WSR 99-16-085

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

[ Filed August 3, 1999, 4:47 p.m. , effective November 1, 1999 ]

Date of Adoption: August 3, 1999.

Purpose: WAC 296-50, Safety standards for manufacture of explosives.

Topic: There are currently no explosive manufacturers in the state of Washington with which to regulate. The necessary requirements to ensure the safety, health and welfare of explosive manufacturing are located within chapters 296-24, 296-52, and 296-67 WAC. There is no equivalent federal (OSHA) regulation to WAC 296-50. In addition, no public comments have been received opposing the repeal of this rule. As a result, the rule is repealed in its entirety.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing [see repealer section below].

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, [49.17].050.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 99-12-090 on June 1, 1999.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 23.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 23.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 23. Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 1999.

August 3, 1999

Gary Moore

Director

OTS-2973.1


REPEALER
     The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 296-50-010 Foreword.
WAC 296-50-020 Introductory.
WAC 296-50-030 Management's responsibility.
WAC 296-50-040 Employee's responsibility.
WAC 296-50-050 Minimum requirements for first aid.
WAC 296-50-060 First-aid kit.
WAC 296-50-070 First-aid room.
WAC 296-50-080 General regulations.
WAC 296-50-090 Dope house.
WAC 296-50-100 Dynamite mixing house.
WAC 296-50-110 Dynamite pack machine house.
WAC 296-50-120 Gelatin mixing house.
WAC 296-50-130 Gelatin cartridge machine house.
WAC 296-50-140 Handpack house.
WAC 296-50-150 Waste opening house.
WAC 296-50-160 Box packing house.
WAC 296-50-170 Powder repair shop.
WAC 296-50-180 Batch nitrator.
WAC 296-50-190 Separator and prewash operation.
WAC 296-50-200 N.G. neutralizing house and store house.
WAC 296-50-210 Acid operations.
WAC 296-50-220 Spare parts houses.
WAC 296-50-230 Nitrocotton screening and drying houses.