PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: SWAPCA 425 Open Burning.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 70.94.141.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The official name of the agency was changed on July 6, 2000, from the Southwest Air Pollution Control Authority (SWAPCA) to the Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA). Administrative changes in this rule are necessary to reflect the name change. Other changes will include updating this rule to be consistent with recent changes in chapter 173-425 WAC.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: This rule is substantially similar to chapter 173-425 WAC. Recent changes made in the state rule will be incorporated into SWCAA 425.
Process for Developing New Rule: Proposed changes are either administrative in nature to reflect the agency name change, or to incorporate changes that have recently been made to chapter 173-425 WAC by the Department of Ecology.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Paul Mairose by phone at (360) 574-3058 ext. 30, by mail at 1308 N.E. 134th Street, Vancouver, WA 98685-2747, or by e-mail at Paul@swcleanair.org.
August 2, 2000
Robert D. Elliott
Executive Director