[Owtsinfo] Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: RIDEM Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (OWTS) Regulations

[Onsite Wastewater Treatment System]

Summary of Rulemaking Action:

The purpose of these amendments is to incorporate revisions made to R.I. Gen.  Laws § 5­56.1­4 (Designers of Individual Sewage Disposal Systems­ Conditions for obtaining a designer's license) by the R.I. General Assembly in the 2019 session.  The change in statute states that professional engineers, registered and authorized to practice engineering in Rhode Island, meet the minimum qualifications,  experience, and education requirements for an OWTS designer's license. This has the effect of exempting professional engineers from the testing and continuing education requirements to obtain and maintain a Class III Designer's License. Another proposed revision to these Rules will allow active Class I, II, and IV Licensed Designers to be exempt from continuing education requirements after holding a license for 12 consecutive years.

The Public Notice and Proposed Rule Amendments are posted on the RI Secretary of State's website: https://rules.sos.ri.gov/promulgations/part/250-150-10-6

A direct link to the public notice is available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DEM/11476/PBN_11476_20211004095358.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!doZCvUy58oyu5200Xvr_hPCDDZIBzVQ9uQT7LVhTqqZeQBW-5TrKp-_6BG-xXLgCDkrMg64$ [risos-apa-production-public[.]s3[.]amazonaws[.]com]

A direct link to the proposed rule amendments is available here: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DEM/REG_11476_20211005102238.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!doZCvUy58oyu5200Xvr_hPCDDZIBzVQ9uQT7LVhTqqZeQBW-5TrKp-_6BG-xXLgCf7_CPnM$ [risos-apa-production-public[.]s3[.]amazonaws[.]com]

The public comment period ends 11.3.21.

Mohamed J Freij PE,PLS
Supervising Environmental Engineer
OWTS Program, RIDEM
401-222-4700, x-7707






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