Doug Lassiter, executive director and lobbyist for the North Carolina Septic Tank Association, reports that the association’s rapid action in the state legislature delayed a decision on an amendment to a bill that pumpers opposed.A bill being heard in committee would have required pumpers to install effluent filters and risers on septic tanks at the time of pumping, if they weren’t in place. Furthermore, the language did not address U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration confined-space regulations.Association members said that, if passed, the proposal would have meant vacuum trucks would be required to carry two technicians and transport excavation equipment
