Section 410IAC6-10.1-51. Application for construction permit

   (a) Application for a permit to construct a commercial on-site sewage system shall be made to the department on forms provided by the department. Application for a construction permit shall be made at least ninety (90) days prior to the date construction of the commercial on-site sewage system is to commence. An application shall be considered complete only when the form is completed in its entirety, including all supplemental information required or requested by the department. Unless waived by the department an application for permit shall include the following:

(1) The signature of the applicant or his or her designated agent.

(2) The name, business address, and business telephone number of the owner. For corporate owners, the name of the corporation, the name of its designated agent, and that agent's business address and business telephone number shall suffice.

(3) One (1) set of detailed construction plans and specifications certified and sealed by a professional engineer or architect currently registered in Indiana, said plans drawn to scale and having sufficient clarity to be reproduced to create legible microfilm. As provided in IC 25-21.5-1-7(b), registered land surveyors may only certify and seal plans for gravity sanitary sewers, storm sewers, and tile drains.

(4) A map or other documentation showing the location of the property involved.

(5) A plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the location of the proposed commercial on-site sewage system with respect to property lines, existing and proposed structures, roads, and parking lots, and any drinking water supply facilities within three hundred (300) feet of the commercial on-site sewage system. The plot plans shall also show site topography, with contours established at intervals of two (2) feet or less.

(6) The name, business address, and business telephone number of the registered engineer or architect who certified and sealed the construction plans and specifications required by subdivision (3), in writing.

(7) For those commercial on-site sewage systems that will include an absorption field, an on-site soils evaluation report prepared by a soil scientist, detailing his or her evaluation of soils observed in the area of the proposed absorption field. The on-site soils evaluation report shall include all information required in section 64 of this rule.

(8) For those commercial on-site sewage systems that will include a temporary sewage holding tank, documentation of sufficient clarity and conclusiveness to convince the department that the:

(A) sewage will be collected from the holding tank and disposed of, in compliance with IC 13-18-12;

(B) temporary sewage holding tank will be abandoned and a sewer connection will be made to another type of commercial on-site sewage system, or to a municipal or private utility sewer, or to a regional sewer district or conservancy district sewer, within two (2) years from the date of permit issuance; and

(C) holding tank has at least a three (3) day holding capacity at the ninety-five percent (95%) level, and will be equipped with an audio-visual alarm set to activate at the ninety-five percent (95%) level.

(9) Sewage characteristics and calculations used to estimate sewage flow on the peak day, in gallons, to be disposed of through each proposed commercial on-site sewage system. If more than one (1) type of facility is to be connected to a proposed commercial on-site sewage system, sewage characteristics and calculations used to estimate sewage flow, in gallons, from each facility on its peak day must be submitted.

(10) A summary delineating, for each diameter of pipe utilized, the estimated total length of sanitary sewer and sewage force main to be installed.

(11) For commercial facilities generating high strength waste as defined in section 20 of this rule, the plan submittal must include a process to accommodate the additional organic loading.

(12) All additional information requested by the department to substantiate that the proposed commercial on-site sewage system can reasonably be expected to treat and dispose of all sewage received without causing a health hazard, nuisance, surface water pollution, or ground water pollution.

  (b) Requests for additional substantiating information made under subsection (a)(12) shall be addressed to the registered engineer or architect who certified and sealed the construction plans and specifications required by subsection (a)(3). (Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 6-10.1-51; filed Oct 19, 2012, 2:07 p.m.: 20121114-IR-410120157FRA)