(1) A registered entity must include the following in a bid submitted in an auction:
(a) The bid price, in dollars and whole cents;
(b) The number of lots that the participant wishes to purchase.
(2) Each bid must be sealed and submitted in the form approved by ecology.
(3) A participant may submit more than one bid in an auction.
(4) After the period of time for bidding has concluded, ecology shall reject bids or portions of bids of a registered entity if acceptance of all of the registered entity's bids would result in contravention of the registered entity's holding limit or purchase limit.
(5) Ecology shall reject bids or portions of bids as noted in subsection (4) of this section, starting with the registered entity's lowest bid price and continuing in increasing order by bid price, until the total of the registered entity's bids remaining would, if accepted, not result in contravention of a holding limit or purchase limit.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
70A.65.220. WSR 22-20-056 (Order 21-06), § 173-446-350, filed 9/29/22, effective 10/30/22.]