Concerning Regulation [1 VAC 30 ? 45],  I have read through most of the text and although there are many sound ideas, I feel that these regulations would put undue hardship on mainly volunteer, limited budget, non-profit organizations.  The time, energy and money involved in compliance would, in my opinion, have a quelling effect on citizen monitoring efforts.  The results would be scaled back operations and perhaps even an end to some of these valuable citizen monitoring organizations.  The Commonwealth of Virginia is getting a great "deal" from these groups and any additional regulation should come after careful consideration, and at the very least, at no additional financial cost to these organizations.

Also, I am concerned that this seems to have moved forward suddenly, without public input.  I don't see any evidence of the steps DEQ has taken to help to assure quality.

Thank you,

Gary Lauben