Pardon our anonymity; unfortunately there is not a contractor in the state that is not afraid of VDH since their employees have the power to make or break our livelihood.

We object to another fast track move to re-regulate our work, or open the doors for inexperienced contractors.

Those contractors who applied for licensure, paid the fees, and paid for the education and testing ought to deserve the respect of the system. Instead we find the government opening the door to other contactors who were late to sign on, or who since they have a backhoe and a trailer decided they ought to get licensed too. These firms shold be required to take the training and learn their responsabilities before they are granted a license.

If the public is going to trust a license there needs to be a stable platform to authorize an installer who has done a reputable job in installing a system. It is very rare for a system to go in the way the designer intended, but it's equally rare for that discrepency to affect the function of that home's drainfield. It takes a person with experience to work with a contractor to approve a system. We would like for the VDH to exit the approval system, the old guard of EHS who knew their jobs have passed, the industry should move toward a privatized design system. Doing so will be better for consumer, environment and contractor alike.