WSR 20-18-085

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

PARKS AND RECREATION

COMMISSION

[Filed September 1, 2020, 4:56 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 352-28 WAC, Protection and conservation of state park natural resources.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 79A.05.070.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Staff is opening chapter 352-28 WAC for review to:

1. Clarify and align rules for resource sales to the other planning and permitting processes needed to conduct a timber sale on state park lands.

2. Establish new measures and thresholds for commission approval and delegated authority for natural resource sales that accurately represent the scale and significance of tree removals for forest health treatments.

3. Better align conservation planning, scientific research, and resource sales with other natural resource agencies.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: State parks intends to coordinate the development of these proposed rule changes in consultation with the Washington departments of natural resources and fish and wildlife.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Lisa Lantz, 1111 Israel Road S.W., phone 360-902-8641, fax 360-586-4272, TTY 800-833-6388, email Lisa.Lantz@parks.wa.gov, website https://parks.state.wa.us.

September 2, 2020

Valeria Veasley

Management Analyst