Was a Small business impact review ever done? The application fees for well and septic, certification and permit, with AOSE/PE documentation are only a nominal amount lower than the same application fees without AOSE/PE documentation. This has a direct impact on the Small Businesses of Virginia that provide Onsite Soil Evalutions and Onsite Septic System Design. The State of Virginia is actually proving to be in direct competition with the private sector licensed COSEs, AOSE, CPSSs, and PEs.

A Small business impact review should definately be done "to ensure 'this regulation' minimizes the economic impact on small businesses". And this review board should include actual small business owners, not just VDH employees.