WSR 98-03-073

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Order 97-33--Filed January 21, 1998, 9:38 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: January 17, 1998.

Purpose: To repeal unnecessary WAC chapters due to the merger of the Office of Marine Safety with the Department of Ecology.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapters 317-01, 317-02, and 317-03 WAC.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-20-047 on September 24, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 17.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 17.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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

January 17, 1998

Tom Fitzsimmons