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Committee hears bill to resolve conflict between septic permitting and subdivision rules
Summary
Representative Courtney Sprunger and public‑health officials told the committee House Bill 180 would grandfather legally permitted septic mixing zones and align local health permitting with state subdivision rules to avoid forcing property owners to abandon systems when dividing lots.
Representative Courtney Sprunger, sponsor of House Bill 180, told the Senate Local Government Committee the bill would reconcile a persistent conflict between local health rules for septic mixing zones and state subdivision law under Title 76.
“Most mixing zones are between several hundred feet,” Rachel Clark, testifying for environmental permitting, said, and “in most cases a well cannot be placed within a hundred feet of a mixing zone.” Clark and other proponents described cases in which drain fields legally permitted under local health regulations later became unusable for a property split because sanitation‑act rules…
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