Link back to Home.
Home  |   Air  |   Water  |   Land  |   Permits  |   Online Services   |   Contact Us  |  State Parks

Main content begins below.

Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

NEW - Link to December 2008 Public Hearings and Proposed Regulations

Chapter 1200-1-6 - Courtesy of the Secretary of State's Office (pdf -- Exit TDEC)
Includes information on the following:

  • 1200-1-6-.01 Definitions
  • 1200-1-6-.02 Subdivisions
  • 1200-1-6-.03 Additional Site Requirements and Limitations for Subdivision Approval and Individual Lots and Issuance of Construction Permit
  • 1200-1-6-.04 Percolation Test Procedures
  • 1200-1-6-.05 Construction Permit
  • 1200-1-6-.06 Design of the Conventional Disposal Field
  • 1200-1-6-.07 Septic Tank Capacity
  • 1200-1-6-.08 Design of Septic Tanks
  • 1200-1-6-.09 Effluent Treatment Devices/Systems
  • 1200-1-6-.10 Location of Septic Tanks, Dosing Chambers and Absorption Fields
  • 1200-1-6-.11 Design of Dosing Systems
  • 1200-1-6-.12 Maintenance of the Subsurface Sewage Disposal System
  • 1200-1-6-.13 Grease Traps
  • 1200-1-6-.14 Alternative Methods of Subsurface Sewage Disposal
  • 1200-1-6-.15 Experimental Methods of Treatment and Disposal Other Than Those Provided in These Regulations
  • 1200-1-6-.16 Privies and Composting Toilets
  • 1200-1-6-.17 Approved Soil Consultants
  • 1200-1-6-.18 Installer of Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems
  • 1200-1-6-.19 Septic Tank Pumping Contractor
  • 1200-1-6-.20 Domestic Septage Disposal
  • 1200-1-6-.21 Fees for Services
  • 1200-1-6-.22 General Provisions

Regulations to Govern Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems

Tennessee Code : TITLE 68 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION : CHAPTER 221 WATER AND SEWERAGE : PART 4 SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS (exit TDEC)
(NOTE: For best results, click on the above link and do a LexisNexis search for T.C.A. 68-221-401)

Includes the following:

  • 68-221-401. General requirements.
  • 68-221-410. Variances - Hearings - Finality of decision.