WSR 98-16-045
AGENDA
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed July 31, 1998, 2:20 p.m.]
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Semi-Annual Rules Agenda
| Chapter | Subject/Contact Person | Approximate CR-101 Filing Date | Approximate Adoption Date |
| New Rules | Turf Grass Seed Marketing Order
Contact: Walter Swenson Phone: (360) 902-1928 |
June 1998 | November 1998 |
| New Rules | Nursery plant stock labeling
Contact: Tom Wessels, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1984 |
May 1998 | October 1998 |
| New Rules | Define "freedom from infestation" and relevant
nursery program operations
Contact: Tom Wessels, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1984 |
February 1998 | July 1998 |
| New Rules | Weights/Measures - Hop Bales and Tare Weights
Contact: Jerry Buendel, Program Manager Phone: (360) 902-1856 |
August 1998 | January 1999 |
| New Rules | Requirements for Water used in Food Processing
Contact: Mike Donovan, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1883 |
May 1998 | November 1998 |
| WAC 16-101X | Penalties - Degrades for dairy producers and
processors
Contact: Claudia Coles, Compliance Phone: (360) 902-1883 |
August 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-102 | Butterfat testing of milk
Contact: Verne Hedlund, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1860 |
January 1998 | August 1998 |
| WAC 16-154 | Organic crop production standards - fees
Contact: Miles McEvoy, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1924 |
July 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-160 | Registration of Material for Organic Food
Production
Contact: Miles McEvoy, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1924 |
July 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-167 | Intrastate commerce in foods - Food Processing
Establishment - Inspection Criteria
Contact: Mike Donovan, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1883 |
June 1988 [1998] | December 1988 [1998] |
| WAC 16-20,
WAC 16-21, WAC 16-22, and WAC 16-23 |
Custom slaughter plants, slaughterers, handling of
carcasses, custom meat handling establishments
and custom meat facilities
Contact: Verne Hedlund, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1860 |
July 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-200 | Rules relating to the product registration of
commercial fertilizers and standards for
determining metals levels in fertilizers.
Contact: Ted Maxwell, Program Manager Pesticide Management Division 360-902-2026 |
June 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-200 | Rules relating to commercial feeds and the
adoption of the latest Association of American
Feed Control Officials definitions, and FDA
regulations.
Contact: Ali Kashani, Feed and Fertilizer Program 360-902-2028 |
June 1998 | August 1998 |
| WAC 16-201 | Secondary containment of bulk storage fertilizers
Contact: Cliff Weed, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-2036 |
August 1998 | January 1999 |
| WAC 16-223 | Incorporate federal changes Worker Protection
Standards
Contact: Ann Wick, Program Mgr. (360) 902-2051 |
Dependent on EPA action | Dependent on EPA action |
| WAC 16-228 | General rules relating to pesticide use
Contact: Cliff Weed, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-2036 |
August 1998 | January 1999 |
| WAC 16-228 | Pesticide Penalty Matrix
Contact: Cliff Weed, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-2036
|
August 1998 | January 1999 |
| WAC 16-470 | Japanese beetle quarantine
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1907 |
March 1998 | August 1998 |
| WAC 16-471 | Chrysanthemum White Rust Quarantine
Contact: Tom Wessels, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1984 |
March 1998 | August 1998 |
| WAC 16-488 | Blueberry quarantine
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1907 |
June 1998 | November 1998 |
| WAC 16-497 | Hop disease quarantine
Contact: Tom Wessels, Program Mgr. Phone: (360) 902-1984 |
December 1997 | April 1998 |
| WAC 16-54 | Animal Importation Requirements
Contact: Dr. Robert Mead, State Veterinarian Phone: (360) 902-1881 |
April 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-561 | Marketing Standards for Red Raspberries -Marketing Orders
Contact: Walter Swenson, Programs Administrator Phone: (360) 902-1928 |
June 1998 | November 1998 |
| WAC 16-565 | Marketing Standards for Red Raspberries - Duties
of the Board
Contact: Walter Swenson, Programs Administrator Phone: (360) 902-1928 |
June 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-602 | Apiaries
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director (360) 902-1907 |
May 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-604 | Public livestock markets
Contact: Julie Sandberg, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1851 |
July 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-605A | Certified feed lots -- Audit fees
Contact: Julie Sandberg, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1851 |
July 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-608 | Special Livestock Sales
Contact: Julie Sandberg, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1851 |
July 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-620 | Livestock Identification Program
Contact: Julie Sandberg, Assistant Director Phone: (360) 902-1851 |
July 1998 | September 1998 |
| WAC 16-662 | Weights/Measures - Adoption of National
Handbooks
Contact: Jerry Buendel, Program Manager Phone: (360) 902-1856 |
December 1998 | April 1998 |
| WAC 16-657 | Weights/Measures--Motor Fuel Sign Requirements
Contact: Jerry Buendel, Program Manager Phone: (360) 902-1856 |
January 1998 | July 1998 |
| WAC 16-675 | Metrology Lab Fees
Contact: Jerry Buendel, Program Manager Phone: (360) 902-1856 |
January 1998 | July 1998 |
| WAC 16-752 | State noxious weed list and schedule of monetary
penalties
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director (360) 902-1907 |
February 1998 | July 1998 |
| WAC 16-752 | Purple loosestrife quarantine
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director (360) 902-1907 |
February 1998 | July 1998 |
| WAC 16-752, WAC 16-300 | Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Contact: Mary Toohey, Assistant Director (360) 902-1907 |
February 1998 | July 1998 |
| WAC 16-84 | RB-51 Vaccine - Brucellosis in Cattle
Contact: Dr. Robert Mead, State Veterinarian Phone: 360-902-1881 |
March 1998 | February 1999 |
| WAC 16-86 | Brucellosis, Tuberculosis and Scrapie in Sheep and
Goats - relating to vaccination of female cattle
older than 12 months with RB-51.
Contact: Dr. Robert Mead, State Veterinarian Phone: 360-902-1881 |
March 1998 | December 1998 |
| WAC 16-89 | Regulating Scrapie in goats and sheep
Contact: Dr. Robert Mead, State Veterinarian Phone: 360-902-1881 |
March 1998 | February 1999 |
| WAC 16-96 | Production Record Brands on Cattle
Contact: Julie Sandberg, Assistant Director Phone (360) 902-1851 |
July 1998 | September 1998 |
For more information contact: Dannie McQueen, Rules Coordinator, Washington State Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, phone: (360) 902-1809.
William E. Brookreson
Assistant Director