As of this week, Union County has stopped accepting new applications for septic permits and is now requiring backhoe pits for county evaluations on current applications and all new applications when operations are back to normal. The county will continue to accept Engineered Option Permit (EOP) packages from consultants and backhoe pits will not be required on any NCLSS Session Law permit submittals. What does this mean to you? If you absolutely need to have a septic permi