A decision by a New Jersey appeals court upheld amendments to the state’s Water Quality Management Planning rules that limit nitrates in onsite system effluent to less than 2 mg/l and prohibit sewers from extending into environmentally sensitive areas. David Oberlander, attorney for Bi-County Development Corp., was expected to ask the state Supreme Court to hear the case.
RHODE ISLAND
The state General Assembly approved legislation that gives property owners with cesspools until 2014 to abandon them, rather than January 2013. Communities designated for sewers have until 2020 to comply.
NEW YORK
A state Supreme Court justice ruled that the Putnam County Health Department
