HomeMy WebLinkAbout16_20 ConComm_020723WHAT IS MASS DEP PROPOSING?
Key Highlights
- Designated Nitrogen
Sensitive Areas (NSAs) on
Cape Cod and Southeast MA
- Two choices for Towns
•Implement a Watershed
Permit within 20 years (town
responsibility) OR
•Mandatory upgrades of
current septic systems to I/A
septic systems within 5 years
(homeowner responsibility)
BCWC’s Position
1.Watershed permit within an
earlier timeframe (20 years is
too long)
2.Mandatory upgrades of current
septic systems using BACT for
parcels within a 300 - 400 foot
buffer of waterway
3. All cesspools MUST be
replaced with BACTs
Best Available Nitrogen Reducing Technology — (1) An alternative system certified by the
Department for general use pursuant to 310 CMR 15.288 which has the lowest effluent Total
Nitrogen performance value when the Disposal System Construction Permit application is filed;
(2) an alternative system granted provisional approval by the Department pursuant to 310 CMR
15.286; or (3) an alternative system approved by the Department for piloting pursuant to 310 CMR
15.285, provided that for an alternative system granted provisional approval or an alternative
system approved for piloting such system has a Total Nitrogen performance value less than or
equal to the lowest alternative system certified by the Department for general use pursuant to 310
CMR 15.288 when the Disposal System Construction Permit application is filed for either system.
Mass DEP Title 5 Proposed Regulation Changes
https://www.mass.gov/doc/310-cmr-15000-proposed-revisions-clean/download
WHAT I/A SEPTIC SYSTEMS CAN BE USED?
SHUBAEL INSTALLATION COSTS
Note: 2020 costs; does not include landscaping
https://bcleanwater.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BCWC_Newsletter_Fall2022.pdf
