WSR 98-18-003

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Order 182--Filed August 20, 1998, 8:14 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 19, 1998.

Purpose: Traffic regulations are exempt from the rule-making process. As an alternative to rules, the regional administrators have been delegated the authority to prohibit fishing from bridges.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 468-30-030.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 34.05.354 and 47.01.101.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 98-13-060 on June 12, 1998.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

August 19, 1998

Gerald E. Smith

Deputy Secretary, Operations

OTS-2209.1

REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 468-30-030 Prohibition of fishing from bridges.