WSR 15-12-083
EXPEDITED RULES
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
[Filed June 1, 2015, 2:43 p.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Exemption to weighing requirement.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Melissa Van Gorkom, Washington State Patrol, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, AND RECEIVED BY August 3, 2015.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: There is a need to update these rules as to provide cleanup and clarification to existing language to ensure that the rules comply with current laws in the state of Washington.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Updates are to coincide with recommended practice for rule writing as well as to provide cleanup to the entire chapter.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.44.105.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Melissa Van Gorkom, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, (360) 596-4017; Implementation and Enforcement: Washington State Patrol, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, (360) 596-4000.
May 27, 2015
John R. Batiste
Chief
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-18-043, filed 8/27/93, effective 9/27/93)
WAC 446-80-005 Promulgation.
By authority of RCW 46.44.105(((12))) (11), the Washington state patrol hereby adopts the following rules establishing standards for size, weight, and load enforcement activities authorized in chapter 46.44 RCW.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-18-043, filed 8/27/93, effective 9/27/93)
WAC 446-80-010 Stopping at scales exemption.
The requirement to stop at a weighing facility when traffic control signs indicate the weighing facility is open does not apply to((:)) unladen trucks towing or carrying a pole trailer, as defined in RCW 46.04.414, whose design and use is for transporting logs, except at the ((points of entry)) following weighing facilities ((listed below.
Points of entry are)):
 
((Vancouver)) Ridgefield Port of Entry
I-5 MP 15
 
Bow Hill Port of Entry
I-5 MP 235
 
Plymouth Port of Entry
I-82 MP 1
 
Spokane Port of Entry
I-90 MP 300
 
Wallula ((Port of Entry))
SR-12 MP 308
 
Home Valley
SR-14 MP 50
 
Goldendale
SR-97 MP 13
 
Tonasket
SR-97 MP 315
 
Kettle Falls
SR-395 MP 239