Original Notice.

Exempt from preproposal statement of inquiry under RCW 34.05.310(4).

Title of Rule: Title 136 WAC.

Purpose: Amends WAC 136-167-040 Lapsing of RATA allocations for approved projects. Amendment to WAC 136-130-040 are grammatical.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 36.79 RCW.

Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Karen Pendleton, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, 753-5989; and Enforcement: Jay P. Weber, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, 753-5989.

Name of Proponent: County Road Administration Board, governmental.

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

Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Amendments to WAC 136-167-040 Lapsing of RATA allocation of approved projects. To encourage timely development and construction of approved projects, all projects for which RATA funds have been allocated must meet certain project development milestones. Failure to meet the milestones will result in action by the CRAB to withdraw RATA funds from the projects for which RATA funds from the project. Amendments to WAC 136-167-040 add language regarding extensions to the lapsing date of a project.

Amendments to WAC 136-130-040 are grammatical.

Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: Amendments to WAC 136-130-040 Project prioritization in northwest region are grammatical changes.

Amendments to WAC 136-167-040 adds language regarding lapsing rules of RATA allocation for approved projects.

No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW.

Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption.

Hearing Location: County Road Administration Board, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 280, Olympia, WA 98504-0913, on April 12, 2001, at 2:00 p.m.

Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Karen Pendleton by April 9, 2001, TDD (800) 833-6384, or (360) 753-5989.

Submit Written Comments to: Karen Pendleton, 2404 Chandler Court S.W., Suite 240, Olympia, WA 98504-0913, fax (360) 586-0593, by April 9, 2001.

Date of Intended Adoption: April 12, 2001.

February 17, 2001

Jay P. Weber

Executive Director

OTS-4679.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-01-021, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99)

WAC 136-167-040   Lapsing of RATA allocation for approved projects.   To encourage timely development and construction of approved projects, all projects for which RATA funds have been allocated must meet certain project development milestones. Failure to meet the milestones will result in action by the county road administration board to withdraw RATA funds from the project. This provision will only apply to those projects for which RATA funds have been allocated after July 1, 1995.

(1) For the purposes of this section, a project will be subject to lapsing and withdrawal of its RATA allocation if:

(a) The project has not begun the preliminary engineering phase within four years of project approval by the county road administration board; or

(b) The project has not begun construction within six years of the date of project approval by the county road administration board.

(2) A project shall be considered in preliminary engineering if authorization to expend funds for preliminary engineering has been granted by the county legislative authority as provided for in RCW 36.75.050. A project shall be considered in construction if:

(a) The construction contract for the work has been advertised for bids as provided for in RCW 36.77.020;

(b) A contract has been awarded under the provisions of the small works roster contract award process; or

(c) If done by day labor, the work has commenced.

(3) If an approved project does not meet a required project development milestone, the county road administration board will, at its next regular meeting, withdraw RATA funds from the project.

(4) At any time up to ten days before such meeting, the county may, in writing, request an extension of the lapse date. The county road administration board executive director may grant such an extension if ((it)) the director finds that the delay in project development was for reasons that were both unanticipated and beyond the control of the county, and subject to the following:

(a) A project extension will be granted one time only and will be no more than two years in length; and

(b) The request for an extension is based on unforeseeable circumstances that the county could not have anticipated at the time the project was submitted for RATA funding; and

(c) An approved time extension will not be grounds for the county to request an increase in the RATA funding of the project; and

(d) The executive director will determine a new lapse date, and all of the requirements listed above under subsections (1) and (2) of this section will apply except that further extensions will not be granted.

(5) The CRABoard may at any time place a moratorium on lapsing of projects that are delayed due to CRAB initiated rescheduling and establish a new lapsing date to fit the CRABoard's programming needs. For those projects given a lapsing moratorium, section four shall be held in abeyance until the new lapsing date.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 99-01-021, 136-167-040, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.79.060. 94-16-110, 136-167-040, filed 8/2/94, effective 9/2/94.]

OTS-4678.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-01-021, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99)

WAC 136-130-040   Project prioritization in northwest region (NWR).   Each county in the NWR may submit projects requesting RATA funds not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars per project and fifty percent of the forecasted regional ((allocation total)) apportionment. No bridge replacement projects will be funded. Each project shall be rated in accordance with the NWR RAP rating procedures. NWR RAP rating points shall be assigned on the basis of forty points for structural condition, forty points for geometrics, ten points for traffic volume, ten points for traffic accidents, five points for any project on a major collector (07), and ten points for any project on a rural principal arterial (02) or a rural minor arterial (06). Prioritization of NWR projects shall be on the basis of total NWR RAP rating points shown on the project worksheet and the prospectus form of the project application.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.79 RCW. 99-01-021, 136-130-040, filed 12/7/98, effective 1/7/99; 98-09-070, 136-130-040, filed 4/20/98, effective 5/21/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.78.070 and 36.79.060. 96-17-013, 136-130-040, filed 8/12/96, effective 9/12/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.79.060. 94-10-022, 136-130-040, filed 4/27/94, effective 5/28/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.79.060 and 1983 1st ex.s. c 49. 90-22-083 (Order 82), 136-130-040, filed 11/6/90, effective 12/7/90. Statutory Authority: Chapter 36.78 RCW. 84-16-065 (Order 56), 136-130-040, filed 7/30/84.]

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