WSR 97-06-102
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
BOARD OF
PILOTAGE COMMISSIONERS
[Filed March 5, 1997, 8:24 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 296-116-082 Limitations on new pilots.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 88.16.105.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: There is currently only one pilot in the Grays Harbor pilotage district holding an unlimited license. The board intends to modify license limitations in order to enable a new pilot, during his/her first five years, to perform pilotage services on a wider variety of larger vessels.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The board will consider emergency adoption of modified license limitations at their March 13, 1997, regular meeting in order to provide a more adequate pilot work force to handle larger vessels in the Grays Harbor pilotage district. The board encourages written and oral comments pursuant to formal notice requirements for purposes of establishing a permanent rule.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. Comments will be received at the next board meeting on March 13, 1997, at 9:00 a.m. at the Marine Exchange Conference Center, 2701 1st Avenue, #110, Seattle, WA. Specific time schedules will be set for intended permanent adoption and implementation. Contact Peggy Larson, 801 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104-1487, phone (206) 515-3904, FAX (206) 515-3969.
February 14, 1997
Peggy Larson
Administrator