WSR 04-24-102

PROPOSED RULES

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE


[ Filed December 1, 2004, 11:45 a.m. ]

     Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 04-15-145.

     Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 458-40-610 Timber excise tax -- Definitions and 458-40-680 Timber excise tax -- Volume harvested -- Approved scaling and grading methods -- Sample scaling -- Conversions.

     Hearing Location(s): Capital Plaza Building, 4th Floor, L&P Large Conference Room, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Olympia, WA, on January 4, 2005, at 10:00 a.m.

     Date of Intended Adoption: January 11, 2005.

     Submit Written Comments to: Gilbert Brewer, P.O. Box 47453, Olympia, WA 98504-7453, e-mail gilb@dor.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-5543, by January 4, 2005.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Sandy Davis no later than ten days before the hearing date, TTY 1-800-451-7985 or (360) 725-7499.

     Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: To determine the amount of forest excise tax due, a harvester must determine the volume of logs that he or she has harvested. The department has adopted industry standards of scaling to make these determinations. For logs harvested in western Washington, the department has used the standards established by the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group. Because this group had not adopted similar standards for harvests in eastern Washington, the current rule requires the use of scaling rules prepared by the United States Forest Service (USFS) for that area of the state. Recently, the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group adopted standards applicable to eastside logging. The department proposes to replace the USFS scaling rules with the newer industry-standard eastside log scaling rules developed by the Log Rules Advisory Group.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed change will bring the department's rules into compliance with industry standards throughout the state.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 82.32.300, 82.01.060(2), and 84.33.096.

     Statute Being Implemented: RCW 84.33.035(5).

     Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

     Name of Proponent: Washington State Department of Revenue, governmental.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Gilbert Brewer, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #544, Olympia, WA, (360) 570-6133; Implementation and Enforcement: Leslie Cushman, 1025 Union Avenue S.E., Suite #100, Olympia, WA, (360) 570-3201.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The proposed rules do not impose any new performance requirement or administrative burden on a small business.

     A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. These proposed rules are not significant legislative rules as defined by RCW 34.05.328.

December 1, 2004

Alan R. Lynn

Rules Coordinator

OTS-7652.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 02-21-005, filed 10/3/02, effective 11/3/02)

WAC 458-40-610   Timber excise tax -- Definitions.   (1) Introduction. The purpose of WAC 458-40-610 through 458-40-690 is to prescribe the policies and procedures for the taxation of timber harvested from public and private forest lands as required by RCW 84.33.010 through 84.33.096.

     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this rule apply to WAC 458-40-610 through 458-40-690. In addition to the definitions found in this rule, definitions of technical forestry terms may be found in The Dictionary of Forestry, 1998, edited by John A. Helms, and published by the Society of American Foresters.

     (2) Codominant trees. Trees whose crowns form the general level of the main canopy and receive full light from above, but comparatively little light from the sides.

     (3) Competitive sales. The offering for sale of timber which is advertised to the general public for sale at public auction under terms wherein all qualified potential buyers have an equal opportunity to bid on the sale, and the sale is awarded to the highest qualified bidder. The term "competitive sales" includes making available to the general public permits for the removal of forest products.

     (4) Cord measurement. A measure of wood with dimensions of 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet (128 cubic feet).

     (5) Damaged timber. Timber where the stumpage values have been materially reduced from the values shown in the applicable stumpage value tables due to damage resulting from fire, blow down, ice storm, flood, or other sudden unforeseen causes.

     (6) Dominant trees. Trees whose crowns are higher than the general level of the main canopy and which receive full light from the sides as well as from above.

     (7) Harvest unit. An area of timber harvest, defined and mapped by the harvester before harvest, having the same stumpage value area, hauling distance zone, harvest adjustments, harvester, and harvest identification. The harvest identification may be a department of natural resources forest practice application number, public agency harvesting permit number, public sale contract number, or other unique identifier assigned to the timber harvest area prior to harvest operations. A harvest unit may include more than one section, but harvest unit may not overlap a county boundary.

     (8) Harvester. Every person who from the person's own land or from the land of another under a right or license granted by lease or contract, either directly or by contracting with others for the necessary labor or mechanical services, fells, cuts, or takes timber for sale or for commercial or industrial use. The term "harvester" does not include persons performing under contract the necessary labor or mechanical services for a harvester. In cases where the identity of the harvester is in doubt, the department of revenue will consider the owner of the land from which the timber was harvested to be the harvester and the one liable for paying the tax.

     The definition above applies except when the United States or any instrumentality thereof, the state, including its departments and institutions and political subdivisions, or any municipal corporation therein so fells, cuts, or takes timber for sale or for commercial or industrial use. When a governmental entity described above fells, cuts, or takes timber, the harvester is the first person, other than another governmental entity as described above, acquiring title to or a possessory interest in such timber.

     (9) Harvesting and marketing costs. Only those costs directly and exclusively associated with harvesting the timber from the land and delivering it to the buyer. The term includes the costs of slash disposal required to abate extreme fire hazard. Harvesting and marketing costs do not include the costs of reforestation, permanent road construction, or any other costs not directly and exclusively associated with the harvesting and marketing of the timber. The actual harvesting and marketing costs must be used in all instances where documented records are available. When the taxpayer is unable to provide documented proof of such costs, the deduction for harvesting and marketing costs is thirty-five percent of the gross receipts from the sale of the logs.

     (10) Hauling distance zone. An area with specified boundaries as shown on the statewide stumpage value area and hauling distance zone maps contained in WAC 458-40-640, having similar accessibility to timber markets.

     (11) Legal description. A description of an area of land using government lots and standard general land office subdivision procedures. If the boundary of the area is irregular, the physical boundary must be described by metes and bounds or by other means that will clearly identify the property.

     (12) Log grade. Those grades listed in the "Official Log Scaling and Grading Rules" developed and authored by the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group (Advisory Group). "Utility grade" means logs that do not meet the minimum requirements of peeler or sawmill grades as defined in the "Official Log Scaling and Grading Rules" published by the Advisory Group but are suitable for the production of firm useable chips to an amount of not less than fifty percent of the gross scale; and meeting the following minimum requirements:

     (a) Minimum gross diameter -- two inches.

     (b) Minimum gross length -- twelve feet.

     (c) Minimum volume -- ten board feet net scale.

     (d) Minimum recovery requirements -- one hundred percent of adjusted gross scale in firm useable chips.

     (13) Lump sum sale. Also known as a cash sale or an installment sale, it is a sale of timber where all the volume offered is sold to the highest bidder.

     (14) MBF. One thousand board feet measured in Scribner Decimal C Log Scale Rule.

     (15) Noncompetitive sales. Sales of timber in which the purchaser has a preferential right to purchase the timber or a right of first refusal.

     (16) Other consideration. Value given in lieu of cash as payment for stumpage, such as improvements to the land that are of a permanent nature. Some examples of permanent improvements are as follows: Construction of permanent roads; installation of permanent bridges; stockpiling of rock intended to be used for construction or reconstruction of permanent roads; installation of gates, cattle guards, or fencing; and clearing and reforestation of property.

     (17) Permanent road. A road built as part of the harvesting operation which is to have a useful life subsequent to the completion of the harvest.

     (18) Private timber. All timber harvested from privately owned lands.

     (19) Public timber. Timber harvested from federal, state, county, municipal, or other government owned lands.

     (20) Remote island. An area of land which is totally surrounded by water at normal high tide and which has no bridge or causeway connecting it to the mainland.

     (21) Scale sale. A sale of timber in which the amount paid for timber in cash and/or other consideration is the arithmetic product of the actual volume harvested and the unit price at the time of harvest.

     (22) Small harvester. A harvester who harvests timber from privately or publicly owned forest land in an amount not exceeding two million board feet in a calendar year.

     (23) Species. A grouping of timber based on biological or physical characteristics. In addition to the designations of species or subclassifications defined in Agriculture Handbook No. 451 Checklist of United States Trees (native and naturalized) found in the state of Washington, the following are considered separate species for the purpose of harvest classification used in the stumpage value tables:

     (a) Other conifer. All conifers not separately designated in the stumpage value tables. See WAC 458-40-660.

     (b) Other hardwood. All hardwoods not separately designated in the stumpage value tables. See WAC 458-40-660.

     (c) Special forest products. The following are considered to be separate species of special forest products: Christmas trees (various species), posts (various species), western redcedar flatsawn and shingle blocks, western redcedar shake blocks and boards.

     (d) Chipwood. All timber processed to produce chips or chip products delivered to an approved chipwood destination that has been approved in accordance with the provisions of WAC 458-40-670 or otherwise reportable in accordance with the provisions of WAC 458-40-670.

     (e) Small logs. All conifer logs harvested in stumpage value areas 6 or 7 generally measuring seven inches or less in scaling diameter, purchased by weight measure at designated small log destinations that have been approved in accordance with the provisions of WAC 458-40-670. Log diameter and length is measured in accordance with ((USFS scaling rules)) the Eastside Log Scaling Rules developed and authored by the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group, with length not to exceed twenty feet.

     (f) Sawlog. For purposes of timber harvest in stumpage value areas 6 and 7, a sawlog is a log having a net scale of not less than 33 1/3% of gross scale, nor less than ten board feet and meeting the following minimum characteristics: Gross scaling diameter of five inches and a gross scaling length of eight feet.

     (g) Piles. All logs sold for use or processing as piles that meet the specifications described in the most recently published edition of the Standard Specification for Round Timber Piles (Designation: D 25) of the American Society for Testing and Materials.

     (h) Poles. All logs sold for use or processing as poles that meet the specifications described in the most recently published edition of the National Standard for Wood Poles -- Specifications and Dimensions (ANSI 05.1) of the American National Standards Institute.

     (24) Stumpage. Timber, having commercial value, as it exists before logging.

     (25) Stumpage value. The true and fair market value of stumpage for purposes of immediate harvest.

     (26) Stumpage value area (SVA). An area with specified boundaries which contains timber having similar growing, harvesting and marketing conditions.

     (27) Taxable stumpage value. The value of timber as defined in RCW 84.33.035(7), and this chapter. Except as provided below for small harvesters and public timber, the taxable stumpage value is the appropriate value for the species of timber harvested as set forth in the stumpage value tables adopted under this chapter.

     (a) Small harvester option. Small harvesters may elect to calculate the excise tax in the manner provided by RCW 84.33.073 and 84.33.074. The taxable stumpage value must be determined by one of the following methods as appropriate:

     (i) Sale of logs. Timber which has been severed from the stump, bucked into various lengths and sold in the form of logs has a taxable stumpage value equal to the actual gross receipts for the logs, less any costs associated with harvesting and marketing the timber.

     (ii) Sale of stumpage. When standing timber is sold and harvested within twenty-four months of the date of sale, its taxable stumpage value is the actual purchase price in cash and/or other consideration for the stumpage for the most recent sale prior to harvest. If a person purchases stumpage, harvests the timber more than twenty-four months after purchase of the stumpage, and chooses to report under the small harvester option, the taxable stumpage value is the actual gross receipts for the logs, less any costs associated with harvesting and marketing the timber. See WAC 458-40-626 for timing of tax liability.

     (b) Public timber. The taxable stumpage value for public timber sales is determined as follows:

     (i) Competitive sales. The taxable stumpage value is the actual purchase price in cash and/or other consideration. The value of other consideration is the fair market value of the other consideration; provided that if the other consideration is permanent roads, the value is the appraised value as appraised by the seller. If the seller does not provide an appraised value for roads, the value is the actual costs incurred by the purchaser for constructing or improving the roads. Other consideration includes additional services required from the stumpage purchaser for the benefit of the seller when these services are not necessary for the harvesting or marketing of the timber. For example, under a single stumpage sale's contract, when the seller requires road abandonment (as defined in WAC 222-24-052(3)) of constructed or reconstructed roads which are necessary for harvesting and marketing the timber, the construction and abandonment costs are not taxable. Abandonment activity on roads that exist prior to a stumpage sale is not necessary for harvesting and marketing the purchased timber and those costs are taxable.

     (ii) Noncompetitive sales. The taxable stumpage value is determined using the department of revenue's stumpage value tables as set forth in this chapter. Qualified harvesters may use the small harvester option.

     (iii) Sale of logs. The taxable stumpage value for public timber sold in the form of logs is the actual purchase price for the logs in cash and/or other consideration less appropriate deductions for harvesting and marketing costs. Refer above for a definition of "harvesting and marketing costs."

     (iv) Defaulted sales and uncompleted contracts. In the event of default on a public timber sale contract, wherein the taxpayer has made partial payment for the timber but has not removed any timber, no tax is due. If part of the sale is logged and the purchaser fails to complete the harvesting, taxes are due on the amount the purchaser has been billed by the seller for the volume removed to date. See WAC 458-40-628 for timing of tax liability.

     (28) Thinning. Timber removed from a harvest unit located in stumpage value area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10:

     (a) When the total volume removed is less than forty percent of the total merchantable volume of the harvest unit prior to harvest; and

     (b) The harvester leaves a minimum of one hundred undamaged, evenly spaced, dominant or codominant trees per acre of a commercial species or combination thereof.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.300 and 84.33.096. 02-21-005, § 458-40-610, filed 10/3/02, effective 11/3/02; 00-24-068, § 458-40-610, filed 12/1/00, effective 1/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.330, 84.33.096 and 84.33.091. 96-02-054, § 458-40-610, filed 12/29/95, effective 1/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.330 and 84.33.096. 95-18-026, § 458-40-610, filed 8/25/95, effective 8/25/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 84.33.096 and 82.32.300. 90-14-033, § 458-40-610, filed 6/29/90, effective 7/30/90. Statutory Authority: Chapter 84.33 RCW. 87-02-023 (Order 86-4), § 458-40-610, filed 12/31/86.]

OTS-7653.1


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 03-22-099, filed 11/5/03, effective 12/6/03)

WAC 458-40-680   Timber excise tax -- Volume harvested -- Approved scaling and grading methods -- Sample scaling -- Conversions.   (1) Introduction. The acceptable log scaling and grading standard for stumpage value areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 is the Scribner Decimal C log rule as described in the most current edition of the "Official Log Scaling and Grading Rules" developed and authored by the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group. The acceptable log scaling standard for stumpage value areas 6 and 7 is the Scribner Decimal C log rule described in the most current edition of the "((National Forest)) Eastside Log Scaling Handbook" (((FSH 2409.11))) as published by the ((United States Forest Service. Lodgepole pine harvested in stumpage value areas 6, 7, or 10 must be scaled using a one inch taper allowance per log segment)) Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group, except that timber harvested in stumpage value areas 6 and 7 must be scaled using the current regional taper rules at the point of origin.

     (2) Special services scaling. Special services scaling as described in the "Official Log Scaling and Grading Rules" developed and authored by the Northwest Log Rules Advisory Group may not be used for tax reporting purposes without prior written approval of the department of revenue.

     (3) Sample scaling. Sample scaling may not be used for tax reporting purposes without prior written approval of the department of revenue. To be approved, sample scaling must be in accordance with the following guidelines:

     (a) Sample selection, scaling, and grading must be conducted on a continuous basis as the unit is harvested.

     (b) The sample must be taken in such a manner to assure random, unbiased sample selection in accordance with accepted statistical tests of sampling.

     (c) The sample used to determine total volume, species, and quality of timber harvested for a given reporting period must have been taken during that period.

     (d) Sample frequency must be large enough to meet board foot variation accuracy limits of plus or minus two and five-tenths percent standard error at the ninety-five percent confidence level.

     (e) Harvesters, or a purchaser with an approved sample scaling method, must maintain sufficient supporting documentation to allow the department of revenue to verify source data, and test statistical reliability of sample scale systems.

     (f) Exceptions: Sampling designs and accuracy standards other than those described herein may only be used with the prior written approval of the department of revenue.

     (4) Conversions to Scribner Decimal C Scale. The following definitions, tables, and conversion factors must be used in determining taxable volume for timber harvested that was not originally scaled by the Scribner Decimal C Log Rule. Conversion methods other than those listed are not to be used for tax reporting purposes without prior written approval of the department of revenue. Harvesters who wish to use a method of conversion other than those listed below must obtain written approval from the department of revenue before harvesting. Purchasers may obtain written approval of a sample scaling method from the department of revenue. The department will maintain a list of purchasers with an approved sample scaling method. A harvester may obtain this list and a summary of the approved method for specific purchasers from the department of revenue. If a harvester has not obtained approval of a sample scaling method before harvesting, the harvester may use a purchaser's approved sample scaling method. If the harvester, or purchaser, fails to use an approved sample scaling method or other method of conversion approved by these rules to set the purchase price, the department will establish its own method, as the circumstances require, to determine a reasonable estimate of the volume of timber sold.

     (a) Weight measurement. If the sole unit of measure used to set the purchase price for logs from harvest units that meet the definition of the lowest quality code for each species was weight, and the harvester does not use an approved method of sample scaling to determine volume for the stumpage value tables, the following tables must be used for converting to Scribner Decimal C. If weight is the sole measure used for a harvest unit with quality codes other than the lowest, the department will establish its own method, as the circumstances require, to determine a reasonable estimate of the volume of timber sold. Harvesters must keep records to substantiate the species and quality codes reported. For tax reporting purposes, a ton equals 2,000 pounds.

(Stumpage Value Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 10)

BOARD FOOT WEIGHT SCALE FACTORS

(TONS/MBF)

Species Quality code
1 2 3 4
Douglas-fir1 NA NA NA 7.50
Western Hemlock2 NA NA NA 8.25
Western Redcedar3 7.0
Red Alder4 NA 7.8
Chipwood 9.0

1 Includes Douglas-fir, Western Larch, and Sitka Spruce.
2 Includes Western Hemlock, Mountain Hemlock, Pacific Silver Fir, Noble Fir, Grand Fir, Subalpine Fir, and other conifers not separately designated. Pacific Silver Fir, Noble Fir, Grand Fir, and Subalpine Fir are all commonly referred to as "White Fir."
3 Includes Alaska-cedar.
4 Maple, Black Cottonwood and other hardwoods.

(Stumpage Value Areas 6 & 7)

BOARD FOOT WEIGHT SCALE FACTORS

(TONS/MBF)

Species Quality code
1 2
Ponderosa Pine NA 6.50
Douglas-fir1 5.50
Lodgepole Pine 6.0
Western Hemlock2 5.50
Englemann Spruce 4.50
Western Redcedar3 4.50
Chipwood 9.0
Small Logs 6.50

1 Includes Western Larch.
2 Includes Western Hemlock, Mountain Hemlock, Pacific Silver Fir, Noble Fir, Grand Fir, Subalpine Fir, and other conifers not separately designated. Pacific Silver Fir, Noble Fir, Grand Fir, and Subalpine Fir are all commonly referred to as "White Fir."
3 Includes Alaska-cedar.
     (b) Cord measurement. For the purposes of converting cords into Scribner volume:

     (i) In stumpage value areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 logs with an average scaling diameter of 8 inches and larger must be converted to Scribner volume using 400 board feet per cord. Logs having an average scaling diameter of less than 8 inches must be converted to Scribner volume using 330 board feet per cord.

     (ii) In stumpage value areas 6 and 7 logs with an average scaling diameter of 8 inches and larger must be converted to Scribner volume using 470 board feet per cord. Logs having an average scaling diameter of less than 8 inches must be converted to Scribner volume using 390 board feet per cord.

     (iii) A cord of Western Redcedar shake or shingle blocks must be converted to Scribner volume using 600 board feet per cord.

     (c) Cants or lumber from portable mills. To convert from lumber tally to Scribner volume:

     (i) In stumpage value areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 multiply the lumber tally for the individual species by 75%, and round to the nearest one thousand board feet (MBF); or

     (ii) In stumpage value areas 6 and 7 multiply the lumber tally for the individual species by 88%, and round to the nearest one thousand board feet (MBF).

     (d) Log scale conversion. Timber harvested in stumpage value areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 and which has been scaled by methods and procedures published in the "((National Forest)) Eastside Log Scaling Handbook" (((FSH 2409.11))) must have the volumes reported reduced by eighteen percent. Timber harvested in stumpage value areas 6 and 7 and which has been scaled by methods and procedures published in the "Official Log Scaling and Grading Rules" developed and authored by the Northwest log rules advisory group, must have the volumes reported increased by eighteen percent.

     (e) Timber pole and piling volume tables. Harvesters of poles must use the following tables to determine the Scribner board foot volume for each pole length and class:

Total Scribner Board Foot Volume

Stumpage Value Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10

Pole Class1 Piling Class2
Length H6 H5 H4 H3 H2 H1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 A B
20 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 20 20 80 70
25 60 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 30 100 90
30 110 70 60 60 50 50 40 40 130 110
35 160 160 130 100 80 80 60 60 50 130 110
40 240 200 180 180 150 120 120 90 70 60 150 120
45 380 340 340 280 230 230 190 150 120 120 90 90 150 120
50 430 370 370 300 260 260 210 160 140 140 100 160 140
55 470 410 410 330 280 280 230 180 150 150 180 150
60 540 470 470 410 340 340 290 220 190 190 190 160
65 610 520 520 420 380 380 320 260 210 210 210 180
70 650 560 560 480 400 400 350 270 230 230 230 190
75 700 600 600 520 520 520 440 290 250 230 200
80 820 700 700 600 600 540 440 360 290 250 210
85 910 800 800 660 660 660 570 490 360 260 210
90 1080 930 930 820 820 690 590 490 400 260 220
95 1170 1000 1000 870 870 750 640 540 290 240
100 1190 1030 1030 900 900 760 660 550 310 250
105 1310 1160 1160 1000 1000 860 740 610 330 270
110 1370 1220 1220 1050 1050 910 780 650 380 300
115 1440 1280 1280 1100 1100 960 860 680 400 310
120 1660 1460 1460 1300 1300 1140 970 820 500 400
125 1840 1600 1600 1410 1410 1250 1080 930
130 1920 1680 1680 1490 1490 1310 1120 970

1 Pole class definitions taken from American National Standard specifications and dimensions for wood poles as approved August 7, 1976, under American National Standard Institute, Inc. codified ANSI 05.1-1972.
2 Piling class definitions as per American Society for Testing and Materials for "round timber piles." As the designation: D 25-58 (reapproved 1964).

Total Scribner Board Foot Volume

Stumpage Value Areas 6 and 7

Pole Class1 Piling Class2
Length H6 H5 H4 H3 H2 H1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 A B
20 70 60 50 50 30 30 20 20 20 90 70
25 80 70 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 100 80
30 110 90 60 60 50 50 50 40 130 110
35 190 160 140 100 100 70 60 60 50 140 100
40 240 240 200 170 120 110 100 70 70 140 100
45 390 330 330 270 270 220 180 150 110 110 80 70 150 110
50 460 390 390 340 340 280 240 190 150 150 120 190 150
55 510 430 430 370 360 300 250 190 150 150 190 150
60 610 530 530 440 440 380 310 240 200 200 240 200
65 650 570 570 490 480 410 350 280 220 220 240 200
70 750 650 650 550 470 470 410 320 260 260 260 210
75 810 700 700 600 600 500 440 340 270 270 220
80 960 830 830 710 710 610 510 420 340 220 220
85 1020 870 870 760 760 640 550 450 360 300 240
90 1110 970 970 840 840 720 620 500 420 280 280
95 1160 1010 1010 870 870 740 640 510 360 280
100 1380 1210 1210 1060 1060 910 780 650 360 280
105 1430 1250 1250 1100 1100 940 820 690 400 300
110 1580 1390 1390 1220 1220 1070 920 770 460 340
115 1660 1470 1470 1280 1280 970 810 680 470 360
120 1880 1680 1680 1480 1480 1290 1130 950 560 450
125 1910 1690 1690 1490 1490 1140 970 810
130 2170 1920 1920 1710 1710 1510 1320 1140

1 Pole class definitions taken from American National Standard specifications and dimensions for wood poles as approved August 7, 1976, under American National Standard Institute, Inc. codified ANSI 05.1-1972.
2 Piling class definitions as per American Society for Testing and Materials for "round timber piles." As the designation: D 25-58 (reapproved 1964).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.300, 82.01.060(2), and 84.33.096. 03-22-099, § 458-40-680, filed 11/5/03, effective 12/6/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.300 and 84.33.096. 00-24-068, § 458-40-680, filed 12/1/00, effective 1/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.330, 84.33.096 and 84.33.120. 96-02-056, § 458-40-680, filed 12/29/95, effective 1/29/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.32.300 and 84.33.096. 95-14-084, § 458-40-680, filed 6/30/95, effective 7/31/95. Statutory Authority: Chapter 84.33 RCW. 87-02-023 (Order 86-4), § 458-40-680, filed 12/31/86.]

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