WSR 98-07-004
PROPOSED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Filed March 6, 1998, 9:15 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 98-03-032
Title of Rule: Pass-through of the United States Urban Mass Transportation Administration funds for public transportation technical studies
Purpose: Prescribes application procedures and project selection criteria for grants to municipal public transportation operators for conducting studies
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.01.101
Summary: Repeal chapter 468-82 WAC, the existing administrative code in its entirety
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Unpredictable federal funding
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Paul Gamble, Olympia, (360) 705-7912; Implementation and Enforcement: Cathy Silins, Olympia, (360) 705-7919
Name of Proponent: Washington State Department of Transportation, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Repeals existing administrative code that provides application and administrative procedures for Federal Transit Administration's planning program for municipal public transportation operators.
Eliminates application procedures and project selection criteria for a program for which congress has failed to appropriate timely funding to the Federal Transit Administration, the successor to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, for several years in succession
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Repeals existing administrative code that provides application and project selection criteria for program
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The existing and proposed rules affect only municipal public transportation operators.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. This rule making is exempt under subsection (5)(b)(ii).
Hearing Location: Transportation Building, Commission Board Room, 1D2, Maple Park S.E., Olympia, Washington 98504, on May 15, 1998, at 8:30 a.m
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact TDD (360) 705-6980, by May 8, 1998
Submit Written Comments to: Paul Gamble, Public Transportation Office, Washington State Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 47387, Olympia, WA 98504-7387, or (360) 705-7912, FAX (360) 705-6820, by May 8, 1998
Date of Intended Adoption: May 15, 1998
March 2, 1998
Gerald E. Smith
Deputy Secretary
for Operations
OTS-1924.1
REPEALER
The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 468-82-010 General purpose and applicability.
WAC 468-82-015 Definitions.
WAC 468-82-110 Application for technical study grant.
WAC 468-82-120 Department response to application.
WAC 468-82-200 Application prioritization criteria.