# IDAPA 58.01.03.004: Section 004. General Requirements > Idaho · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_IDAPA_58_01_03_004 ## Section - **Citation:** IDAPA 58.01.03.004 - **Heading:** Section 004. General Requirements - **Jurisdiction:** Idaho - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Idaho Administrative Code / IDAPA 58 (Environmental Quality, Department of) / Chapter 58.01.03 / Section 004 ## Text 01. Intent of Rules. The Idaho Board of Environmental Quality, to protect the health, safety, an d environment of the people of the state of Idaho establishes these rules governing the design, construction, siting and abandonment of individual and subsurface sewage disposal systems. These rules are intended to ensure tha t blackwastes and wastewater generated in the state of Idaho are safely contained and treated and that blackwaste an d wastewater contained in or discharged from each system: (7-1-25) a. Are not accessible to insects, rodents, or other wild or domestic animals; (3-31-22) b. Are not accessible to individuals; (3-31-22) c. Do not create a public nuisance due to odor or unsightly appearance; (7-1-25) d. Do not injure or interfere with existing or potential beneficial uses of the waters; and (7-1-25) e. Do not have an adverse impact on public health or the environment. (7-1-25) 02. Compliance with Intent. The Director will not authorize or approve any system if, in th e Director’s opinion, the system will not (does not) comply with the intent of these rules. (7-1-25) 03. System Limitations. Cooling water, backwash or backflush water, hot tub or spa water, ai r conditioning water, water softener brine, groundwater, oil, roof drainage, or other substances detrimental to th e system’s performance or to groundwater quality cannot be discharged into any system unless that discharge i s approved by the Director. (7-1-25) 04. Increased Flows. Unless authorized by the Director, it is unlawful for any person to provide for o r connect additional blackwaste or wastewater sources to any system if the resulting flow or volume would exceed the approved design flow of the system. (7-1-25) 05. Failing System. The owner of any failing system must obtain a permit and repair the failin g system: (7-1-25) a. As soon as practical after the owner becomes aware of its failure; or (3-31-22) b. As directed with proper notice from the Director. (7-1-25) 06. Subsurface Disposal System Replacement Area if the resulting flow or volume would exceed the approved design flow of the system. (7-1-25) 05. Failing System. The owner of any failing system must obtain a permit and repair the failin g system: (7-1-25) a. As soon as practical after the owner becomes aware of its failure; or (3-31-22) b. As directed with proper notice from the Director. (7-1-25) 06. Subsurface Disposal System Replacement Area. An area of land suitable for the complet e replacement of a new subsurface disposal system disposal field must be reserved as a replacement area. This area must be kept vacant, free of vehicular traffic, and free of any soil modification that would negatively affect its use a s a replacement disposal field construction site. (7-1-25) 07. Technical Guidance Committee (TGC). The Director appoints a TGC composed of three (3) representatives from the seven (7) health districts, one (1) representative from the Department, one (1) professional engineer licensed in the state of Idaho and one (1) licensed installer. Appointments to vacancies are three (3) year terms. (7-1-25) 08. TGC Duties. The TGC maintains the TGM used in the design, construction, alteration, operation , and maintenance of conventional systems, their components, and alternatives. The TGC reviews variance request s and commercially manufactured wastewater treatment components and systems at the request of the Director and provides recommendations. (7-1-25) 09. TGM. The TGM maintained by the TGC provides technical guidance on alternative sewag e disposal components and systems, soil type determination methodology, and other information pertinent to the bes t management practices of individual and subsurface sewage disposal. (7-1-25) 10. Alternative System. If a standard system cannot be installed on a parcel of land, an alternativ e system may be permitted if that system is installed in accordance with the TGC’s recommendations and is approve d by the Director as stated in Section 009. (7-1-25) ## Nearby sections - [IDAPA 58.01.03.000 Section 000. 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