WSR 16-11-115

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed May 18, 2016, 11:43 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 has received a number of requests to clarify requirements and correct technical errors in the Washington State Energy Code going into effect on July 1, 2016.

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

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting 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 [sbcc@des.wa.gov].

May 13, 2016

Steve K. Simpson

Council Chair