WSR 97-18-047

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Order 97-17--Filed August 28, 1997, 3:01 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 15, 1997.

Purpose: To repeal chapter 173-32 WAC, Allocation of financial aid to counties and cities to assist in comprehensive planning for solid waste management, because other rules of the agency now govern the same activity as the rule.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 173-32 WAC.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-13-042 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 4.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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