must be increased by 50%
for all new construction on-site septic systems. New construction
includes renovations or additions to existing dwellings that may potentially
result in an increased flow to a septic system.
(3)
Contact Health Department for applicable inspections
before backfill of systems. These inspection could include but are
not limited to excavation of soil absorption system, stone under tanks,
septic gravel, installed system, water test on D-box, and manholes
to grade.
(4)
All septic tanks shall be no closer than 100 feet
to watercourses excluding currently built homes, and leaching fields
shall be no closer than 150 feet to watercourses excluding currently
built homes. Watercourses include any natural or man-made stream,
pond, lake, wetland, costal wetland, swamp, or other body of water
and shall include wet meadows, marshes, swamps, bogs, and areas where
groundwater, flowing or standing surface water or ice provide a significant
part of the supporting substrate for a plant community for a least
five months of the year as stated in Title 5.
(5)
A certified as-built plan prepared by a registered
professional engineer or a registered sanitarian is required on all
new septic construction and all repairs requiring an engineered septic
plan.
(6)
A professional engineer or a registered sanitarian
shall certify on the as-built all requirements of 310 CMR 15.000 have
been met, and that septic breakout will not occur.
(7)
Upon sale of unoccupied homes with septic systems
or cesspools not used for six months or longer, an additional Title
5 septic inspection must be conducted six months to one year after
occupancy to ensure that the system operates properly while occupied.
(8)
All newly installed septic tanks shall be two compartment
tanks. If using an existing tank for a septic system repair requiring
an engineered plan, the tank must be certified prior to submittal
of the plan.
(9)
No ninety-degree angles are allowed for pipes leading
up to the distribution box unless a cleanout is provided.
(10)
Copies of invoices and/or delivery slips for
the fill material to be used for any septic system installed in the
Town of Walpole are to be submitted to the Board of Health prior to
the issuance of a certificate of compliance. The invoice/delivery
slip must show company name, date, delivery address, amount delivered
and specify that the materials meet Title 5 septic sand specifications.
A copy of a sieve analysis for the material being used must be submitted
to the Board of Health prior to it being placed on site. (Current
within 30 days.)
(11)
Scheduled percolation test canceled with less
than 48 hours' notice will result in forfeiture of the application
fee. A new application and fee must be submitted for a new appointment.
B.
The Walpole Board of Health may vary the application
of any provision of these regulations with respect to any particular
case when, in the Board's opinion, the enforcement thereof would do
manifest injustice and the applicant can show that a requested variance
will not harm public health.
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Editor's Note: See also the attachments at
the end of this chapter.
The above rules, regulations and procedure for
septic construction permits were adopted at a regular meeting of the Board of Health on May 18, 1972, and revised as listed
below.
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January 18, 1983
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December 27, 1983
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February 14, 1989
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March 15, 1990
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November 24, 1992
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December 1, 1994
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August 15, 1995
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January 13, 1998
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September 19, 2004[1]
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Editor's Note: Subsequent amendments shall
be noted in the text.
