WSR 18-19-039

PERMANENT RULES

NORTHWEST CLEAN

AIR AGENCY

[Filed September 13, 2018, 3:05 p.m., effective October 14, 2018]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: This rule revision has five primary objectives:


º	Clarify gasoline station (referred to as gasoline dispensing facility (GDF)) requirements and include periodic testing to ensure gasoline tanks at GDFs are operated and maintained in a vapor-tight condition and in good working order (NWCAA Section 580.6),
º	Create a regulatory program to reduce emissions from spray coating operations including work practices and controls (NWCAA Section 508),
º	Clarify and update the public records program to reflect recent changes in chapters 42.56 RCW and 44-14 WAC (NWCAA Section 106),
º	Update general definition section to remove terms that are not used in the regulation, incorporate definitions from NWCAA Section 580, and add terms related to the GDF change (NWCAA Section 200), and
º	Update adoption by reference list to allow NWCAA to implement the most recent version of the referenced state and federal rules and remove citations that do not need to be adopted by reference or have been deleted from WAC (NWCAA Section 104).

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New Section 508 of the Regulation of NWCAA; amending Sections 104, 106, 200, and 580.6 of the Regulation of NWCAA.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70.94 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-14-004 on June 21, 2018.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 13, 2018.

Mark Buford

Executive Director

Reviser's note: The material contained in this filing exceeded the page-count limitations of WAC 1-21-040 for appearance in this issue of the Register. It will appear in the 18-20 issue of the Register.