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Board approves change to septic waiver policy to align local practice with state rules

5834476 · September 24, 2025
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The Mason County Board of Health voted to change its policy so septic-waiver approvals expire with the permit rather than remaining valid indefinitely; staff said the change brings local practice into alignment with state septic regulations and will prevent decades-old waivers from being re-used on new permit applications.

The Mason County Board of Health voted to adopt a policy clarifying that on-site septic-system waivers expire with the permit to which they are attached rather than remaining valid indefinitely. The board approved the change after staff explained the county had previously treated waivers as standalone approvals that could be applied to new permit applications decades later. "We were treating waivers like they were their own separate permit," said Ian…

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