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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">Summary of Rulemaking Action:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">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. <span style="background:white">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white">The Public Notice and Proposed Rule Amendments are posted on the RI Secretary of State’s website:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/promulgations/part/250-150-10-6"><span style="color:blue">https://rules.sos.ri.gov/promulgations/part/250-150-10-6</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A direct link to the public notice is available here:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DEM/11476/PBN_11476_20211004095358.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!doZCvUy58oyu5200Xvr_hPCDDZIBzVQ9uQT7LVhTqqZeQBW-5TrKp-_6BG-xXLgCDkrMg64$">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A direct link to the proposed rule amendments is available here:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DEM/REG_11476_20211005102238.pdf__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!doZCvUy58oyu5200Xvr_hPCDDZIBzVQ9uQT7LVhTqqZeQBW-5TrKp-_6BG-xXLgCf7_CPnM$">
https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DEM/REG_11476_20211005102238.pdf [risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The public comment period ends 11.3.21.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">Mohamed J Freij PE,PLS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">Supervising Environmental Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">OWTS Program, RIDEM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E">401-222-4700, x-7707<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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