WSR 22-18-058

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

LIQUOR AND CANNABIS

BOARD

[Filed August 31, 2022, 11:55 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: The Washington state liquor and cannabis board (WSLCB) is considering creating new rules regarding plant canopy; and amending or repealing rules regarding plant canopy, including WAC 314-55-075 and 314-55-010(31).

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 69.50.342 and 69.50.345.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Cannabis producers utilize a wide range of techniques and configurations in plant cultivation.

Rule making may be necessary to create, amend, or repeal the rules on plant canopy after review.

Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Jeff Kildahl, Policy and Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 43080, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-664-1781, fax 360-664-9689, email rules@lcb.wa.gov, website www.lcb.wa.gov.

Additional comments: Interested persons can participate in the rule[-making] process through open public meetings and by submitting written comments, and are encouraged to sign up for the interested parties list (GovDelivery) at https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/WALCB/subscriber/new. Rule-making notices and stakeholder engagement opportunities will be emailed via GovDelivery and posted to the WSLCB website at lcb.wa.gov.

August 31, 2022

David Postman

Chair