WSR 22-22-086

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Filed November 1, 2022, 1:31 p.m.]

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

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.44.093 and 46.44.090.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposal for this rule change is to allow for recertification of pilot/escort operators. The current language limits the course to no less than an eight-hour training, this proposal allows for a four-hour recertification course.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Washington state patrol, department of labor and industries.

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 Scott Zeller, P.O. Box 47367, Olympia, WA 98504-7367, phone 360-705-7290, fax 360-704-6391, email ZellerS@wsdot.wa.gov, website www.wsdot.wa.gov/commercialvehicle; or Justin Heryford, P.O. Box 47367, Olympia, WA 98504-7367, phone 360-705-7987, fax 360-704-6391, email heryfoj@wsdot.wa.gov, website www.wsdot.wa.gov/commercialvehicle.

October 28, 2022

Sam Wilson

Director of Business Support Services