WSR 23-23-152

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

BUILDING CODE COUNCIL

[Filed November 20, 2023, 5:15 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 51-55-0300 and 51-55-0600, amendment to the 2021 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.031, 19.27.074, 19.27.560.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The state building code council directed staff to start rule making to amend sections in Chapters 3 and 6 of the 2021 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code. The reason for the amendments is to address concerns raised by stakeholders, subject matter experts, and citizens.

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 Dustin Curb, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, phone 360-972-4158, email dustin.curb@des.wa.gov, website www.sbcc.wa.gov.

November 17, 2023

Tony Doan

Chair