El Dorado County opposes current draft of septic regulations

El Dorado County: MINUTES Board Of Supervisors


After hearing testimony, a motion was made by Supervisor Sweeney, seconded
by Supervisor Knight, as follows:

1) Authorize Chairman to sign letter for submittal to the State Water Resources
Control Board by February 23, 2009 regarding AB 885 onsite wastewater
treatment systems (OWTS) proposed regulations and Draft Environmental
Impact Report, citing issues as described in the analysis of the impacts;

2) Direct Environmental Management staff to continue to work with Regional
Council of Rural Counties (RCRC), California State Association of Counties
(CSAC), California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH)
and State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) with the goal of
developing a reasonable set of minimum standards for OWTS strictly
applicable to jurisdictions where the degradation of water quality has been
scientifically proven to be caused by OWTS, while recognizing that many
jurisdictions already have adequate OWTS regulations;

3) Direct the Environmental Management staff to provide periodic updates to
the Board as this issue is addressed;

4) Authorize other actions that the Board deems appropriate, possibly
including the presence of interested members of the Board of Supervisors or
their designee to appear when the SWRCB holds the public hearing; and

5) Support legislation to repeal AB 885. (See next page for second motion.)
Yes: 5 - Knight, Sweeney, Nutting, Briggs and Santiago