PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 196-30 WAC, Fees for on-site wastewater treatment designers and inspectors.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.24.086, 18.43.035, and 18.210.050.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: This existing rule needs to be revised to reflect passage of HB 1061, signed by the governor May 5, 2011. The implementation plan calls for adoption of reduced fees that will become effective on or after January 1, 2012.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting George A. Twiss, Executive Director, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, phone (360) 664-1565, fax (360) 664-2551, e-mail engineers@dol.wa.gov. Comments may be submitted through regular mail, fax or e-mail. Draft language of rule amendments will be distributed to the board's list of interested persons (listserv).
June 30, 2011
Ben T. Shomshor
Rules Coordinator