PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: December 5, 2000.
Purpose: To establish maximum noise levels permissible in identified environments, and provide use standards relating to the reception of noise within such environments.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 173-60-070.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70.107 RCW, Noise control.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-20-102 on October 4, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
December 5, 2000
Tom Fitzsimmons
Director
OTS-4441.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 92-41, filed 5/18/94,
effective 6/18/94)
WAC 173-60-070
((Future regulations.)) Reserved.
((It is
the intention of the department to establish use standards and/or
performance standards for the following sources of noise exempted
or partially exempted from the requirements of this chapter
within two years after adequate legislative funding is made
available to conduct studies providing the necessary data.
(1) Sounds created by aircraft engine testing and maintenance not related to flight operations, through the adoption of a new chapter 173-64 WAC.
(2) Sounds created by construction equipment and emanating from construction sites, through the adoption of a new chapter 173-66 WAC.
(3) Sounds created by motor vehicle racing events, through the adoption of a new chapter 173-63 WAC.
(4) Sounds created by the operation of equipment or facilities of surface carriers engaged in commerce by railroad, to the extent consistent with federal law and regulations through the adoption of a new chapter 173-72 WAC.)) Reserved.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.107 RCW. 94-12-001 (Order 92-41), § 173-60-070, filed 5/18/94, effective 6/18/94; Order DE 77-1, § 173-60-070, filed 6/1/77; Order 74-32, § 173-60-070, filed 4/22/75, effective 9/1/75.]