Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.44.090.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To bring WAC 468-38-070 and 468-38-071 into agreement with current practice, and thereby enhance the preservation of public safety. The rule expands reducible permits to include empty apple bins and certain qualifying loads of hay to be transported up to fifteen feet high. This was amended in April, however, the amendment was applied incorrectly to WAC 468-38-070, this filing will correct the application.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The WAC is enforced by the Washington State Patrol.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making; and rule has been adopted on an emergency basis to enhance public safety.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Barry Diseth, Motor Carrier Services, P.O. Box 47367, Olympia, WA 98504-7367, fax (360) 664-9440.

June 24, 1998

James P. Toohey

for Gerald E. Smith

Deputy Secretary, Operations