PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation, chapter 296-46B WAC.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 19.28 RCW; chapter 399, Laws of 2003 (ESSB 5713); chapter 211, Laws of 2003 (ESB 5210); chapter 78, Laws of 2003 (SHB 1848); and chapter 242, Laws of 2003 (SHB 5434).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The purpose of this rule making is to implement changes resulting from legislation enacted in 2003; review the fees for possible changes; and make substantive, clarifying, and housekeeping changes to these rules.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: An advisory committee and the state Electrical Board (as established by RCW 19.28.311) will be utilized in the development of these rules. Other interested parties and the public may also participate by providing written comments or giving oral testimony during the public hearing process.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Josh Swanson, Department of Labor and Industries, Specialty Compliance Services Division, P.O. Box 44400, Olympia, WA 98504-4400, phone (360) 902-6411, fax (360) 902-5292, e-mail swaj235@lni.wa.gov.
July 22, 2003
Paul Trause
Director