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Douglas County board restores transfer‑of‑title septic inspections, adopts Regulation 2601 as amended
Summary
After a public hearing and industry testimony, the Douglas County Board of Health amended section 26.9 to require licensed inspections of on‑site wastewater treatment systems before covered property transactions and adopted Regulation 2601; the board also asked staff to report back in 12 months.
The Douglas County Board of Health on an evening vote amended and adopted updated Regulation 2601 governing on‑site wastewater treatment systems, restoring a requirement that systems be inspected by a licensed systems inspector prior to most covered property transactions.
Skyler, a health department staff member presenting the proposal, told the board the state Water Quality Commission changed the statewide rules and gave counties gaps to tailor in local regulation. “The water quality commission last year changed a lot of the regulations at the state level and they gave us a year to come up with our own local addition of those regulations,” Skyler said.
The proposed local changes would license system maintenance providers and third‑party inspectors, formalize operations and maintenance programs, and (as originally drafted) end the county’s transfer‑of‑title inspection…
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