Department of Environment & Conservation
Robert Martineau, Commissioner

Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Tennessee Code : Title 68 Health, Safety and Environmental Protection: Chapter 221 Water and Sewerage: Part 4 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems (NOTE: For best results, click on the above link and do a LexisNexis search for T.C.A. 68-221-401)

Includes the following:

68-221-401. General requirements.
68-221-410. Variances - Hearings - Finality of decision.

 

 

Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Chapter 1200-1-6 - Courtesy of the Secretary of State's Office

 

Includes information on the following:

 

1200-01-06-.01 Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems – General

1200-01-06-.02 Definitions

1200-01-06-.03 Subdivisions

1200-01-06-.04 Additional Site Requirements and Limitations for Subdivision Approval and Individual Lots and Issuance of Construction Permit

1200-01-06-.05 Percolation Test Procedures

1200-01-06-.06 Construction Permit

1200-01-06-.07 Design of the Conventional Disposal Field

1200-01-06-.08 Septic Tank Capacity

1200-01-06-.09 Design of Septic Tanks

1200-01-06-.10 Effluent Treatment Devices / Systems

1200-01-06-.11 Location of Septic Tanks, Dosing Chambers and Absorption Fields

1200-01-06-.12 Design of Dosing Systems

1200-01-06-.13 Maintenance of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

1200-01-06-.14 Grease Traps

1200-01-06-.15 Alternative Methods of Subsurface Sewage Disposal

1200-01-06-.16 Experimental Methods of Treatment and Disposal Other Than Those Provided in These Regulations

1200-01-06-.17 Privies and Composting Toilets

1200-01-06-.18 Approved Soil Consultants

1200-01-06-.19 Installer of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

1200-01-06-.20 Septic Tank Pumping Contractor

1200-01-06-.21 Fees for Services

1200-01-06-.22 Domestic Septage Disposal

1200-01-06-.23 Maintenance Provider for Advanced Treatment Systems and Subsurface Drip Disposal Systems

1200-01-06-.24 Severability