Subject of Possible Rule Making: The agency will conduct a review of chapter 352-32 WAC, Public use of state park areas and chapter 352-37 WAC, Ocean beaches.

     Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 79A.05 RCW.

     Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: State parks will conduct an annual review of the WACs pertaining to public use of state park areas and ocean beaches. This review will be conducted to consider the need for each of the following: Changes to accommodate recent legislation, addition of new definitions, providing clarification and modifications to various rules including residency requirements for pass holders, expulsion of disruptive park visitors, eliminating reciprocity with other states in regard to sno-park permit fees, changing nontraffic violations to traffic violations and make changes to length of stay for recreational camping. The review may also result in minor changes and corrections to rules in order to bring rules up-to-date with current terminology, correction of references to statutes contained in the rules and completion of a general review for clarification, corrections and modifications.

     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 Pamela McConkey, Washington State Parks, P.O. Box 42650, Olympia, WA 98504-2650, phone (360) 902-8595, fax (360) 586-6651, e-mail pamela.mcconkey@parks.wa.gov.

June 2, 2010

J. M. French, Chief

Policy Research and

Program Development

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