WSR 98-01-078

PERMANENT RULES

ENERGY FACILITY SITE

EVALUATION COUNCIL

[Filed December 12, 1997, 4:30 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 8, 1997.

Purpose: The amendment updates the location of the council's office and the source of the council's administrative support (including staff).

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 463-06-020 and 463-06-030.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 80.50.040(1).

Other Authority: RCW 34.05.220 [(1)](b).

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-19-056 on September 15, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 2, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 8, 1997

C. Robert Wallis

Acting Chair

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 92-09-013, filed 4/2/92, effective 5/3/92)

WAC 463-06-020 Description of organization. (1) The voting membership of the council consists of the authorized representatives of the member agencies listed in RCW 80.50.030. In addition, a voting county representative, a voting city representative, and a nonvoting port district representative may sit with the council under the circumstances described in RCW 80.50.030.

(2) The chair of the council is the person appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate to a term coextensive with that of the governor pursuant to RCW 80.50.030. The ((chairman)) chair has a vote on all matters before the council and has an office at the ((Washington state energy office)) department of community, trade, and economic development.

(3) The ((Washington state energy office)) department of community, trade, and economic development provides administrative services and staff to the council.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 80.50.040(1). 92-09-013, 463-06-020, filed 4/2/92, effective 5/3/92; 78-09-077 (Order 78-4), 463-06-020, filed 8/28/78; Order 103, 463-06-020, filed 11/4/76.]

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 92-09-013, filed 4/2/92, effective 5/3/92)

WAC 463-06-030 Council office--Business hours. The council office is located at the ((Washington State Energy Office, 809 Legion Way)) Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development, 925 Plum Street S.E., Olympia, Washington. It is open each day for the transaction of business from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excepted. Notices, applications, business correspondence, or other communication should be sent to the council office.