Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 133v - State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals › Section 22a-133v-2 - Requirements for Licensure

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Required
			 Information
Each applicant shall, through the submission of complete and
				accurate information to the Board, demonstrate that such applicant meets the
				qualifications for licensure.
(b)
Education and Experience
			 Requirements
(1) No license shall be
			 issued to an applicant unless such applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction
			 of the Board that such applicant has (A) for a minimum of eight (8) years
			 engaged in the investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or
			 petroleum products into soil or groundwater, including a minimum of four (4)
			 years in responsible charge of such investigation and remediation, and holds a
			 bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university in a
			 science or engineering field specified by subparagraph (2)(A) of this
			 subsection, or in a related science or engineering field found by the Board to
			 be fundamentally equivalent to one or more thereof, or is a professional
			 engineer licensed in accordance with Chapter 391 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes, or (B) for a minimum of fourteen (14) years engaged in the
			 investigation and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or petroleum
			 products into soil or groundwater, including a minimum of seven (7) years in
			 responsible charge of such investigation and remediation.
(2) For purposes of subdivision (1) of this
			 subsection the following shall apply:
(A) A
			 bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university shall be
			 in one or more of the following fields or in a related science or engineering
			 field found by the Board to be fundamentally equivalent to one of the
			 following: biology, chemistry, earth sciences, ecology, engineering (civil,
			 environmental, mechanical, chemical, or agricultural), environmental sciences,
			 environmental studies, geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, natural resources
			 management, soil sciences, toxicology, water resources, and wetland science.
Upon the written request from an applicant, the Board shall
				determine whether an applicant's degree, or undergraduate, graduate or
				postgraduate education is fundamentally equivalent to a degree listed in the
				paragraph above. Such request shall identify the bachelor's or advanced degree
				issued to the applicant, the accredited college or university which issued such
				degree, courses that the applicant took and any other information that the
				Board may request. The Board may consider all such applicant's course work,
				including but not limited to, undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate course
				work when making such determination.
(B) Except as is provided in this
			 subparagraph, experience that an applicant obtains when such applicant is
			 enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited
			 college or university shall not be counted toward satisfaction of the
			 experience requirement of subdivision (1) of this subsection provided that upon
			 written request, the Board may count toward satisfaction of such requirements
			 full-time work performed by an applicant for at least three (3) consecutive
			 months during any time when such applicant was enrolled as a full-time student
			 in an accredited graduate degree program.
(C) Engaged-in experience shall be
			 professional experience for which the Board determines that an applicant's
			 primary duties have consistently involved both the investigation and
			 remediation of releases of hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or
			 groundwater. The Board shall consider the following in determining whether an
			 applicant's professional experience qualifies as engaged-in experience: the
			 description of work activities; the diversity of work and types of activities
			 performed; the field or fields of activities performed; the duration of
			 employment; the reports, studies or documents prepared; and any other factors
			 the Board deems relevant.
Engaged-in experience does not include experience primarily
				involving or associated with:
(i)
			 non-scientific or non-technical activities regarding the investigation or
			 remediation of releases of hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or
			 groundwater, including but not limited to, activities such as contract
			 management, budget control, legal analysis, regulatory compliance audits, or
			 other similar activities; and
(ii)
			 landfill design and management, except for closure of a hazardous waste
			 landfill; septic systems or similar non-hazardous material disposal facilities;
			 water supply systems; waste water treatment systems; complying with hazardous
			 waste requirements; activities generally subcontracted, such as drilling,
			 geophysical surveying, surveying, geotechnical analysis, laboratory analysis
			 and risk assessment or similar activities.
(D) Responsible charge experience shall be
			 professional experience for which the Board determines that an applicant's
			 primary duties consistently involve a high level of responsibility and decision
			 making regarding both the investigation and remediation of releases of
			 hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or groundwater. The Board shall
			 consider the following in determining whether an applicant's professional
			 experience qualifies as responsible charge experience:
(i) the level of independent decision making
			 exercised by the applicant;
(ii)
			 the number of individuals and the disciplines of the other professionals that
			 the applicant supervised or coordinated;
(iii) the extent to which an applicant's
			 responsibilities consistently involved both the investigation and remediation
			 of releases of hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or groundwater
			 and whether such responsibilities were an integral and substantial component of
			 the applicant's position;
(iv) the
			 nature of an applicant's employer's primary business interests and the relation
			 of those interests to conducting investigations and remediation of releases of
			 hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or groundwater;
(v) the extent to which an applicant has
			 engaged in the evaluation and selection of scientific or technical
			 methodologies for conducting investigations and remediation of releases of
			 hazardous waste or petroleum products into soil or groundwater;
(vi) the extent to which an applicant drew
			 technical conclusions, made recommendations, and issued opinions based on the
			 results of investigations and remediation of releases of hazardous waste or
			 petroleum products into soil or groundwater; or
(vii) any other factor that the Board deems
			 relevant.