(1) The board shall adopt plans, policies, and procedures per the duties of the board as described in WAC 420-04-020. Board policies shall be considered and approved by the board in an open public meeting. Notice of such considerations will be given by distribution of the agenda for the meeting, press releases, formal meeting notice in the Washington State Register, or other such means as appropriate.

(2) The director shall approve procedures per the duties of the director in WAC 420-04-060 (1)(c).

(3) The office shall publish the policies and the procedures and make them available to applicants, sponsors, and other interested parties.

(4) Applicants, sponsors, or other interested parties may petition the director for a waiver or waivers of those items dealing with administrative procedures. The director may refer any petition on an administrative procedure to the board for determination. Determinations on petitions for such waivers made by the director are subject to review by the board at the request of the petitioner.

(5) Applicants, sponsors, or other interested parties may petition the board for a waiver or waivers of those items dealing with policy and procedures. Petitions for waivers of subjects regarding board policy and procedures, those petitions referred by the director to the board, and determinations made in subsection (4) of this section at the request of a petitioner, shall be considered by the board at an open public meeting.