WSR 16-13-120
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
[Filed June 21, 2016, 10:57 a.m., effective July 22, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: In order to comport with HB 2444 (chapter 168, Laws of 2016), the division of occupational safety and health is amending the right-to-know fee assessment rules under WAC 296-63-005 Selected industries, to remove the reference to the standard industrial classification system to determine which industries are to be assessed a fee to support the right-to-know program. In its place the system used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be used.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 296-63-005 Selected industries.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 49.17 and 49.70 RCW.
Other Authority: HB 2444 (chapter 168, Laws of 2016).
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-09-094 on April 19, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 21, 2016.
Joel Sacks
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 86-23-003, filed 11/6/86)
WAC 296-63-005 Selected industries.
Fees shall only be assessed to employers engaged in business operations ((having a standard industrial classification, as designated in the standard industrial classification manual prepared by the federal Office of Management and Budget, within the following major groups:
(1) Numbers 01 through 08 (agriculture and forestry industries).
(2) Numbers 10 through 14 (mining industries).
(3) Numbers 15 through 17 (construction industries).
(4) Numbers 20 through 39 (manufacturing industries).
(5) Numbers 41, 42, and 44 through 49 (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services).
(6) Number 75 (automotive repair services, and garages).
(7) Number 76 (miscellaneous repair services).
(8) Number 80 (health services).
(9) Number 82 (educational services))) in the following industries, as classified by the current industry classification system used by the bureau of labor statistics:
(1) Agriculture and forestry industries.
(2) Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.
(3) Construction industries.
(4) Manufacturing industries.
(5) Transportation, pipeline, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services.
(6) Automotive repair, services, and garages.
(7) Miscellaneous repair services.
(8) Health services.
(9) Educational services.