Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part II - State Board for Certification of Sewage Treatment Plant and Waterworks Operators › Chapter 302 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS OPERATORS' CERTIFICATION PROGRAM › Subchapter C - BOARD PROCEDURES AND ACTIONS › Section 302.306 - Certificate renewal

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Certified
				  operators meeting the requirements of the act, this chapter, and any other
				  Federal or State law or rules and regulations promulgated thereto applicable to
				  the operation of water and wastewater systems and any orders of the Board or
				  the Department relative to certification will be eligible for certificate
				  renewal without further examination.
(b) The Board will attempt to notify
				  certified operators when renewal is due at least 60 days prior to certificate
				  expiration. Failure to receive a renewal application from the Board does not
				  release a certified operator from the requirements of the act, this chapter,
				  and other Federal or State law or rules and regulations promulgated thereto
				  applicable to the operation of water and wastewater systems.
(c) Certified operators shall meet the
				  continuing education requirements as defined in §
										302.803 (relating to phased
				  schedule for continuing education requirements) as a condition of
				  renewal.
(d) Continuing education
				  must be successfully obtained during the certified operator's 3-year
				  certification period. A certified operator who fails to complete the continuing
				  education requirements within the 3-year cycle shall apply for
				  recertification.
(e) The Board will
				  not renew a certificate for an operator who fails to meet the continuing
				  education requirements, unless the operator has applied for and been granted an
				  extension in accordance with §
										302.307 (relating to
				  extensions).
(f) A certificate will
				  not be deemed expired if the Board Secretary has received a complete
				  application for certification action for renewal before the expiration date of
				  the certificate. This provision will be in force until the Board takes action
				  on the application. If approved, the certificate will be issued with an
				  expiration date that maintains the operator's prior 3-year cycle.
(g) A certificate renewal issued by the Board
				  after the certificate has expired will have the effective issuance date of when
				  the Board Secretary finalizes the renewed certificate as authorized by the
				  Board. The Board Secretary will send the renewed certificate no later than 90
				  days after receiving a complete application. The expiration date will be 3
				  years after the expiration date of the lapsed certificate.
(h) Within 24 months following the date of
				  expiration, an operator who has completed the continuing education, but whose
				  certificate has expired, may renew the certificate by submitting a complete
				  application for certification action for renewal. A certified operator who
				  fails to renew the certificate within 24 months of the expiration date shall
				  apply for recertification.
(i) The
				  Board Secretary will submit a listing of applicants for certificate renewal to
				  the Board that the Department has determined have not met the continuing
				  education requirements as defined in §
										302.802 (relating to continuing
				  education requirements for certificate renewal). The listing will include the
				  applicants' names, their classes and subclassifications of certification and
				  the number of approved hours of continuing education completed.
(j) An operator shall submit any
				  post-presentation credit applications for training that were not preapproved by
				  the Department in accordance with training approval process guidelines within
				  90 days after certificate expiration.
(k) After the Board has taken action to deny
				  an application for certificate renewal due to lack of continuing education, the
				  Board Secretary will send a certified letter to the operator notifying the
				  operator of the Board's decision. The Board Secretary will send a copy of this
				  letter to the appropriate Department regional program manager and the owners of
				  any systems who identified the operator as an available operator for their
				  systems.
(l) The operator has 14
				  days from receipt of the certified letter to submit additional documentation of
				  completed continuing education for review by the Department to the Board
				  Secretary. If the Department approves the additional documentation showing
				  compliance with the requirement for continuing education, the Board Secretary
				  will issue a valid certificate to the operator. If not, the operator is no
				  longer certified, and shall apply for recertification.