Date of Adoption: September 25, 2003.

     Purpose: This rule-making order is the result of the department's on-going Executive Order 97-02 commitment to review and repeal rules that are no longer necessary. This filing repeals:

•     WAC 16-100-001 Promulgation, because it represents an outdated method of rule writing that is no longer used and the section is not needed.

•     WAC 16-100-010 Specifications and use, because it is redundant and not needed. The requirements in this section are covered in WAC 16-167-050 and Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (21 C.F.R.) part 110. Department food storage temperature requirements are also addressed in RCW 19.32.100, 69.04.915, WAC 16-142-170 and 16-165-130(29).

•     WAC 16-100-020 Penalty, because it is also redundant and not needed. The subject of penalties is covered in RCW 19.32.180, 69.04.060, 69.04.070, 69.07.150, 69.10.050 and chapter 16-139 WAC, Penalties.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-100-001, 16-100-010, and 16-100-020.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 19.32, 69.04, 69.07, 69.10, and 34.05 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-13-130 on June 18, 2003.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

September 25, 2003

Valoria H. Loveland

Director

OTS-6442.1

REPEALER
     The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 16-100-001	Promulgation.
WAC 16-100-010	Specifications and use.
WAC 16-100-020	Penalty.

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