WSR 98-03-032
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Filed January 13, 1998, 2:50 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Pass-through of the United States Urban Mass Transportation Administration funds for public transportation technical studies.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 47.01.101.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Repeal chapter 468-82 WAC, the existing administrative code, in its entirety.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None. Regulations of the Federal Transit Administration, successor to the United States Urban Mass Transportation Administration, do not relate to the subject of the existing administrative code.
Process for Developing New Rule: Not applicable.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Paul Gamble, Public Transportation and Rail Division, P.O. Box 47387, Olympia, WA 98504-7387, phone (360) 705-7912, FAX (360) 705-6820. There are no meetings or other exchanges of information proposed that are associated with this administrative code.
January 13, 1998
Gerald E. Smith
Deputy Secretary for Operations