WSR 97-05-037
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed February 14, 1997, 11:19 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Increasing metrology laboratory service fees.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.94.216, 19.94.325, and chapter 16-675 WAC.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: An increase in fees is necessary to improve cost recovery for services performed by the state metrology laboratory to achieve the mandate of RCW 19.94.216 to recover at least seventy-five percent of the laboratory's costs incurred in performing the service governed by the fee on or before June 30, 1998. Cost recovery based on the current fee schedule of $50 per hour is approximately forty-two percent.
Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making; and proposed rules with new fees will be provided to stakeholders for comment.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Interested parties desiring to participate in this process should contact the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Attention: Bob Arrington, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, phone (360) 902-1857 or FAX (360) 902-2086, to obtain a copy of the proposed rules. Written comments should be submitted to the above address no later than 5:00 p.m., April 4, 1997.
February 14, 1997
Julie C. Sandberg
Assistant Director