WSR 25-23-117

EXPEDITED RULES

BELLEVUE COLLEGE

[Filed November 19, 2025, 10:07 a.m.]

Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter 132H-450 WAC, implementation of the State Environmental Policy Act.

Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Proposed name change update to Bellevue College District VIII from "Bellevue Community College," the institution's previous name.

Reasons Supporting Proposal: Institutional name change.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 34.05 RCW and RCW 28B.50.140.

Statute Being Implemented: RCW 34.053.353.

Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

Name of Proponent: Bellevue College, governmental.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Loreen M. Keller, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., A-201, Bellevue, WA 98007, 425-564-6155.

This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules:

Corrects typographical errors, makes address or name changes, or clarifies language of a rule without changing its effect.

Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: College name change.

NOTICE

THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Loreen M. Keller, Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., A-201, Bellevue, WA 98007, phone 425-564-6155, email loreen.keller@bellevuecollege.edu, BEGINNING November 19, 2025, AND RECEIVED BY January 20, 2026.

November 19, 2025

Loreen M. Keller

Director

Policy and Government Relations

RDS-6846.1