More communities in Minnesota are requiring point-of-sale compliance inspections of septic systems. According to The Little Digger newsletter of the Minnesota Onsite Wastewater Association, 116 local government units had such rules in 2013, increasing to 141 in 2014. The survey by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency showed increases in those requiring such inspections: counties up from 60 percent to 69 percent, cities up from 55 percent to 64 percent, and townships up from 31 percent to 45 percent.PennsylvaniaA federal judge has refused to review his ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was not required to review Pennsylvania’s anti-degradation water-quality
