NSPE is actively working to defeat federal legislation that would undermine the role of the professional engineer in making final decisions about the correct type of piping to use in our nation’s water systems. NSPE and other engineering and water utility associations sent a letter to Congress and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), opposing materials-preference legislation that—under the guise of promoting “open competition”—seeks to legislate technical decisions related to pipes and other materials that should be made by licensed engineers and local communities.
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