Officials defend local septic program, say state rules would hinder development
Presenters said steep state requirements would make engineered septic systems prohibitively expensive in parts of northeastern North Carolina, so the region developed local rules and took on liability to continue permitting locally and support development.
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Speakers at the regional services meeting explained why the region maintains its own local septic program rather than relying solely on statewide engineered-system rules. An agency official said much of northeastern North Carolina relies on on-site septic systems, and that state regulations make only a small share of soils plainly suitable for standard systems.
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