WSR 97-18-043

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Order 97-20--Filed August 28, 1997, 2:30 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 15, 1997.

Purpose: To repeal chapter 173-315 WAC, Model toxics account tax--Local toxics control account--Interim financial assistance program, because other rules of the agency now govern the same activity as the rule.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 173-315 WAC.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-13-039 on June 13, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 7.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

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

August 22, 1997

Tom Fitzsimmons