WSR 17-23-015

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Filed November 3, 2017, 12:39 p.m., effective December 4, 2017]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: This rule edits existing language to clarify the use of flaggers within intersections, other than emergencies, as long there is a flagger present for each intersecting leg of the intersection.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 468-95-302.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.36.030.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-17-107 on August 21, 2017.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: November 2, 2017.

Kara Larsen

Director of Risk Management

and Legal Services

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 11-23-101, filed 11/18/11, effective 12/19/11)

WAC 468-95-302 Flagger stations.

Add a new Standard to MUTCD Section 6E.08 to read:

Standard:

A single flagger shall not flag ((traffic within)) from the center of an intersection, except ((for)) when there is an emergency or when law enforcement is flagging. When flagging at an intersection there shall be a flagger controlling each intersection leg.