PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 468-58 WAC, Limited access highways.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapters 47.52, 34.04 [34.05] RCW.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Simplify language and update definitions.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Federal Highway Administration, rule review and comment.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Randy Deer, Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 47329, Olympia, WA 98504-7329, (360) 705-7251, fax (360) 705-6805.
April 28, 1999
Gerald E. Smith
Deputy Secretary, Operations