It is clear that this is nothing more than another attempt by the academic elite of non-practicing engineers to limit their competition from the real world of practicing engineers.

I learned almost nothing about hydropower development and dam construction and safety in my studies at the University of Rhode Island.  I learned everything I needed to know on the job, in the office and field.  There were very few courses offered in the field and those were limited to the University of MIssouri at Rolla Missouri, the Federal Waterway Experiment Station in Vicksburg Mississippi, and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Engineers don't need some quasi-governmental regulator standing over them and telling them what constitutes expanding their knowledge base.  In fact, there is no such organization that can possibly keep up with the various narrow educational needs of the thousands of practicing engineers. 

This can only become another burden on the practicing engineers.  The only beneficiaries will be the accademic types who spend their entire lives in college living off the work of underlings (grad students). 

This misdirected excursion of Big Brother will turn into another disaster of complexities and unmanigable reporting requirements.