PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Nonhighway and off-road vehicle funds, WAC 286-26-100 Development projects--Conversion to other uses, implement chapter 144, Laws of 1998 (SHB 2826).
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.09.240(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Chapter 144, Laws of 1998, amended RCW 46.09.240(1) by allowing nonprofit ORV organizations to receive funds under this chapter if the funds benefit ORV recreation on lands once publicly owned that come into private ownership in a federal land exchange between January 1, 1998, and January 1, 2005. The proposed change to WAC 286-26-100 is needed to ensure conformance with this 1998 statutory change.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: It is our intent to advance this rule proposal through a participatory process that includes distribution of copies of the recommended changes to IAC's advisory committees and other interested parties (those who have asked to be placed on IAC's WAC notification listing). We will encourage comments via mail, e-mail, telephone, and in person. Based on any comments, revisions will be considered before presentation of final recommendations to IAC's board for adoption in an advertised and open public meeting.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication.
(1) Provide comments to Greg Lovelady, Rules Coordinator, Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, Natural Resources Building, P.O. Box 40917, Olympia, WA 98504-0917, (360) 902-3008, e-mail gregl@iac.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-3008. Comments received by June 18, 1999, will be mailed to IAC's board for review in advance of public testimony meeting.
(2) Appear to testify as follows: On July 16, 1999, at 9:00 a.m., at the Spokane Center, Okanogan Valley A&B, 334 West Spokane Falls Boulevard, Spokane, WA 99201.
March 1, 1999
G. W. Lovelady
Rules Coordinator