This announcement is to serve as notice that the Cherokee County Board of Health proposes to amend its regulations pertaining to sewage holding tanks allowable for use by dwellings and establishments located in unincorporated areas of Cherokee County and within the Alabama Power Companys flood easement around Weiss Lake.

The purpose of the proposed amendment is to reduce the required minimum sewage holding tank size from 1,000 gallons to 250 gallons.

A copy of the proposed rule amendment may be reviewed at the offices of the Cherokee County Health Department at 833 Cedar Bluff Road in Centre and on the Cherokee County Health Departments website at www.adph.org/Cherokee.

Comments may be submitted in writing to John Davis Jr., Cherokee County Health Department, 833 Cedar Bluff Road, Centre, AL 35960.

Comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on May 6, 2013.