EXPEDITED RULES
Title of Rule: WAC 468-06-040 Description of central and field organization of the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Purpose: To update the agency's central and field office descriptions.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.01.031.
Summary: The department will make changes to the central and field organization office descriptions to better reflect the agency's organizational structure.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Debra L. Gregory, Office of the Secretary, (360) 705-7806; Implementation and Enforcement: Paula J. Hammond, Office of the Secretary, (360) 705-7027.
Name of Proponent: Secretary of Transportation, governmental.
Agency Comments or Recommendations, if any, as to Statutory Language, Implementation, Enforcement, and Fiscal Matters: The agency recommends approval.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The purpose of this rule is to update the description of the Department of Transportation's central and field office organizations to correctly reflect the current organization structure of the agency.
Proposal does not change existing rules. Does not change
the substance of the WAC. It does update titles of the agency's
executives and reporting structure.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Debra L. Gregory, Washington State Department of Transportation, 310 Maple Park Avenue S.E., Olympia WA 98504 , AND RECEIVED BY December 25, 2001.
October 19, 2001
P. J. Hammond, P.E.
Chief of Staff
OTS-5294.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-07-013, filed 3/8/99,
effective 4/8/99)
WAC 468-06-040
Description of central and field
organization of the Washington state department of
transportation.
(1) The department of transportation is a
statutorily created agency of the state of Washington. The
central office of the department of transportation is located in
the Transportation Building, Olympia, WA 98504.
(2) The department of transportation is headed by a secretary who is the executive head of the department and is appointed by the Washington state transportation commission.
(a) Serving directly under the secretary are the ((deputy
secretary for operations, deputy secretary for policy)) chief of
staff, audit office, equal opportunity office ((and the
ombudsman)), engineering and regional operations division,
northwest Washington division, Washington state ferries division
and administration and support division. There are also
assistant attorney generals assigned to the department who
provide legal services in department matters.
(b) Reporting directly to the ((deputy secretary for
operations)) chief of staff are the following offices:
Communications ((and public involvement)), governmental liaison
office, ((human resources office and Q2000 office)) ombudsman,
freight strategy and policy, highways and local programs, public
transportation and rail, aviation and transportation economic
partnerships.
(c) ((The following service centers report to the deputy
secretary for operations depending upon their needs:
Environmental and engineering, field operations support, finance
and administration, planning and programming and transaid. Also
reporting to the deputy secretary are the aviation division,
transportation economic partnerships division, highways and local
roadways division, public transportation and rail division and
Washington state ferries.
(d))) The department field functions are carried out by six
regions which are each headed by a region administrator ((and
report directly to the deputy secretary for operations)). The
central regional office locations are: Seattle, Wenatchee,
Tumwater, Vancouver, Yakima, and Spokane. The regions have
various project and maintenance area offices which are headed by
a supervisor. The region administrators for Seattle and Tumwater
report directly to the assistant secretary for the northwest
Washington division. The region administrators for Wenatchee,
Vancouver, Yakima and Spokane report directly to the assistant
secretary for the engineering and regional operations division.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 47.01.101. 99-07-013, 468-06-040, filed 3/8/99, effective 4/8/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 42.17 RCW and RCW 47.01.101. 96-16-004 (Order 163), 468-06-040, filed 7/24/96, effective 8/24/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250 through 42.17.340. 89-17-047 (Order 120), 468-06-040, filed 8/14/89, effective 9/14/89; 85-23-040 (Order 97), 468-06-040, filed 11/18/85. Statutory Authority: 1977 ex.s. c 151. 79-01-033 (DOT Order 10 and Comm. Order 1, Resolution No. 13), 468-06-040, filed 12/20/78. Formerly WAC 252-03-030.]