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The state legislature is poised to postpone a new law requiring septic tank owners to get their tanks inspected every five years. The law is expected to improve the water quality in Florida, but tank owners say the inspections are too expensive. Dave Cullen, a lobbyist with the Sierra Club, says they don’t plan to fight the postponement.

“We are not taking a position in opposition to pushing it back for six months, but we will oppose repeal. We will work with the legislature to try and arrive at a reasonable implementation schedule and set parameters,” said Cullen.

The new law was supposed to go into effect January 1st. Tomorrow in special session, the state legislature is expected to push the start date to July. It costs about six hundred dollars for a septic tank inspection.