Current through Register Vol. 24-24, December 15, 2024
The O&M manual must include the following
information:
(1) Name, telephone
number, fax number, mailing address, and e-mail address for the following:
(a) Operator;
(b) Owner;
(c) Design engineer;
(d) Installer;
(e) Electrician;
(f) Pumper;
(g) Management entity;
(h) Primary contact person for the management
entity; and
(i) Third party
guarantor, if any.
(2)
Owner and operator responsibilities;
(3) Copies of LOSS legal documents including,
but not limited to, the management contract;
(4) LOSS information including:
(a) Narrative description of treatment and
dispersal process and components;
(b) LOSS flow diagram or schematic;
and
(c) Design criteria:
(i) Number and type of units
served;
(ii) Design flow;
(iii) Soil type and drainfield hydraulic
loading rate;
(iv) Sieve analysis,
if any;
(v) Drainfield
capacity;
(vi) Tank capacities;
and
(vii) Treatment component
capacities.
(5) Normal operation and maintenance
procedures and schedules, including at a minimum:
(a) Summary and schedule of permit conditions
to be met;
(b) Flow metering
reading;
(c) Recommended component
settings;
(d) Process control
information;
(e) Periodic
facilities inspection to verify efficiency of operation, adequacy of
performance, and general condition of the equipment and components;
(f) Periodic inspection of scum and sludge
levels and the integrity of LOSS sewage tanks and tanks on individual lots and
cleaning filters, pumping tanks, or making repairs as needed;
(g) Periodic maintenance of pumps, motors,
and switches;
(h) Periodic
calibration of sampling and measuring devices;
(i) Replacement or repair of worn or damaged
equipment;
(j) Methods that provide
dosing and resting cycles for the drainfield; and
(k) Other maintenance activities as needed,
depending on the type of system.
(6) Trouble-shooting guide listing possible
failure and malfunction situations and responses to repair, replace, or modify
LOSS components to restore LOSS function;
(7) Abnormal operation procedures including,
but not limited to:
(a) Emergency contact
information for the owner, management entity, operator, pumper, local health
jurisdiction, department, and any contractors or maintenance provider;
and
(b) Emergency notification
procedures to alert and advise customers, the department, and the local health
jurisdiction.
(8)
Documentation of repairs;
(9)
Ongoing component testing methods and schedules;
(10) Recordkeeping procedures for the
following:
(a) Operator inspections;
(b) Monitoring and sampling;
(c) Routine and emergency
maintenance;
(d) Repairs;
(e) Modifications; and
(f) Annual reports.
(11) Safety procedures, including where to
find a copy of the following department of labor and industries rules:
(a)Chapter 296-809 WAC, Confined
spaces;
(b)Chapter 296-62 WAC,
General occupational health standards;
(c)Chapter 296-823 WAC, Occupational exposure
to bloodborne pathogens; and
(d)Chapter 296-803 WAC, Lockout/tagout
(control of hazardous energy).
(12) Electrical component information and
wiring diagram for alarms, panels, pumps, dosing controls;
(13) Manufacturer cut sheets for all
components requiring routine or periodic maintenance;
(14) Annual operating permit renewal schedule
and fee schedule, including where to find the current application
form;
(15) Copies of the following
LOSS documents:
(a) Department approval letter
of the engineering report, plans and specifications, and final O&M
manual;
(b) Current operating
permit;
(c) Construction completion
report submitted with final O&M manual; and
(d) LOSS record drawings submitted with final
O&M manual showing the locations of all easements.
(16) Initial component testing information
submitted with the final O&M manual, including:
(a) Tank water tightness testing
results;
(b) Pipe pressure testing
results;
(c) Pump chamber drawdown
information; and
(d) Drainfield
squirt heights.
(17) The
final monitoring and reporting plan in its own section of the O&M manual
that meets the requirements in WAC
246-272B-04300 submitted with the
final O&M manual; and
(18) Any
other information required by the department.
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.118B.020. 11-12-035, §
246-272B-04200, filed 5/25/11, effective
7/1/11.
