The state Coastal Resources Commission has put off until next year any decision on proposed new septic system rules for oceanfront structures, changes drafted in response to recent sewage spills from erosion-compromised homes on the Outer Banks.
The commission met Nov. 10 in Beaufort and took the Division of Coastal Management staff’s recommendation to wait until February to allow for more public input and to hear from an interagency group that first met in August.
The group is made up of state and federal officials and others working to address problems related to erosion-threatened structures and to discuss proposed rules governing replacement and relocation of septic systems seaward of the oceanfront vegetation line.