• Visit the Environmental Health Codes, Regulations and Hearing Requests for current code and hearing information 

Policies Related to Environmental Health Codes:

• Article II Enforcement Policy & Pathways - FOOD.200.POL

None at this time. 

• Certified Sewage Site Plan Guidance

• Department of Ecology's "Criteria for Sewage System Works Design" - DOE Website

• Effluent Sampling Requirements Policy - ONST.200.POL

Fees:

• Environmental Health 2025 Fee Schedule; Appendix A of Article I
• Common Septic and Conditional Site Approval Fees

Food Service Regulatory Documents

• Washington State Retail Food Code (WAC 246-215)
• Food Code Plumbing Requirements for New and Existing Movable Buildings - FOOD.202.POL

• Installer Completion Form 

None at this time.

Onsite Septic System Policies: 

• Chapter 246-272A WAC, On-Site Sewage Systems
• Requirements for Siting Glendon Biofilters and Lowridge Oscars ONST.22.POL.819   New  3-23-2022
• Adult Family Homes   New 3-23-2021
• Interlacing Drainfields ONST.20.POL.847.pdf   Revised 5-1-2020
• OSS-Effluent-Monitoring-ONST.17.POL.606.pdf (see note on page two) Revised 11-16-2017
• Owner Inspections of OSS In MRA's
• Owner Certification to Self-Inspect Septic System
• OSS System Inspections in the MRA Operation and Maintenance Program
• Repair and Certification of Failing Sewage Tanks
• Systems Requiring Service Contracts with Monitoring Specialist          
• Contract Requirements for Third Party Maintenance
• Sewage Systems Requiring Operational Certificates
• Use of Table VI and Sewage System Repairs/Modifications
• Requirements for Rebuilding Mounds and Intermittant Sand Filters

Permitting Septic Systems - Policies and Procedures:

• Application - CMS
• Performance Expectations - 2009
• General Onsite Procedures
• Major Microbial Diseases in Domestic Wastewater
• Thurston County Septic Tank Pumper's Manual
• Onsite Sewage System Construction Manual
• Technical Paper Diagnostic Techniques Utilized in Analysis of Failed Systems for Residential Waste
• Inspecting Your Septic Tank
• Understanding and Caring for Your Pressure Distribution System
• Article IV, Thurston County Sanitary Code
• Memo and Policy for Implementation of DOH-TRC Sand Filter Guidelines
• Contracts Requiring Third Party Maintenance - ONST.08.POL.605
• Policy Requiring Service Contracts with CMS - ONST.08.POL.830

Pool Related Policies:

• Public Swimming Area Closure and Reopening Policy - POOL.300.POL

• Request for Appeal - General
• Request for Appeal to the Thurston County Board of Health
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article III and IV
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - General
• Request for Appeal - Expedited Hearing Excess Demerit Points - Food Service
• Request for Appeal Expedited Hearing for Food Service Closure
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article II
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article VII
• Refund Request Form

• Sanitary Survey Application
• Supplemental Septic Application
• Time of Transfer Application, Pumper's Sketch and FAQ
• Water Recreation Facilities Request for Variance from Sanitary Code (Article VII)
• Water Recreation Inspection and Enforcement Policy  - POOL.301.POL
• Temporary Food Permit Policy - FOOD.201.POL