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Bill to create a local appeal process for septic permit decisions draws cautious support and requests to broaden scope
Summary
Representative Larry Brewster’s House Bill 318 would require an appeal process for certain added local requirements on septic system permits; public‑health associations supported an appeals process but proposed amendments to broaden the scope and clarify which local body would hear appeals.
Representative Larry Brewster presented House Bill 318 to the Senate Local Government Committee as a measure to create an appeals path when a sanitarian or local regulation imposes additional requirements that increase permit costs by more than $500.
Brewster said the bill would let an applicant ask the local governing body to review whether an added requirement is appropriate. “You could ask them to judge whether that was a good decision,” Brewster said, describing the intent to have a local, independent review of substantial added…
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