New onsite system rules, passed after many years of delays after the 2000 passage of AB-885, will affect 1.2 million households, according to an environmental impact statement. The regulations will require tank inspections every five years, along with other provisions that could cost some homeowners and businesses substantial money. A new bill, AB-268, was introduced to repeal the new regulations but it failed in committee. The bill’s lead author, assemblyman Ted Gaines, is working on another bill. “The proposed regulations, released in November 2008, will require residents who have a septic system to pay a $325 inspection fee,” he says
