Trumbull homeowners face relaxed septic tank rules

WARREN — The Ohio environmental protection agency director and others announced today that a large percentage of Trumbull county property owners who will need a new or updated septic system now have less expensive options available.

The announcement, delayed by two weeks, was that a 2006 consent decree between the Ohio EPA and the Trumbull County general health district has been rescinded.

The decree forced Trumbull county property owners without sewer lines to meet enhanced regulations because of the number of septic systems at the time that discharged raw sewage into streams ditches ponds and other waters.