WSR 21-14-018
AGENDA
UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION
ENERGY FACILITY SITE
EVALUATION COUNCIL
[Filed June 28, 2021, 8:43 a.m.]
The Washington utilities and transportation commission (UTC) submits its semi-annual rule development agenda report for publication in the Washington State Register pursuant to RCW 34.05.314. This report also includes the rule development agenda for the energy facility site evaluation council (EFSEC).
Please direct any questions to Paige Doyle at 360-664-1140 or paige.doyle@utc.wa.gov.
UTC
Semi-Annual Rules Development Agenda
(July 1 - December 31, 2021)
This report is the utilities and transportation commission's semi-annual report rule development agenda for publication in the Washington State Register pursuant to RCW 34.05.314.
Additional rule-making activity not on the agenda may be undertaken to meet conditions not now anticipated.
Dates that are in "bold" print, indicate that filing has occurred. All other dates are projected. The commission maintains a schedule of rule-making activity that is updated several times per month. See www.utc.wa.gov.
WAC
CHAPTER
DOCKET
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE
AND STATUS
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102 or CR-105
CR-103
HEARING
 
CURRENT:
480-62
TR-200536
HB 1841 rule making
Betty Young
360-664-1202
7/21/20
To be
determined
To be
determined
Revise chapter 480-62 WAC to implement HB 1841.
480-100-600
UE-210183
Carbon and electricity markets rule making
Brad Cebulko
360-664-1309
5/3/21
To be
determined
To be
determined
Define the requirements for using markets purchases to meet the standards of RCW 19.405.030, [19.405.]040, and [19.405.]050, and to address to prohibition on double counting of nonpower attributes under RCW 19.405.040 with other programs. The commission may also consider the interpretation of the term "use" in RCW 19.405.040 (1)(a)(ii) and the reporting requirements for compliance with RCW 19.405.030.
WAC
CHAPTER
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102 or
CR-105
CR-103
HEARING
 
PROPOSED:
480-100-600
Cumulative impact analysis rule making
Kendra White
360-701-5363
To be
determined
To be
determined
To be
determined
The cumulative impact analysis rule making will incorporate department of health's new analysis on climate change impacts and fossil fuel impacts into commission rules implementing the Clean Energy Transformation Act.
EFSEC
Semi-Annual Rules Development Agenda
July 1 – December 31, 2021
WAC
CHAPTER
TITLE
AGENCY
CONTACT
PROPOSED TIMELINE AND STATUS
DESCRIPTION OF
POSSIBLE CHANGES
 
 
 
CR-101
CR-102 or
CR-105
CR-103
HEARING
 
CURRENT:
463-76
NPDES compliance
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
7/26/17
To be
determined
To be
determined
Adopt ecology water quality rules and additional revisions to ensure consistency with EFSEC statutory authorities, ecology rules, and federal regulations to support environmental protection agency's (EPA) renewal of EFSEC's NPDES delegation.
PROPOSED:
Title 463 WAC
Administrative updates
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
 
(CR-105)
To be
determined
To be determined
Amend multiple chapters of Title 463 WAC to reflect EFSEC's administrative incorporation into UTC, such as EFSEC's street address, and other changes specifically dictated by statutory revisions.
Title 463 WAC
Process updates
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be
determined
To be
determined
To be
determined
Inquiry to examine whether EFSEC should adopt new or modify existing rules to address process changes related to siting and compliance monitoring.
463-76
Enforcement and appeals
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be
determined
To be
determined
To be
determined
Creates a new chapter of rules and amends multiple chapters of Title 463 WAC to incorporate statutory changes made in 2015 (SB 5310), and to clarify EFSEC's enforcement and appeals process.
463-78
Air quality permitting
Sonia Bumpus
360-664-1363
To be
determined
To be
determined
To be
determined
Amend existing rule:
1. In response to EPA rule revisions in 40 C.F.R. Parts 51, 52, including startup, shutdown and malfunction, as necessary.
2. To be consistent with department of ecology rule revisions addressing new source review and additional prevention of significant deterioration issues in chapters 173-400 and 173-401 WAC including applicable provisions of the governor's proposed clean air rule, as necessary.
3. To support submittal of EFSEC's state implementation plan update to United States EPA.
Mark L. Johnson
Executive Director
and Secretary