WSR 01-20-074

DEPARTMENT OF

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES

[ Filed October 1, 2001, 11:35 a.m. ]


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


     The Department of Labor and Industries will hold public hearings in response to the Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee (JARRC) finding during its meeting on September 10, 2001, concerning the vocational rehabilitation rules, chapter 296-19A WAC. The committee found that "the department violated the public participation provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act by intimidating employees from participating in the rule-making process for the department's rules on vocational rehabilitation."

     The department will take oral testimony on JARRC's finding at the following locations and times: On October 15, 2001, at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Department of Labor and Industries, 901 North Monroe Street, Suite 100, Spokane, WA; on October 16, 2001, at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Department of Labor and Industries, S126, 7273 Linderson Way S.E., Tumwater, WA; and on October 17, 2001, at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Department of Labor and Industries, 729 100th St. S.E., Everett, WA.

     If you require special communication or accommodation arrangements, please contact us at (360) 902-4216 or clah235@lni.wa.gov no later than October 10, 2001.

     Send written comments using one of the following:

By mail to Suzanne Mager, Legislative and Governmental Affairs Office, P.O. Box 44001, Olympia, WA 98504-4001; or by fax (360) 902-4202 (comments submitted by fax must be ten pages or less). Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., October 17, 2001.

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