The proposed amendment applies to Sections R309-100-5 through R309-100-11. It would eliminate the requirement that the Director approve all engineering plans and specifications for public drinking water projects from Section R309-100-5. Instead, it would require only that plans and specifications be approved in writing prior to construction and would not specify who must approve them. This would bring the rule into conformance with a simultaneously proposed amendment to Rule R309-105, which would allow the Director to authorize the Engineering Manager to approve plans and specifications. The proposed amendment would also eliminate the requirement that the Department of Environmental Quality determine the feasibility of adequate water supply for proposed public water systems if requested by the local health department. Because this section of the rule, R309-100-6, will be deleted, the proposed amendment also renumbers five subsequent rule sections, Sections R309-100-7 through R309-100-11.