Kf-kj/n^i (az I to NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS ISSUE F ' ^i I. '4S ADDITION C?5 ^ Environment ^Health,: and Natural Resources E^iyisiqn of Water Quality 590-795 * fiTIRULE-MAKING AGENDA ET ^Labor ' ~} vETT Jn —^- i^lX. /-i ^ X,' 568 III. RULE-MAKING PROCEEDINGS Administrative Hearings Rules Division 570 Commerce Community Assistance 569 Departmental Rules 569 Human Resources Volume 1 1 f Issue 9 Medical Assistance 569 - 570 Pages 568 - 8 1 6 IV. PROPOSED RULES Administrative Hearings Hearings Division 588-589 August 1 , 1 996 Community Colleges Community Colleges 585-588 Miscellaneous Programs 588 This issue contains documents officially Environment, Health, and Natural Resources filed through July 11, 1996. Coastal Management 575 Environmental Management 572 - 575 Health Services 576 Human Resources Child Day Care Commission 571 - 572 Office of Administrative Hearings Licensing Boards Rules Division General Contractors 583 - 585 424 North Blount Street (27601) Public Education PO Drawer 27447 Public School Administration 576 - 582 Raleigh, NC 27611-7447 Revenue (919) 733-2678 Corporate Income and Franchise Tax 582 - 583 FAX (919) 733-3462 V. LIST OF RULES CODIFIED 796 VI. RULES REVIEW COMMISSION 797-801 Julian Mann III, Director James R. Scarcella Sr., Deputy Director VII. CONTESTED CASE DECISIONS Molly Masich, Director of APA Services Index to ALI Decisions 802-809 Ruby Creech, Publications Coordinator Text of Selected Decisions Teresa Kilpatrick, Editorial Assistant 92 DST 1066 810-813 Jean Shirley, Editorial Assistant 95 CPS 1399 814-815 Linda Richardson, Editorial Assistant VIII. 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LJ E c a u e 53 3 z V c H < 'J-: o3 U u o -C o J 3 303 a. 0. M u MIT: = ejj H B O "3 z C o < Z 8 a 5i -1 e 0. Is < 03 r< u u u o z £ <N - —O °>> M o 2— U s,- 13 in gj - _ "o - QJ O5 «•:CJ </) §.§ - E- es 3 =* 3 — 0. o .a RULE-MAKING AGENDA An agency may choose to publish a rule-making agenda which serves as a notice of rule-making proceedings if the agenda includes the information required in a notice of rule-making proceedings. The agency must accept comments on the agenda for at least 60 days from the publication date. Statutory reference: G.S. 150B-21.2. TITLE 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CHAPTER 7 - OSHA SUBJECT: Amending current construction standards to require grounding of deenergized transmission and distribution lines and equipment to protect employees from electrocution. RULE CITATION: 13 NCAC 07F .0201 (which will amend 29 CFR 1926.950) STATUTORY AUTHORITY: G.S. 95-4; 95 131 DIVISION: Division of Occupational Safety and Health/NC Dept of Labor DIVISION CONTACT/TELEPHONE: Jill F. Cramer/ (919)662-4581 or 1-800-LABORNC TYPE OF RULE: Amendment to current standard STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT: Concept stage GOV LEVELS AFFECTED: Only employers that engage in the construction of electric transmission and distribution lines would be affected by this amendment. The only known state entities that would be affected are the universities within the UNC System that have their own co-generation plants, the University of North Carolina and Appalachian State University (New River Power & Light), and a transmission plant at Western Carolina University. REASON FOR ACTION: To protect construction employees from known sources of electrocution.