PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Establishing the guidelines for obtaining a practice permit in accordance with RCW 18.210.090.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.43.035 and 2SSB 5821, chapter 263, Laws of 1999.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The rules are needed to clearly define the procedure for obtaining a practice permit, who must have the permit, and when it expires. These rules will put the on-site wastewater designers on notice that they must obtain a practice permit and explain how to do that.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting George A. Twiss, Executive Director, P.O. Box 9649, Olympia, WA 98507-9649, phone (360) 586-3661, fax (360) 664-2551.
October 6, 1999
George A. Twiss
Executive Director