LAND USE HEARINGS OFFICE

[Filed May 27, 2025, 12:04 p.m.]

Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 198-14-030 Agency description—Contact information—Public records officer.

Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: This proposal is to change the street address of the environmental and land use hearings office (ELUHO). People wishing to do business with ELUHO in person will need to go to a new location beginning August 2025.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: ELUHO is vacating its current building and moving to a new building.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.56.040, 43.21B.005, and 43.21B.090.

Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 42.56 RCW.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Name of Proponent: ELUHO, governmental.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Jamie Merly, 1111 Israel Road S.W., Suite 301, Tumwater, WA 98501, 360-485-1282.

This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules:

Corrects typographical errors, makes address or name changes, or clarifies language of a rule without changing its effect.

Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: This is a change of address only and does not make any substantive changes.

THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Jamie Merly, ELUHO, 1111 Israel Road S.W., Suite 301, Tumwater, WA 98501, phone 360-485-1282, fax 360-586-2253, email Jamie.Merly@eluho.wa.gov, BEGINNING May 27, 2025, 12:00 p.m., AND RECEIVED BY August 4, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

Director of Legal and Administrative Services

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 12-03-042, filed 1/10/12, effective 2/10/12)

WAC 198-14-030Agency description—Contact information—Public records officer.

(1) The environmental land use hearing office (ELUHO) is a single quasi-judicial environmental, land use and adjudicatory agency comprised of three boards: The pollution control hearings board, created in RCW 43.21B.010, the shoreline hearings board, created in RCW 90.58.170, and the growth management hearings board, created in RCW 36.70A.250. Each board provides for the expeditious and efficient disposition of environmental and/or land use appeals within its respective area of statutory jurisdiction.

(2) Any person wishing to request access to public records of ELUHO, or seeking assistance in making such a request, shall contact the public records officer of ELUHO, or the board maintaining such records at the offices of ELUHO. Information identifying ELUHO's public records officer and the specific physical and mailing addresses for the agency is available on ELUHO's website: www.eluho.wa.gov.

The ELUHO office is located at:

((1111 Israel Road S.W.))1500 Jefferson Street S.E.

((Tumwater))Olympia, WA 98501

Phone: 360-664-9160

(3) ELUHO, through its public records officer or designee(s), will provide the "fullest assistance" to requestors; create and maintain an index to public records of ELUHO for use by the public and ELUHO officials; ensure that public records are protected from damage or disorganization; and ensure that responses to public records requests do not cause excessive interference with essential functions of the ELUHO.