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Williamson County approves task force recommendations to ease septic rules, forward changes to Board of Health
Summary
The county commission voted unanimously May 11 to approve a task-force report that makes about 60 recommendations to streamline septic permitting, allow more flexibility for systems and reduce costs for property owners; the measures will be forwarded to the county Board of Health for rule changes.
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners on May 11 approved a package of recommendations from a subsurface-sewage task force intended to reduce costs and shorten approval times for septic systems. The 24-0 vote forwards the task-force report to the county Board of Health for rulemaking, commissioners said.
Task-force presenter Mike Mattson summarized the work that produced roughly 60 recommendations and said six of those changes have already been adopted by the Board of Health, including raising certain allowable square-footage for nonconforming systems, allowing more than one structure to use an existing septic system and adopting state setback requirements. "Cumulatively, these recommendations already adopted really…
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