OAR 340-071-0120: Jurisdiction and Policy

(1) DEQ may enter agreements with local governmental units authorizing those units to become DEQ's agents for permitting onsite systems, including receiving and processing applications, issuing permits, enforcing, and performing required inspections for onsite systems that do not require WPCF permits. DEQ retains those responsibilities for systems in nonagreement counties and for all systems that require WPCF permits. (2) Each owner of real property is jointly and severally responsible for: (a) Treating wastewater generated on that property under the rules the commission adopts; (b) Connecting all plumbing fixtures from which wastewater is or may be discharged to a sewerage facility or onsite system approved by DEQ or an agent; (c) Maintaining, repairing, and replacing the onsite system on that property as necessary to ensure proper operation of the system; and (d) Complying with all requirements for constructing, installing, maintaining, replacing, and repairing onsite systems required in this division and OAR chapter 340, division 073.