WSR 98-17-036
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Filed August 13, 1998, 8:27 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 468-310 WAC, Prequalification of ferry system contractors.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 47.60.680, 47.60.690.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Minor revisions to allow contractors who bid on ferry terminals, other marine facilities, and highway construction projects to be prequalified under one rule, chapter 468-16 WAC. Other minor revisions to clarify procedures for determining qualifications of contractors for performing marine vessel construction contracts.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
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 submitting written comments to Ken Walker, P.O. Box 47360, Olympia, WA 98504-7360, phone (360) 705-7017, fax (360) 705-6966; or Tim McGuigan, 801 Alaskan Way, TB32, Seattle, WA 98104-1487, phone (206) 515-3601, fax (206) 515-3605.
August 12, 1998
Gerald E. Smith
Deputy Secretary, Operations