PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
(Board of Engineers)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending chapter 196-23 WAC, eliminating WAC 196-23-070(e).
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.43.035.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Subsection (e) of WAC 196-23-070 is unnecessary and interferes with the adaptability of the remainder of the rule to technological changes.
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. Comments may be submitted through regular mail, phone, fax or e-mail to Joe Vincent Jr., P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, phone (360) 664-1567, fax (360) 664-1575, e-mail engineers@dol.wa.gov. Draft language of rule amendments will be distributed to the board's list of interested persons.
June 6 [5], 2003
George A. Twiss
Executive Director
Board of Registration for
Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors