Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapters 51-11C and 51-11R WAC, amendment of the 2012 Washington State Energy Code.

     Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27A.020, 19.27A.025, and 19.27A.045.

     Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The state building code council regularly reviews the Washington State Building Code, as outlined in chapter 51-04 WAC, RCW 19.27A.025 and 19.27A.045, to review and consider proposals for statewide code amendments.

     Process for Developing New Rule: Stakeholder and subject expert technical advisory groups (TAG).

     Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. To receive information on meetings of the TAGs contact Krista Braaksma, Washington State Building Code Council, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, (360) 407-9278, fax (360) 586-5366, e-mail sbcc@ga.wa.gov.

March 20, 2013

C. Ray Allshouse

Council Chair