WSR 24-16-050

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

MILITARY DEPARTMENT

[Filed July 30, 2024, 4:26 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Revisions to chapter 118-30 WAC, Local emergency management/services organizations, plans and programs.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 38.52.070 Local organizations and joint local organizations authorized—Establishment, operation—Emergency powers, procedures—Communication plans.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Current rules are dated and based on outdated federal structure. Emergency management agencies within the state agree a revision is needed.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative stakeholder meetings will be held to discuss changes to WAC.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Alexa Bach, 20 Aviation Drive #20, Camp Murray, WA 98430, phone 253-337-1123, email alexa.bach@mil.wa.gov, website https://mil.wa.gov; or Katie Spiekermann, 20 Aviation Drive #20, Camp Murray, WA 98430, phone 253-533-1492, email katherine.spiekermann@mil.wa.gov, website https://mil.wa.gov.

Additional comments: Emergency planning program and planning criteria will be discussed at stakeholder meetings. A public hearing(s) will be held for further input. A list of interested parties will be maintained by the planning program supervisor and notification of meetings and hearings will be sent to that list.

July 16, 2024

Alexa Bach

Planning Program Supervisor