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210 Central Street
Hingham, MA 02043-2759
Phone 781-741-1466
FAX 781-804-2373
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Setback Distances

310 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Please check the Hingham Board of Health Supplementary Rules and Regulations located in this web site for Setback Distances which may be greater than those listed below

15.211: Minimum Setback Distances

1) All systems must conform to the minimum setback distance for septic tanks and soil absorption systems, including reserve area, measured in feet and as set forth below. Where more than one setback applies, all setback requirements shall be satisfied.

	Septic Tank	Soil Absorption System
Property Line	10	10
Cellar Wall or Swimming Pool (inground)	10	20
Slab Foundation	10	10
Water Supply Line (pressure)	10^[1]	10^[1]
Surface Waters (except wetlands)	25	50
Bordering Vegetated Wetland (BVW),Salt Marshes, Inland and Coastal Banks	25	50
Surface Water Supply - Reservoirs and Impoundments	400	400
Tributaries to Surface Water Supplies	200	200
Wetlands bordering Surface Water Supply Or Tributary thereto	100	100
Certified Vernal Pools	50	100^[2]
Private Water Supply Well or Suction Line	50	100
Public Water Supply Well	(2)	(2)
Irrigation Well	10	25
Open, Surface or Subsurface Drains which	50	100
Discharge to Surface Water Supplies or Tributaries thereto Other Open, Surface or Subsurface Drains	25	50
(excluding foundation drains) which intercept seasonal high groundwater table ^[3]
Other Open, Surface or Subsurface Drains (excluding foundation drains)	5	10
Leaching Catch Basins & Dry Wells	10	25
Downhill Slope	not applicable	15^[4]

^[1] Disposal facilities shall also be at least 18 inches below water supply lines. Wherever sewer lines must cross water supply lines, both pipes shall be constructed of class 150-pressure pipe and shall be pressure tested to assure watertightness.

^[2] The required setback shall be 50 feet where the applicant has provided hydrogeologic data acceptable to the approving authority demonstrating that the location of the soil absorption system is hydraulically downgradient of the vernal pool. Surface topography alone is not determinative.

^[4] The setback distance shall be measured from a naturally-occurring downhill slope which is not steeper than 3:1 (horizontal:vertical). A minimum 15-foot horizontal separation distance shall be provided between the top of the peastone in the soil absorption system and the adjacent downhill slope. For a system located in an area with any adjacent naturally occurring downhill slope steeper than 3:1, slope stabilization shall be provided in accordance with best engineering practice which may include construction of a concrete retaining wall constructed in accordance with 310 CMR 15.255(2).

(2) No system shall be constructed within a Zone I of a public water supply well or wellfield. No system shall be upgraded or expanded within a Zone I of a public water supply well or wellfield unless a variance is granted pursuant to 310 CMR 15.410 through 15.415.

3/24/95 (Effective 3/31/95) 310 CMR - 512