WSR 15-10-079

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 4, 2015, 10:47 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapters 51-11C and 51-11R WAC, adoption and amendment of the 2015 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 revisions made to the codes by the national model code committees, and to review and consider proposals for statewide code amendments. The estimated effective date of the 2015 codes is July 1, 2016.

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

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.

May 4, 2015

David F. Kokot

Council Chair