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UN Agenda 21, Ch. 18 - http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/res_agenda21_18.shtml
US Clean Water Act - http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/cwa/03.htm
EPA TMDL (Nitrate Limits for Water Supplies) - http://www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl/
EPA Mandated Inspections - http://www.marex.uga.edu/advisory/cssmip.html

Miller Plante Inc USA EPA News:

USA EPA - Will implement its new criteria for acceptable Nitrate levels in freshwater bodies, draws protests.
USA EPA - Bathrooms are the biggest harm to the environment by unloading tons of wastewater into septic systems.
USA EPA - Grease from homes & industry cause (47%) of blockages. Grease solidifies, reduces conveyance & blocks flow.
USA - Conservation Law Foundation sues the US EPA to force septic system regulations under the Federal Clean Water Act.
USA - Army Corps of Engineers - Clean Water Act defines protected "Waters" of the United States to include: Lakes, rivers, streams, mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, ponds
USA - FEMA Flood Zone Designations Defined - flood zone designations require mandatory flood insurance.

Miller Plante Inc CA EPA News:

California - LA County considering $300 fees for Septic System owners. Pumping and tank inspection will be extra.
California - Calabasas Mayor - We have "a huge problem" with failures of septics polluting Las Virgenes Creek.
California - San Diego, Escondido to determine liability for construction damages to septics in nearby housing
California - Calabasas Officials & sheriff's deputies cut power & water in a dispute over backyard septic systems.
California - Sacramento - Farm Bureau three-tiered ordinance requires all rural homes be inspected every 5 yrs for $325.
California - Lake County - Board of Supervisors raise septic disposal fees 100%, up to 200% by February 2013.
California - Yucca Valley Water Quality Control Board is changing stance on banning septic tanks and discharges by March 2016.
California - SAN ANDREAS - Calaveras County's Ban on creating new small-lot housing with septic systems still stands.
California - LA County - Board approved septic tank ban. Commercial properties cease discharge by 2015, residential 2019.
California - Santa Barbara - Nitrates in Drinking Water Warning; EPA Recommends testing Private Wells every 3 yrs.
California - Yucca Valley - Basin water-quality plan would prohibit septic discharge in Yucca Valley or $1K/day fines.
California - Temecula - Wine Country Community Plan; State Board enacted new restrictions on the size of septic systems for new wineries & pushes for sewers.
California - Sun Valley, San Fernando - high-risk septics near water supplies must pay $350 every 3 Yrs for operating permit and and inspection for $250-$800. Failed systems must hook to sewer at a cost of $10K-$20K.
California - Calabasas Continues Septic System Inspection Raids; From a former tenant's complaint, court issued a warrant.
California - Los Angeles County - Judge Denies Calabasas Resident's Request to Halt Septic Inspection by the city.
California - Oroville - City Council consider requiring development within 300 feet of the sewer line to connect. State law requires development within 200 feet of a sewer line to connect.
California - Central Coast - Atascadero opposes water plan to expand monitoring of the septic systems, drain fields and ground/surface water.
California - Malibu - Fecal Pollution Study prove birds, not humans, are the cause of fecal bacteria pollution; Will have no effect on septic ban.
California - Riverside County tests deemed 14 residential wells downstream of Enchanted Heights too polluted to drink from because of high levels of nitrates.

Miller Plante Inc NY EPA News:

New York - Long Island & East Hampton - Waterways now impaired from nitrogen seeping from local septic systems.
New York - Bedford & Westchester - The NY EPA is considering a requirement which requires pumping every 5 years.
New York - Hudson Valley - Deal reached on Croton watershed upgrades; requires inspections & pumping every 5 yrs.
New York - Suffolk County - Board of Health calls for septic regulations requiring pumping & inspection every 3-5 yrs.
New York - Westchester to create database of septic systems and inspections and state mandate to to pump septic systems every 5yrs.
New York - Queensbury to remain undeveloped & forested; Board considers deed restriction to prohibit future development.
New York - Bedford - Law Will Require Residents to Have Septic Tanks Inspected Every Five Years & Pumped by 2016.
New York - Yorktown - Cities on the NY City Watershed now required to pump septic tank every 5 yrs; face $400/mo fines.
New York - Ulster County waterfront properties requires maintenance of septic tanks to protect 36 bodies of water.
New York - Ulster Health Dept. ordered Sweet Sue’s Restaurant to close on the spot; due to rain & waterlogged septic.
New York - Lewisboro - NY State mandates require residents to pump their systems every five years. Failures to be reported to county & fines levied.
New York - Cortlandt-Peekskil - Letters will go out in May to homeowners concerning septic system inspections East of Hudson Watershed.
New York - Sag Harbor to protecting the health of the Peconic Estuary with inspections of cesspools, septic tanks and drain fields every 3 Yrs.
New York - Rochester - Batavia applies for grant to build public sewer on Route 5 because most of those need repair or replacement.