WSR 98-21-040

PERMANENT RULES

UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION

COMMISSION

[Docket No. TR-980079--Filed October 14, 1998, 11:24 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: October 14, 1998.

Purpose: To repeal rules relating to railroad weighing. The legislature has transferred the responsibilities for track scales and for weighing to another state agency. The commission no longer has jurisdiction over the subject matter of these rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 480-63 WAC, Railroad companies--Weighing.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 80.01.040.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 98-14-135 on July 1, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

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

October 14, 1998

Terrence Stapleton

for Carole J. Washburn

Secretary