Table 1: Comparison of County and Owner Responsibilities under Prescription and Performance Programs PROGRAM COUNTY SYSTEM OWNER TASK Prescription Performance Prescription Performance Risk Select site and soil characteristics Establish performance N/A N/A Assessment deemed to be acceptable for requirements deemed to be specific prescriptive designs protective of health and water quality for specific receiving environments Site Approve site evaluation report Accept site evaluation report from Perform site evaluation according Perform site evaluation according Evaluation from owner owner to accepted procedures to accepted procedures Design Develop pre-engineered designs N/A Develop system layout using Design and layout a system for given soil and site appropriate prescribed design for expected to meet established characteristics the given soil and site performance requirements for the characteristics particular receiving environment Plan Review Confirm that the selected Review reasonableness of the N/A N/A prescribed design is appropriate selected treatment processes and for the soil and site characteristics equipment for meeting the and conforms its sizing and performance requirements and if components comply with the rules necessary, requesting additional information to establish reasonableness Permitting Issue or deny permit Issue or deny permit N/A N/A Construction Perform final construction Accept final construction Construct system according to Construct system according to inspection certification from licensed accepted procedures accepted procedures installer Operation Require periodic maintenance of Require system performance meet Operate Operate system requirements Monitoring N/A Require periodic system N/A Perform periodic monitoring and monitoring and reporting by submit report to confirm compliance Inspections Perform as needed to determine Perform random inspections to N/A N/A system compliance confirm operating compliance
Table 1: Comparison of County and Owner Responsibilities under Prescription and Performance Programs PROGRAM TASK COUNTY SYSTEM OWNER Prescription Performance Prescription Performance Risk Assessment Select site and soil characteristics deemed to be acceptable for specific prescriptive designs Establish performance requirements deemed to be protective of health and water quality for specific receiving environments N/A N/A Site Evaluation Approve site evaluation report from owner Accept site evaluation report from owner Perform site evaluation according to accepted procedures Perform site evaluation according to accepted procedures Design Develop pre-engineered designs for given soil and site characteristics N/A Develop system layout using appropriate prescribed design for the given soil and site characteristics Design and layout a system expected to meet established performance requirements for the particular receiving environment Plan Review Confirm that the selected prescribed design is appropriate for the soil and site characteristics and conforms its sizing and components comply with the rules Review reasonableness of the selected treatment processes and equipment for meeting the performance requirements and if necessary, requesting additional information to establish reasonableness N/A N/A Permitting Issue or deny permit Issue or deny permit N/A N/A Construction Perform final construction inspection Accept final construction certification from licensed installer Construct system according to accepted procedures Construct system according to accepted procedures Operation Require periodic maintenance of system Require system performance meet requirements Operate Operate Monitoring N/A Require periodic system monitoring and reporting by to confirm compliance N/A Perform periodic monitoring and submit report Inspections Perform as needed to determine system compliance Perform random inspections to confirm operating compliance N/A N/A