PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Establishing examination qualifications, examination application procedures and standards of practice for on-site sewage treatment system designers and inspectors required under chapter 18.210 RCW.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.210.050 and 18.210.060.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: 2SSB 5821, codified as chapter 18.210 RCW requires that the department develop and administer an examination for licensure and certification. The bill also requires the establishment of standards of practice. These rules will provide those standards and provide information needed for designers and inspectors to apply for and take the examination.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Joe Vincent Jr., Manager, On-Site Program, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, P.O. Box 9649, Olympia, WA 98507-9649, phone (360) 664-1567, fax (360) 664-2551.
May 15, 2000
George A. Twiss
Executive Director