Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: In 1961, the department adopted rules for heating installations. These rules are out-of-date and no longer used. Installation requirements can now be found in chapter 296-46B WAC and must meet the requirements of the NEC. Therefore, we are repealing the rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 296-43-010 Heating cables -- General, 296-43-020 Heating cables -- Maximum wattage and temperature, 296-43-030 Heating cables -- Permissible installation methods in buildings, 296-43-040 Heating cables -- Thermal insulation, 296-43-050 Heating cables -- Elements installed in tanks, troughs, or pipe lines containing liquids, 296-43-060 Heating element in soil or sand, and 296-43-070 Heating element imbedded in driveways.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 19.28 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-06-083 on March 3, 2009.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 7.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 7.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 7.

     Date Adopted: May 5, 2009.

Judy Schurke

Director

OTS-2162.2

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     The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 296-43-010	Heating cables -- General.
WAC 296-43-020	Heating cables -- Maximum wattage and temperature.
WAC 296-43-030	Heating cables -- Permissible installation methods in buildings.
WAC 296-43-040	Heating cables -- Thermal insulation.
WAC 296-43-050	Heating cables -- Elements installed in tanks, troughs, or pipe lines containing liquids.
WAC 296-43-060	Heating element in soil or sand.
WAC 296-43-070	Heating element imbedded in driveways.

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