Substantial changes have been made between the draft and final regulation.  Please suspend the process.

Commerce is a common bene?t to a nation, and all her mem-
bers have an equal right to it. .Monopoly, therefore, in general, is con-
trary to the rights of the citizens. However, this rule has its excep-
tions, suggested even by the interest of the nation: and a wise government
may, in certain cases, justly establish monopolies.  There are commer-
cial enterprises that cannot be carried on without an energy that requires-
considerable funds, which surpass the ability of individuals.  There
are others that would soon become ruinous, were they not conducted
with great prudence, with one regular spirit, and according to well sup-
ported maxims and rules.

Is this proposed regulation to simply abandon cautions about well supported maxims and rules governing the agency's active market participation and fees for services that inappropriatiely compete with licensed regulants?

12VAC5-620-30. Purpose of regulations.

The board has promulgated these regulations to:

1. Establish a fee for filing an application for a permit to construct an onsite sewage disposal system or for the construction of a private well; and Establish a procedure for determining the fees for services provided by the department for onsite sewage systems, alternative discharge systems, and private wells;

2. Establish a procedure for the waiver of fees for an owner whose income of his family is at or below the federal poverty guidelines established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or when the application is for a pit privy, the replacement of a private well, or the repair of a failing onsite sewage disposal system.