Date of Adoption: August 17, 1999.

Purpose: Chapter 296-301 WAC, Textile industry standards, this correction is necessary to prolong the effective date the this rule to coincide with the January 1, 2000, effective date of amendments to WAC 296-24-205. Changes to WAC 296-301-020 was originally filed as part of the miscellaneous changes project to make a change to subsection (3), Machine guarding, which now references requirements found in WAC 296-24-205, to eliminate duplication. In subsection (4), Housekeeping, outdated references to requirements in WAC 296-24-120 through 296-24-12015 have been corrected to WAC 296-24-735 though 296-24-73505. The adopted amendments are to be like federal rule 29 C.F.R. 1910.262.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 296-301-020.

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

CR-103 adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-17-094 on August 17, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: January 1, 2000.

November 2, 1999

Gary Moore

Director

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