PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: SWAPCA 490 Emission Standards and Controls for Sources Emitting Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC).
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 70.94.141.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The official name of the agency was changed on July 6, 2000, from the Southwest Air Pollution Control Authority (SWAPCA) to the Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA). Administrative changes in this rule are necessary to reflect the name change.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: SWCAA is proposing to adopt rules that are substantially similar to chapter 173-490 WAC by the Department of Ecology. No new requirements or standards are anticipated to be imposed on business or the public.
Process for Developing New Rule: Proposed changes are either administrative in nature to reflect the name change of the agency or to incorporate any changes that may have been made to chapter 173-490 WAC by the Department of Ecology since they were last adopted by SWCAA or to provide consistency with recent federal standards.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Paul Mairose by phone at (360) 574-3058 ext. 30, by mail at 1308 N.E. 134th Street, Vancouver, WA 98685-2747, or by e-mail at Paul@swcleanair.org.
August 2, 2000
Robert D. Elliott
Executive Director