WSR 24-19-050

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

BUILDING CODE COUNCIL

[Filed September 11, 2024, 4:22 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amendment of WAC 51-54A-0904, adoption and amendment of the 2021 International Fire Code requirements for licensing for work on alternative automatic fire extinguishing systems.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 19.27.035 and 19.27.074.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The requirement for only National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies licensing will leave the Washington workforce without enough personnel to complete required work on existing automatic fire extinguishing systems. The state building code council has filed an emergency rule and needs to develop permanent rules that meet the need for qualified persons conducting work under appropriate licenses.

Process for Developing New Rule: Technical advisory group review.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dustin Curb, P.O. Box 41449, Olympia, WA 98504-1449, phone 360-972-4158, email sbcc@des.wa.gov, website sbcc.wa.gov.

September 11, 2024

Daimon Doyle

Council Chair