PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 196-33 WAC, Rules of professional practice for licensees designing on-site wastewater treatment systems.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 18.210 RCW.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Revise WAC 196-33-400 and 196-33-500 to better define the language regarding the use of seals and stamps.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting George A. Twiss, Executive Director, P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, phone (360) 664-1575, fax (360) 664-2551, e-mail engineers@dol.wa.gov. Comments may be submitted through regular mail, phone, fax or e-mail.
April 14, 2006
George A. Twiss
Executive Director