Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals
Onsite Sewage System Professionals Licensing Regulations
[18 VAC 160 ‑ 40]
On this Action:
CLOSED Opened on 12/14/2015 and Ended on 2/12/2016
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Objection | Jeff T. Walker | 12/15/15 10:39 am |
| Approved professional seal and Master, Journeymans license | Kenneth Carbaugh AOSE, Carbaugh Environmental Inc | 12/15/15 2:40 pm |
| Objection | Jeff Sledjeski, OSE | 12/15/15 3:03 pm |
| Objection: journeyman class | Jeff T. Walker | 12/15/15 4:17 pm |
| sealing requirements | Jeff T. Walker | 12/15/15 6:19 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-360. CPE subject matter for onsite soil evaluators. | James B Slusser | 12/17/15 8:57 pm |
| WWWOOSSP REGULATIONS | T.A. HOUSTON, JR. | 1/5/16 12:23 pm |
| Objection | David Beahm, LPSS | 1/7/16 8:33 am |
| Licensing Update Changes are GOOD! | Coastal Plains Environmental Group LLC | 1/15/16 3:30 pm |
| Mr. Davis continues to lobby for VOWRA and VDH | VDH staff | 1/15/16 7:37 pm |
| Conflicts of Interest | Bill Thomas | 1/15/16 10:37 pm |
| Executive Staff is confused as per her own Board's Rules and Policies; Please Read | Bill Thomas | 1/15/16 11:02 pm |
| REQUEST BOARD TO RECONSIDER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS | James Slusser | 1/24/16 7:22 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions. | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:15 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:23 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10 | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:28 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:32 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:51 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions | James Slusser | 1/24/16 8:59 pm |
| Wastewater Works Operator Classification | Jeff Walker | 1/24/16 9:00 pm |
| Dilution of Standards for Direct Supervision | Jeff Walker | 1/25/16 9:28 am |
| 18VAC160-40-120. Qualifications for journeyman conventional onsite sewage system installer licenses. | James Slusser | 1/25/16 9:32 am |
| Restraints of Trade | James Slusser | 1/25/16 9:50 am |
| Conflict of Interest[s] | James Slusser | 1/25/16 9:58 am |
| Objection “sealing” | Dr. John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech | 1/25/16 10:14 am |
| Objection “journeyman class” | Dr. John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech | 1/25/16 10:17 am |
| Objection “lowering qualifications of evaluators” | Dr. John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech | 1/25/16 10:20 am |
| 18VAC160-40-240. Qualifications for journeyman.. OBJECTION. | James Slusser | 1/25/16 10:48 am |
| On their face | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 1/25/16 10:53 am |
| Concerns regarding Ethics | James Slusser | 1/25/16 1:09 pm |
| Regulations fail to address misleading practices by practicioners | James Slusser | 1/25/16 1:46 pm |
| Former WWWOOSP Board Member K.R. DAVIS COMMENTS | James Slusser, COD | 1/25/16 3:39 pm |
| Henshaw to Former Board Member K.R Davis Comment (via FOIA) | James Slusser, COD | 1/25/16 4:42 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-480. Conflicts of interest. | James Slusser | 1/25/16 8:48 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-470. Prohibited acts. | James Slusser, COD | 1/25/16 9:00 pm |
| OBJECTION to lowering qualifications | Alexis Jones, Licensed Professional Soil Scientist | 1/26/16 8:56 am |
| Reduction of Qualifications | Robert K. Denton Jr. CPG, LPSS - Senior Geologist, GeoConcepts Eng. Inc. | 1/26/16 9:49 am |
| 18VAC160-40-470. Prohibited acts. | James Slusser | 1/26/16 12:25 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-470. Prohibited acts. | James Slusser | 1/26/16 7:45 pm |
| What is the need to license ALL persons in the onsite industry- | James Slusser, COD | 1/26/16 8:49 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-230. License required. | James Slusser, COD | 1/26/16 10:19 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions. | James Slusser | 1/26/16 10:36 pm |
| Strike OSE Journeymans License | Kenneth Carbaugh AOSE, Carbaugh Environmental Inc | 1/27/16 8:00 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-120. Qualifications for journeyman conventional onsite sewage system installer licenses. | Mike | 1/27/16 8:09 pm |
| Discrimination against small contracting firms | SDS/AOSSI Contractor | 1/28/16 2:04 pm |
| Objection to experience portion of proposed regulations | LPSS | 1/28/16 3:23 pm |
| Letters of concern regarding public matters | James Slusser, COD | 1/28/16 6:27 pm |
| Objection to 18VAC160-40-210. | James Slusser, COD | 1/28/16 6:50 pm |
| 18-VAC-160-40-330 | T.A. HOUSTON | 1/29/16 11:13 am |
| Proposed regulations need considerable tweeking. | T.A. HOUSTON | 1/29/16 1:30 pm |
| I disagree with CEUs for contractors staff | Marlon Kress, Contractor | 1/29/16 3:10 pm |
| Responsibility to the Public | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 1/29/16 9:24 pm |
| EXPERIENCE OBJECTION | CONCERNED @ VDH | 1/30/16 3:58 pm |
| Conflicts of Interest Citation SECTION 480 | Damion Burke | 1/31/16 12:05 pm |
| Conflicts of interest. | Damion Burke | 1/31/16 12:52 pm |
| Proposal to Revise to 18VAC160-40-470. Prohibited acts. | Damion Burke | 1/31/16 1:13 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions. | Damion Burke | 1/31/16 1:38 pm |
| Prerequisite to claiming professional negligence | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/1/16 9:06 pm |
| inadequate plans & specifiactions | Jeff T. Walker | 2/1/16 9:40 pm |
| OBJECT TO JOURNEYMAN INSTALLERS | MERLE JONES, CONTRACTOR | 2/5/16 8:53 am |
| DPOR | DPOR | 2/5/16 11:19 am |
| Prohibited acts.12 | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/8/16 11:30 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Category | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 2:35 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Class | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 3:39 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Alternative onsite soil evaluator | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 4:17 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.VDH, Inc. | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 7:26 pm |
| Opposed | Kevin Seaford | 2/9/16 9:21 pm |
| Please place the health of the commonwealth before personal intrest | Idalina Walker | 2/9/16 9:21 pm |
| Protect our Water | Willie Dodson | 2/9/16 9:22 pm |
| Journeyman Class = Bad Idea | Steve Eitner, AOSE - Eitner Environmental, Inc. | 2/9/16 9:26 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Journeyman | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 9:39 pm |
| Operator licensing | Jeff T. Walker | 2/9/16 10:40 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Master | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 10:52 pm |
| 18VAC160-40-10. Definitions.Licensure | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/9/16 11:24 pm |
| Object | Walt Henson | 2/10/16 9:44 am |
| CONTRACTOR OBJESTIONS | TOM PEARSON | 2/10/16 9:50 am |
| License concerns | VDH, silenced | 2/10/16 9:56 am |
| Onsite soil evaluator | W.F. Sledjeski, LPSS, OSE | 2/10/16 11:35 am |
| Strong regulations to protect our water! | Anne Armistead, private citizen | 2/10/16 11:42 am |
| Objection | Rebekah Hicks | 2/10/16 1:08 pm |
| Least Burdensome | 2/10/16 6:12 pm | |
| Process needs to be simpler and more transparent | Will Bason | 2/10/16 6:26 pm |
| Engineering Services Sector and impacts to National Economy | James B Slusser | 2/10/16 8:14 pm |
| engineering services | Darren B. Silant | 2/10/16 8:28 pm |
| Water quality | Bob VanGundy | 2/10/16 9:01 pm |
| reduce protection of citizens from polution? after Flint? are you kidding, or a republican traitor? | jerome king | 2/10/16 11:43 pm |
| Objection to Journeyman Classification for Onsite Sewage System Professionals | Rob Charnley | 2/11/16 9:36 am |
| Educational Requirements | 2/11/16 12:34 pm | |
| Definitions.Direct supervision and Master licensee's professional responsibilities | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/11/16 12:55 pm |
| Comments | Tom Ashton | 2/11/16 2:25 pm |
| License required.controversial regulatory changes and conflicts of interest | bob marshall / cloverleaf env. cnslt., inc. | 2/11/16 4:11 pm |
| Journeyman Class /OPPOSED | Ann L Ruff | 2/11/16 6:32 pm |
| Opposed to these changes as written | Robert Melby, OSE, LPSS | 2/12/16 8:03 am |
| oppose journeyman class, soils are not that simple | Nan Gray, Soil Works, Inc. | 2/12/16 8:08 am |
| Additional observation | Robert Melby | 2/12/16 8:17 am |
| No VDH backlog, no need for journeyman | Nan Gray, LPSS, Soil Works, Inc. | 2/12/16 8:30 am |
| object to reducing oversight | Mary Bettis, Citizen | 2/12/16 11:58 am |
| Opposed to changes | David Hall | 2/12/16 2:55 pm |
| Journeyman | matt tolley, tolley soil llc | 2/12/16 2:57 pm |
| Opposed | Stephen White, OSE, LPSS | 2/12/16 10:01 pm |
| Oppose reducing supervision standards | Beth McKenzi, citizen | 2/12/16 10:08 pm |
| VOWRA Support | anonymous (49611) | 2/12/16 10:24 pm |
| Culture of Contempt | OSE Professionals of Virginia | 2/12/16 11:53 pm |
| objection | 2/12/16 11:59 pm | |
| oppose | John Powell | 2/13/16 7:37 pm |
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