PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
AND LAND SURVEYORS
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 196-20 WAC, Engineers-in-training.
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: As part of an effort to better organize existing and future rules under the existing chapter that pertain to engineers-in-training.
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 by contacting George A. Twiss, Executive Director, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, phone (360) 664-1565, fax (360) 664-2551, e-mail engineers@dol.wa.gov. Comments may be submitted through regular mail, fax or e-mail. Draft language of rule amendments will be distributed to the board's list of interested persons.
March 30, 2009
George A. Twiss
Executive Director