WSR 98-07-067
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed March 17, 1998, 1:34 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Liquefied petroleum gas sales, chapter 16-659 WAC, Weights and measures--Liquefied petroleum gas
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.94.340, 19.94.390
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This rule change is in response to an industry request to sell propane in twenty pound containers on a container exchange basis
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; and the agency will consult with the Weights and Measures Advisory Group
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jerry Buendel, Program Manager, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures Program, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, (360) 902-1856, FAX (360) 902-2086, e-mail jbuendel@agr.wa.gov
March 17, 1998
Julie C. Sandberg
Assistant Director