Public Health & Social Services Codes, Policies, Procedures, & More
Permit Forms in Alphabetical Order
Septic System:
Current Permit Info
Lookup current permit status for Septic and Land use Projects.
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Historic Septic Permit Info
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Administrative Hearing Process Overview
Article I: Correction of violations, administrative hearings, appeals, penalties, and fees
Article II: Food establishments
Article III: Public water supplies
Article V: Solid waste handling
Article VII: Public swimming pools and spas
Article VIII: Smoking or vaping in public places and in places of employment
None at this time.
None at this time.
None at this time.
Fees:
- Environmental Health 2023 Fee Schedule; Appendix A of Article I
- Common Septic and Conditional Site Approval Fees
Food Service Regulatory Documents
None at this time.
Nonpoint Source Pollution: Prevention of pollution entering any water body from land or water-based activities; (effective 1-31-1994)
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
- 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