• Administrative Hearing Process Overview
• Article I: Correction of violations, administrative hearings, appeals, penalties, and fees
• Article II: Food establishments
• Article III: Public water supplies
• Article IV: Septic systems
• Article V: Solid waste handling
• Article VI: Nonpoint Source Pollution 
• Article VII: Public swimming pools and spas
• Article VIII: Smoking or vaping in public places and in places of employment

Policies Related to Environmental Health Codes:

• Article II Enforcement Policy & Pathways - FOOD.200.POL

None at this time. 

• Certified Sewage Site Plan Guidance

• Department of Ecology's "Criteria for Sewage System Works Design" - DOE Website

None at this time. 

Fees:

• Environmental Health 2024 Fee Schedule; Appendix A of Article I
• Common Septic and Conditional Site Approval Fees

Food Service Regulatory Documents

• Washington State Retail Food Code (WAC 246-215)
• Food Code Plumbing Requirements for New and Existing Movable Buildings - FOOD.202.POL

None at this time. 

None at this time.

Onsite Septic System Policies: 

• Chapter 246-272A WAC, On-Site Sewage Systems
• Requirements for Siting Glendon Biofilters and Lowridge Oscars ONST.22.POL.819   New  3-23-2022
• Adult Family Homes   New 3-23-2021
• Interlacing Drainfields ONST.20.POL.847.pdf   Revised 5-1-2020
• OSS-Effluent-Monitoring-ONST.17.POL.606.pdf (see note on page two) Revised 11-16-2017
• Owner Inspections of OSS In MRA's
• Owner Certification to Self-Inspect Septic System
• OSS System Inspections in the MRA Operation and Maintenance Program
• Repair and Certification of Failing Sewage Tanks
• Systems Requiring Service Contracts with Monitoring Specialist          
• Contract Requirements for Third Party Maintenance 
• Sewage Systems Requiring Operational Certificates
• Use of Table VI and Sewage System Repairs/Modifications
• Requirements for Rebuilding Mounds and Intermittant Sand Filters

Permitting Septic Systems - Policies and Procedures:

• Application - CMS
• Performance Expectations - 2009
• General Onsite Procedures
• Major Microbial Diseases in Domestic Wastewater
• Thurston County Septic Tank Pumper's Manual
• Onsite Sewage System Construction Manual
• Technical Paper Diagnostic Techniques Utilized in Analysis of Failed Systems for Residential Waste
• Inspecting Your Septic Tank
• Understanding and Caring for Your Pressure Distribution System
• Article IV, Thurston County Sanitary Code
• Memo and Policy for Implementation of DOH-TRC Sand Filter Guidelines
• Contracts Requiring Third Party Maintenance - ONST.08.POL.605
• Policy Requiring Service Contracts with CMS - ONST.08.POL.830

Pool Related Policies:

• Public Swimming Area Closure and Reopening Policy - POOL.300.POL

• Request for Appeal - General
• Request for Appeal to the Thurston County Board of Health
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article III and IV
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - General
• Request for Appeal - Expedited Hearing Excess Demerit Points - Food Service
• Request for Appeal Expedited Hearing for Food Service Closure
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article II
• Request for Waiver or Variance from Sanitary Code Provisions - Article VII
• Refund Request Form

• Supplemental Septic Application 
• Time of Transfer Application
• Time of Transfer Fact Sheet
• Water Recreation Facilities Request for Variance from Sanitary Code (Article VII)
• Temporary Food Permit Policy - FOOD.201.POL