LAND USE HEARINGS OFFICE

(Growth Management Hearings Board)

[Filed August 5, 2025, 8:23 a.m., effective September 5, 2025]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: This proposal is to change the street address of the environmental and land use hearings office, growth management hearings board (board). People wishing to do business with the board in person at its physical location will need to go to a new location. This rule change will also remove unnecessary email addresses from the board's contact information.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 242-03-060.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 36.70A.270.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-12-029 on May 27, 2026 [2025].

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: August 5, 2025.

Jamie Merly, Director

Legal and Administrative Services

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 25-07-032, filed 3/11/25, effective 4/11/25)

WAC 242-03-060Board office.

(1) The administration of the board is consolidated in one office - The environmental and land use hearings office:

Growth Management Hearings Board

c/o Environmental and Land Use Hearings Office

((1111 Israel Road S.W., Suite 301))1500 Jefferson Street S.E.

((Tumwater))Olympia, WA 98501

P.O. Box 40903

Olympia, WA 98504-0953

Website: www.eluho.wa.gov

ELUHO Main Office: 360-664-9160

Fax: 360-586-2253

((Regional Email Inboxes

email: eastern@eluho.wa.gov

email: western@eluho.wa.gov

email: central@eluho.wa.gov))

Email: eluho@eluho.wa.gov

(2) Unless a party does not have the technological capacity to do so, the filing of all petitions, briefs, exhibits, and other documents related to any proceeding before a regional panel shall be electronically through the CMS. Exhibits must be formatted and filed in accordance with the board's electronic exhibit requirements. Information about accessing the CMS and requirements for exhibits is available at the ELUHO website at www.eluho.wa.gov.

(3) Email or mail filings shall substitute for filing through the CMS in the event that the filing through the CMS is unavailable or impossible or if a party does not have the technological capacity, such as lack of access to an internet connection or a computer, to utilize the CMS.