PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Exempt from preproposal statement of inquiry under RCW 34.05.310(4).
Title of Rule: Amend WAC 461-08-320 Office hours, telephone number, telefacsimile number and address of the board.
Purpose: To change the regular meetings of the Shorelines Hearings Board from 9:00 a.m. on the second Monday of each month to 10:00 a.m. on the second Tuesday of each month to the extent that such meetings are necessary for rule making.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 90.58.175.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 90.58 RCW.
Summary: To change the monthly meeting of the Shorelines Hearings Board from the second Monday of each month until the second Tuesday of each month to the extent that such meetings are necessary for rule making.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To facilitate more efficiency within the Environmental Hearings Office.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Deborah L. Mull, Environmental Hearings Office, (360) 459-6327; Implementation and Enforcement: Robert V. Jensen, Environmental Hearings Office, (360) 459-6327.
Name of Proponent: Shorelines Hearings Board, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The amendments would change the Shorelines Hearings Board's monthly meeting date from 9:00 a.m. of the second Monday of every month to 10:00 a.m. of the second Tuesday of every month to the extent that such meeting is needed for rule making. This change would facilitate more efficiency as some staff within the Environmental Hearings Office currently are unable to attend all of the meetings due to their flex schedules. This change would also coordinate the meetings schedules between the various boards within the Environmental Hearings Office. See, WAC 223-08-010 (regular meeting of the Forest Practice Appeals Board is the second Tuesday of each month); WAC 371-08-320 (regular meeting of the Pollution Control Hearings Board is at 9:00 a.m. on the second Monday of every month.)* There are no anticipated negative effects.
*Simultaneously with this proposed amendment, the Pollution Control Hearings Board is also seeking an amendment of its rule so that the meeting of that board can be coordinated with the meeting of the Forest Practice Appeals Board.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: The amendments would change WAC 461-08-320 to modify the monthly meeting time of the Shorelines Hearings Board from 9:00 a.m. of the second Monday of every month to 10:00 a.m. of the second Tuesday of every month to the extent such meeting is necessary for rule making.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The preparation of a small economic impact statement is not required for adoptions of rules described in RCW 34.05.310(4). The proposed amendment is a rule that is described in RCW 34.05.310(4). Specifically, the proposed amendment is an amendment of a rule "relating only to internal governmental operations that are not subject to violation by nongovernment party." RCW 34.05.310 (4)(b).
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. The Shorelines Hearings Board is not an agency specifically listed in RCW 34.05.328.
Hearing Location: Environmental Hearings Office, 4224 6th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA, on November 30, 2001, at 10:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Deborah L. Mull by November 16, 2001.
Submit Written Comments to: Deborah L. Mull, Environmental Hearings Office, P.O. Box 40903, Lacey, WA 98504-0903, fax (360) 438-7699, by December 21, 2001.
Date of Intended Adoption: January 14, 2002.
September 24, 2001
Deborah L. Mull
Administrative Appeals Judge
(2) The board is organized within the Environmental Hearings Office, 4224 - 6th Avenue S.E., Building No. 2 Rowe Six, Lacey, Washington. The mailing address is:
Shoreline Hearings Board
4224 6th Avenue S.E., Building No. 2, Rowe Six
PO Box 40903
Lacey, WA 98504-0903
(3) The telephone number of the board is (360) 459-6327. The telefacsimile number is (360) 438-7699.
(4) The office hours of the environmental hearings office are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 90.58.175. 96-15-002, § 461-08-320, filed 7/3/96, effective 8/3/96.]
Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.