I am licensed under the OSE regulations and object to the loss of the expectations captured under sections of 12VAC5 615. OSE’s have relied upon these regulations to establish standards of practice used to determine whether a site meets the conditions set forth in the Code of Virginia under the Sewage Handling or Private Well Regulations, and how work presented on behalf of a client is considered by the Department of Health under procedures necessary to secure timely responses to applications. The 615 Regulations have components which ought to be captured by VDH or the DPOR WWWOOSSOP Boards and incorporated in the technical, ethical, and procedural considerations which define and regulate our profession instead of being stricken from the record. Therefore, I oppose repealing the Authorized Onsite Soil Evaluator Regulations.