I'd like to comment on the VA Department of Health's proposed final regulations concerning on-site septic systems.

While there is much to support in the proposal, I ask that you also include the following items:

I feel that the required reductions in Nitorgen pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed need to remain in the proposal,

Allowing septic effluent to go directly into groundwater is a *bad* idea - it should be reated first,

These systems should not be permitted without any dry ground underneath,

and I feel that the prohibition against putting systems such as these in wetlands needs to remain in place.

Thank you,

     Hanry Ickes

     Arlington, VA