Title of Rule: Chapter 246-361 WAC, Cherry harvest camps.

     Purpose: Chapter 246-361 WAC implements chapter 70.114A RCW by providing licensing, operation and inspection standards for cherry harvest temporary labor camps.

     Other Identifying Information: The proposed rules extend the occupancy period for cherry harvest temporary labor camps to a period of not more than one week prior to commencement of the cherry harvest through one week following the conclusion of the cherry crop harvest in the state.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 70.114A.110.

     Statute Being Implemented: RCW 70.114A.110.

     Summary: SB 6328 (passed in 2002 legislative session) amended RCW 70.114A.110 to change the time period of when a cherry camp can be occupied from twenty-one days (plus a week extension) to not more than one week prior to commencement of the cherry harvest through one week following the conclusion of the cherry crop harvest in the state.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed rules change the cherry harvest camp occupancy period to reflect the legislative change and correct one typographical error. The expedited rule-making process is justified by RCW 35.05.353 [34.05.353] (1)(c) and (d).

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Yvette Lenz, 2725 Harrison Avenue N.W., Suite 500, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, (360) 705-6661; Implementation and Enforcement: Bliss Moore, 2725 Harrison Avenue N.W., Suite 500, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, (360) 705-6660.

     Name of Proponent: Department of Health, governmental.

     Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

August 14, 2002

M. C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-5826.2

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-06-082, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00)

WAC 246-361-010   Definitions.   For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases will have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

     "Building" means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy that may include cooking, eating, sleeping and sanitation facilities.

     "Cherry harvest camp" or "camp" means a place, area, or piece of land where dwelling units or camp sites are provided by an operator during the cherry harvest.

     "Common food-handling facility" means an area designated by the operator for occupants to store, prepare, cook, and eat their own food supplies.

     "Current certificate (first aid)" means a first-aid-training certificate that has not expired.

     "Department" means the Washington state department of health and/or the department of labor and industries.

     "Dining hall" means a cafeteria-type eating-place with food furnished by and prepared under the direction of the operator for consumption, with or without charge, by occupants.

     "Drinking fountain" means a fixture equal to a nationally recognized standard or a designed-to-drain faucet, which provides potable drinking water under pressure. "Drinking fountain" does not mean a bubble-type water dispenser.

     "Dwelling unit" means a shelter, building, or portion of a building, that may include cooking and eating facilities, which is:

     • Provided and designated by the operator as either a sleeping area, living area, or both, for occupants; and

     • Physically separated from other sleeping and common-use areas.

     Note: For the purpose of this chapter, a "tent" is considered a dwelling unit.

     "First aid qualified" means that the person holds a current certificate of first-aid training from the American Red Cross or another course with equivalent content or hours.

     "Food-handling facility" means a designated, enclosed area for preparation of food.

     "Group A water system" means a public water system and includes community and noncommunity water systems.

     (a) A community water system means any Group A water system providing service to fifteen or more service connections used by year-round residents for one hundred eighty or more days within a calendar year, regardless of the number of people, or regularly serving at least twenty-five year-round (i.e., more than one hundred eighty days per year) residents.

     (b) Noncommunity water system means a Group A water system that is not a community water system. Noncommunity water systems are further defined as:

     (i) Nontransient (NTNC) water system that provides service opportunity to twenty-five or more of the same nonresidential people for one hundred eighty or more days within a calendar year.

     (ii) Transient (TNC) water system that serves:

     • Twenty-five or more different people each day for sixty or more days within a calendar year;

     • Twenty-five or more of the same people each day for sixty or more days, but less than one hundred eighty days within a calendar year; or

     • One thousand or more people for two or more consecutive days within a calendar year.

     "Group B water system" means a public water system: Constructed to serve less than fifteen residential services regardless of the number of people; or constructed to serve an average nonresidential population of less than twenty-five per day for sixty or more days within a calendar year; or any number of people for less than sixty days within a calendar year.

     "Health officer" means the individual appointed as such for a local health department under chapter 70.05 RCW or appointed as the director of public health of a combined city-county health department under chapter 70.08 RCW.

     "Livestock" means horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, etc.

     "Livestock operation" means any place, establishment, or facility consisting of pens or other enclosures in which livestock is kept for purposes including, but not limited to, feeding, milking, slaughter, watering, weighing, sorting, receiving, and shipping. Livestock operations include, among other things, dairy farms, corrals, slaughterhouses, feedlots, and stockyards. Operations where livestock can roam on a pasture over a distance may be treated as outside the definition.

     "MSPA" means the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (96 Stat. 2583; 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq.).

     "Occupant" means a temporary worker or a person who resides with a temporary worker at the camp site.

     "Operating license" means a document issued annually by the department of health or contracted health officer authorizing the use of temporary-worker housing.

     "Operator" means a person holding legal title to the land on which the camp is located. However, if the legal title and the right to possession are in different persons, "operator" means a person having the lawful control or supervision over the camp.

     "Recreational park trailers" means a trailer-type unit that is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or seasonal use, that meets the following criteria:

     • Built on a single chassis, mounted on wheels;

     • Having a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet (37.15 square meters) in the set-up mode; and

     • Certified by the manufacturer as complying with ANSI A119.5.

     "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational camping, travel, or seasonal use that either has its own ((motive)) mode of power or is mounted on, or towed by, another vehicle. Recreational vehicles include: Camping trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, motor homes, travel trailers, and truck campers, but does not include pickup trucks with camper shells, canopies, or other similar coverings.

     "Refuse" means solid wastes, rubbish, or garbage.

     "Temporary worker" means an agricultural employee employed intermittently and not residing year-round at the same site.

     "Tent" means an enclosure or shelter constructed of fabric or pliable material composed of rigid framework to support tensioned membrane that provides the weather barrier.

     "WISHA" means the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, chapter 49.17 RCW, administered by the Washington state department of labor and industries.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-361-010, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00.]

     (1) Must request a license from the department of health or health officer when:

     (a) The camp will house ten or more occupants;

     (b) Compliance with MSPA requires a license; or

     (c) Construction of camp buildings requires a license under chapter 246-359 WAC, Temporary worker housing construction standard.

     (2) Must apply for an operating license at least forty-five days prior to either the use of the camp or the expiration of an existing operating license by submitting to the department of health or health officer:

     (a) A completed application on a form provided by the department or health officer;

     (b) Proof water system is current with all water tests required by chapter 246-290 or 246-291 WAC; and

     (c) A fee as specified in WAC 246-361-990.

     (3) ((May receive a license extension from the department of health for up to seven days when:

     (a) The operator requests an extension for additional days at least three days before the license expiration date; and

     (b) The department in consultation with the local health jurisdiction will determine if an extension would serve to protect the public health.

     (4))) Will receive an operating license for the maximum number of occupants as determined by WAC 246-361-030 when:

     (a) The application requirements from subsection (2) of this section are met;

     (b) The site is in compliance with this chapter as demonstrated by a licensing survey completed by the department; and

     (c) The operator complies with the corrective action plan established by the department.

     (((5))) (4) Must post the operating license in a place readily accessible to workers.

     (((6))) (5) Must notify the department of health in the event of a transfer of ownership.

     (((7))) (6) Must cooperate with the department during on-site inspections.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-361-025, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00.]

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