WSR 16-18-002

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed August 25, 2016, 7:48 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 468-38-100 Pilot/escort vehicle and operator requirements.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.44.093.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: National Transportation Safety Board recommended changes based on the Skagit River bridge collapse report.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Washington state patrol and Federal Highway Administration; coordinated the rule with these agencies through meetings.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Anne Ford, Commercial Vehicle Services, P.O. Box 47367, Olympia, WA 98504-7367, phone (360) 705-7341, fax (360) 704-6391, forda@wsdot.wa.gov.

August 24, 2016

Kara Larsen

Director of Risk Management

and Legal Services