Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
 
Board
Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals
 
chapter
Onsite Sewage System Professionals Licensing Regulations [18 VAC 160 ‑ 40]
Action General Review 2014
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/12/2016
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1/25/16  10:17 am
Commenter: Dr. John M. Galbraith, Virginia Tech

Objection “journeyman class”
 

I object to the Regulations as drafted concerning adding a journeyman class. I feel that the system in place is meeting the needs of the public in a timely and efficient manner. Adding a journeyman class may allow more practitioners to the field but will not ensure better protection for water quality or more rapid design of high-quality onsite wastewater systems. At the risk of requiring forethought and patience on the part of developers and potential homeowners, the work that would fall to journeymen may result in the failure to the public to receive fully professional design and/or site evaluation. The current structure better protects those concerns. 

I urge WWWOOSSP to reconsider creating an unrestricted journeyman class.

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