PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Boilers and unfired pressure vessels law, WAC 296-104-001 through 296-104-265 and 296-104-502 and 296-104-700.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Chapter 70.79 RCW and RCW 70.79.040.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To update current rules to comply with nationally accepted codes and standards; to review and rewrite the rules utilizing the principles of clear rule writing for clarification of meanings of the rules.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: The Board of Boiler Rules will review and approve all rule changes. Other interested parties and the public may also participate by providing written comments or giving oral testimony during the public hearing process.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Robb Marvin, Acting Secretary to Board of Boiler Rules, P.O. Box 44410, Olympia, WA 98504-4410, phone (360) 902-5270, fax (360) 902-5292, e-mail mrod235@lni.wa.gov; public hearing on September 18, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., Labor and Industries Building, 7273 Linderson Way S.E., Tumwater.
April 20, 2001
Kenneth E. Eshleman
Chair