House OKs repeal of septic tank inspections
MiamiHerald.com
The Florida House has voted to repeal a requirement for septic tank inspections that was passed last year. The repealer bill (HB 13) was approved overwhelmingly by a vote of 110-3 on Friday. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. State Rep. ...

Ohioan charged with kidnapping woman changes plea
ABC6OnYourSide.com
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio woman charged with kidnapping her daughter-in-law whose body was found in a septic tank has changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Court officials said Friday that 46-year-old Sandra Inman changed her plea ...

 O'Malley turns failed septic tank bill into a study
Washington Examiner (blog)
Martin O'Malley signed legislation on Friday that charges a committee to study how septic tank pollution affects the Chesapeake Bay. The legislation came from O'Malley's failed attempt to pass a bill through the General Assembly this year that would ...

4 die inside septic tank
The Daily Star
Four labourers died after inhaling toxic gas while working in a septic tank of an under-construction building in Satkania upazila of Chittagong yesterday. The deceased are Md Khorshed Alam, 28, son of Nurul Islam, Md Anwar, 27, son of Badshah Mia, ...

 Cortlandt Town Board Opposes New Group Home, Discusses New Septic Tank Law
Patch.com
The Cortlandt Town Board officially opposes the addition of a new group home in the town and discussed a new septic tank law that requires tanks to be inspected every five years. By Katherine Pacchiana | Email the author | 4:00pm A notice from ...

 Septic tank inspections almost repealed
The News Herald
She called the septic tank inspection legislation “intrusive” and “government overreach.” The bill was designed to mitigate contamination of underground springs from leaking tanks. If approved by the Senate, it will be sent to the governor for ...

 Court favors Calabasas in septic tank legal battle
Agoura Hills Acorn
By Sylvie Belmond The fight between the city of Calabasas and a group of residents who oppose mandated septic tank inspections will continue despite a court ruling last Friday that favors the city. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Stone denied ...

Useful Information : Septic Tank Repeal Closer To Reality
Bay County Press
Today Representative Marti Coley's (R-Marianna) bill to repeal burdensome septic tank inspections took a major step toward becoming law, passing the Florida House of Representatives. “Floridians are sick and tired of Government overstepping its bounds, ...

Lawmakers debate seaports, judiciary and septic tanks
MiamiHerald.com
By Katie Sanders TALLAHASSEE -- The House is in session Thursday afternoon and is poised to take up bills that would shake up the judiciary, seaports and septic tank restrictions. Backed by House Speaker Dean Cannon, HJR 7111 divides the Supreme Court ...

City officials says septic project on track
Fox 59
(WXIN-TV FOX59 / April 6, 2011) By Dan Shadwell Fox59 The Septic Tank Elimination Program, or "STEP," is on track, according to the City of Indianapolis. Last year, the City converted nearly 1200 homes from septic systems to city sewer lines and they ...

 Rural dwellers face septic tank charge
Irish Times
RURAL DWELLERS who receive a water supply from local authorities but maintain their own septic tanks are facing a “double whammy” in terms of water charges. In addition to drinking water charges, which Minister of State Fergus O'Dowd said would be ..

Overflowing septic tank at Asilo hospital cause of woe
Times of India
For years she has been facing problems caused by the leaking of sewage from the broken septic tank at the Asilo Hospital in Mapusa. This sewage flows through the lane that leads up to her house. When the complaint was first made in 2007, ...

Septic issues frustrating for La Tuna Canyon residents
Los Angeles Daily News
Shelly is none too happy about possibly having to shell out $30000 to abandon his septic tank and hook up to the city sewers. The La Tuna Canyon homeowner said his septic system has worked fine for 50 years, and should not be blamed for groundwater ...

 Friend: Slain Ohio woman was in difficult breakup
San Jose Mercury News
What she found instead, police say, was ghastly retribution: Her estranged spouse and her suspicious in-laws used a stun gun to abduct her, cinched a plastic zip tie around her neck and dumped her in the septic tank of their former church. ...

 City to move forward with sewer system expansion -- cautiously
North Florida Herald
Davis, who owns part of downtown High Springs, said that a septic tank costs only $250 to get pumped out every five years while the sewer system costs the average person more than $400 a year. When the point was presented to him about protecting the ...

 Streator moving forward on Marilla Park improvement
MyWebTimes.com
The Streator City Council Thursday approved an award of a bid and the offering of a contract to Tobey's Construction and Cartage of Herscher to install a lift station, septic tank and leach field at Marilla Park. Public Works Director David Fussell ...