In a major victory for professional engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on emission standards in the oil and natural gas sectors asserts a strong, well-reasoned and well-supported rationale for the need for licensed professional engineers to be in responsible charge on all engineering projects, both in an independent third-party capacity, as well as in an in-house role.
In a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, NSPE President Tim Austin, P.E., F.NSPE, applauded the EPA “for recognizing the full value of engineering licensure and the need to require a licensed professional engineer for all engineering projects.”