WSR 14-23-023

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed November 10, 2014, 8:51 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 196-12-010 Registration requirements and 196-12-050 Waiving the fundamentals-of-engineering examination.

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: Repeal of WAC 196-050 [196-12-050] is needed, as the authority to grant a waiver of the fundamentals-of-engineering examination does not exist in law.

An amendment to WAC 196-010 [196-12-010] is needed to delete language regarding a waiver of the fundamentals-of-engineering examination.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Draft language of rule amendments will be distributed to the board's list of interested persons (listserv).

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. Interested parties may send in their comments by mail, phone, facsimile, or e-mail. Additional information will be posted on the engineers, land surveyors, and on-site web site as it becomes available at http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/engienerslandsurveyors/.

November 10, 2014

Damon Monroe

Rules Coordinator