WSR 97-06-108
PERMANENT RULES
NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL BOARD
[Filed March 5, 1997, 8:50 a.m.]
Date of Adoption: January 21, 1997.
Purpose: The State Noxious Weed Board has amended the state noxious weed list to add species determined to be noxious and to change areas designated for control of some noxious weeds. Additional changes were made to clarify aquatic noxious weed control standards and civil infraction units and to streamline state weed board officer nominations and terms of office.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-750-003, 16-750-011, 16-750-015, 16-750-020, and 16-750-130.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 17.10 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-20-112 on October 2, 1996.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: One species proposed for listing as a Class C noxious weed was not listed.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 6, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 3, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
March 4, 1997
Laurie McLellan
Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-01-004, filed 12/2/92, effective
1/2/93)
WAC 16-750-003 Definitions. (1) The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the context otherwise plainly requires:
(a) "Action" means the transaction of the official business of the Washington state noxious weed control board including but not limited to receipt of public testimony, deliberations, discussions, considerations, reviews, and final actions.
(b) "Board" means the Washington state noxious weed control board, or a duly authorized representative.
(c) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture, or the director's appointed representative.
(d) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the Washington state noxious weed control board.
(e) "Department" means the department of agriculture of this state.
(f) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, or any other entity.
(g) "Final action" means a collective positive or negative decision, or an actual vote by a majority of board members when sitting as a body or entity, upon a motion, proposal, resolution, or order.
(h) "Meeting" means meetings at which action is taken.
(i) "Regular meetings" means recurring meetings held in accordance with a periodic schedule declared by statute or rule.
(2) The definitions set forth in this subsection shall apply throughout this chapter, chapter 17.10 RCW, and any rules adopted thereunder unless the context otherwise plainly requires:
(a) "Control" means to prevent all seed production and to prevent the dispersal of the following propagules of aquatic noxious weeds - turions, fragments, tubers, and nutlets.
(b) "Contain" means to confine a noxious weed and its propagules to an identified area of infestation.
(c) "Eradicate" means to eliminate a noxious weed within an area of infestation.
(d) "Prevent the spread of noxious weeds" means to contain noxious weeds.
(e) Class A noxious weeds are those noxious weeds not native to the state that are of limited distribution or are unrecorded in the state and that pose a serious threat to the state.
(f) Class B noxious weeds are those noxious weeds not native to the state that are of limited distribution or are unrecorded in a region of the state and that pose a serious threat to that region.
(g) "Class B designate" means those Class B noxious weeds whose populations in a region or area are such that all seed production can be prevented within a calendar year.
(h) Class C are any other noxious weeds.
(3) Any county noxious weed control board may enhance the clarity
of any definition contained in subsection (2) of this section, making
that definition more specific, but shall not change its general meaning.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW. 93-01-004, 16-750-003, filed
12/2/92, effective 1/2/93; 91-24-072, 16-750-003, filed 12/2/91,
effective 1/2/92; 91-01-016, 16-750-003, filed 12/7/90, effective
1/7/91; 90-01-004, 16-750-003, filed 12/7/89, effective 1/7/90; 88-18-001 (Order 24, Resolution No. 24), 16-750-003, filed 8/25/88.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-06-030, filed 2/29/96, effective
3/31/96)
WAC 16-750-011 State noxious weed list--Class B noxious weeds.
Name Will be a "Class B designate" in
all lands lying within:
(1) blackgrass (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10
Alopecurus myosuroides (b) Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille
counties of region 4
(c) Adams County of region 7.
(2) blueweed (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10
Echium vulgare (b) region 7 except for an area starting
at the Stevens County line on SR
291 south to the SR 291 bridge over
the Little Spokane River, thence
upstream along the Little Spokane
River to the first Rutter Parkway
Bridge; thence south along the
Rutter Parkway to the inter-
section of Rutter Parkway and
Indian Trail Road; thence southerly
along Indian Trail Road to a point
three miles south (on section line
between sections 22 and 27, T-26N,
R-42E); thence due west to a point
intersecting the line between Ranges
41 and 42; thence north along this
line to a point 1/4 mile south of
Charles Road; thence northwesterly
parallel to Charles Road to a point
1/4 miles south of the intersection
of Charles Road and West Shore
Road; thence northerly along West
Shore Road to the Spokane River
(Long Lake); thence southeasterly
along the Spokane River to the point
of beginning.
(3) broom, Scotch (a) regions 3,4,6,7,9,10.
Cytisus scoparius
(4) bryony, white (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
Bryonia alba (b) region 7 except Whitman County
(c) Franklin County of region 10.
(5) bugloss, common (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10
Anchusa officinalis (b) region 4 except Stevens and Spokane
counties
(c) Lincoln, Adams, and Whitman
counties of region 7.
(6) bugloss, annual (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
Anchusa arvensis (b) Lincoln and Adams counties
(c) Whitman County except ranges 43
through 46 East of Townships 16
through 20 North.
(7) fanwort (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
Cabomba caroliniana (b) region 8 except T8N, R3W of
Cowlitz County.
(8) camelthorn (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9
Alhagi maurorum (b) region 6 except those portions
of Sections 23,24,25, and 29
through 36, T16N, R27E, W.M.
lying outside Intercounty Weed
District No. 52 and except Sections
1 through 12, T15N, R27E, W.M.
in Grant County and except the area
west of Highway 17 and north of
Highway 26 in Adams County
(c) Franklin, Columbia, Garfield, and
Asotin counties of region 10
(d) an area beginning at the Washington
-- Oregon border at the southwest
portion of section 15, R32E, T6N,
then north to the northwest corner
of section 3, R32E, T7N, then east
to the northeast corner of section 3,
R36E, T7N, then south to southeast
portion of section 15, R36E, T6N,
at the Washington -- Oregon border,
then west along the Washington --
Oregon border to the point of
beginning.
(9) catsear, common (a) regions 3,4,6,7,((9,))10
Hypochaeris radicata (b) region 9 except Klickitat County.
(10) cinquefoil, sulfur (a) regions 1,3,((6,))8,10
Potentilla recta (b) region 2 except Skagit County
(c) region 4 except Stevens,
Ferry, and Pend Oreille counties
(d) region 5 except Thurston County
(e) region 6 except Yakima County
(f) region 7 except Spokane County
(((f))) (g) region 8 except Lewis
County
(((g))) (h) region 9 except Klickitat
County.
(11) Cordgrass, smooth (a) regions 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
Spartina alterniflora (b) region 2 except ((bays and
estuaries)) Padilla Bay of Skagit
County
(c) region 8 except bays and estuaries
of Pacific County.
(12) cordgrass, common (a) regions 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Spartina anglica (b) region 2 except bays and estuaries
of Skagit((,)) and Island((, and
Snohomish)) counties and except
bays and estuaries north of Everett
in Snohomish County.
(13) daisy, oxeye (a) regions 7,10
Leucanthemum (b) region 9 except those areas lying
vulgare within Klickitat and Yakima counties
west of Range 13 East
(c) region 6 except those areas lying
within Yakima and Kittitas counties
west of Range 13 E.
(14) deadnettle, hybrid (a) regions 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Lamium hybridum (b) region 2 except Skagit County.
(15) elodea, Brazilian (a) regions 3,4,6,7,9,10
Egeria densa (b) Lewis County of region 8.
(16) fieldcress, Austrian (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
Rorippa austriaca (b) regions 7 and 10 except within the
Palouse River Canyon from Big
Palouse Falls to the Snake River.
(17) gorse (a) regions 3,4,6,7,9,10
Ulex europaeus (b) Skagit County of region 2
(c) Thurston and Pierce counties of
region 5
(d) Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, and Lewis
counties of region 8.
(18) hawkweed, orange (a) regions 3,6,9,10
Hieracium aurantiacum (b) Ferry County of region 4
(c) Thurston County of region 5
(d) Lincoln and Adams counties of
region 7.
(19) hawkweed, yellow (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,((9,))10
Hieracium
caespitosum (b) region 4 except north of T32N in
Pend Oreille County and east
Highway 395 and north of Highway
20 in Stevens County
(c) region 9 except sections 32, 33
and 34 of T6N, R12E, and sections
4, 5, 6, and 7 of T5N, R12E, and
section 12 of T5N, R11E of
Klickitat County.
(20) hedgeparsley (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Torilis arvensis (b) Yakima, Benton, Franklin counties
(c) Klickitat County except those lands
lying within T4N, R10E, R11E,
R12E, R13E, R14E; T3N, R10E,
R11E, R12E, R13E; T2N, R12E,
R13E.
(21) indigobush (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6
Amorpha fruticosa (b) regions 7 and 10 except within 200
feet of the Snake River from Central
Ferry downstream
(c) regions 8, 9, and 10 except within
200 feet of the Columbia River.
(22) knapweed, black (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10
Centaurea nigra (b) region 6 except Kittitas County
(c) region 8 except Clark County.
(23) knapweed, brown (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10
Centaurea jacea (b) region 6 except Kittitas County
(c) region 8 except Clark County.
(24) knapweed, diffuse (a) regions 1,2,5,8
Centaurea diffusa (b) Grant County lying in Townships 13
through 16 North, Ranges 25
through 27 East; Townships 17 and
18 N., Ranges 25 through 30 East;
Townships 19 and 20 North, Ranges
29 and 30 East; T21N, R23E,
Sections 1 through 30; T21N,
R26E., Sections 5,6,7,8,17, and 18;
East 1/2 Township 21N, Range
27E.; T21N, Ranges 28 through 30
E; those portions of Townships 22
through 28N, Ranges 28 through 30
E.; those portions of Township 22
through 28N., Ranges 23 through
30E. lying in Grant County; all
W.M.
(c) Adams County except those areas
within T15N, R36E, Section 36;
T15N, R37E, Sections 22,26,27,28,
31,32,33 and 34; T15N, R37E,
western half of Sections 23, 24 and
25; T15N, R38E, Sections 2,10,
11,14,15,19 and 20; T16N, R38E,
Sections 34 and 35; T17N, R37E,
Sections 5 and 6
(d) Franklin County of regions 9 and
10.
(25) knapweed, meadow (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,10
Centaurea jacea x nigra (b) region 6 except Kittitas County
(c) region 8 except Clark County.
(26) knapweed, Russian (a) regions 1,2,5,7,8
Acroptilon repens (b) region 4 except that area lying
within the boundaries of the Colville
Indian Reservation within Ferry
County
(c) Adams County of region 6
except for the area west of
Highway 17 and North of
Highway 26
(d) Intercounty Weed District No. 52
(e) region 10 except Franklin County.
(27) knapweed, spotted (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,8,9
Centaurea
biebersteinii (b) Ferry County of region 4
(c) Adams and Whitman counties of
region 7
(d) region 10 except Garfield County.
(28) kochia (a) Pend Oreille County of region 4
kochia scoparia (b) Kittitas County of region 6.
(29) lepyrodiclis (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10
Lepyrodiclis holosteoides (b) region 7 except an area within
Whitman County east of the Pullman
-- Wawawai Road from Wawawai
to Pullman and south of State
Highway 270 from Pullman to
Moscow, Idaho.
(((29))) (30) loosestrife, garden (a) regions 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10
Lysimachia vulgaris (b) region 5 except King County.
(((30))) (31) loosestrife, purple (a) regions 1,4,7,8
Lythrum salicaria (b) region 2 except Snohomish County
(c) region 3 except within 100 feet of
the ordinary highwater mark of the
Okanogan River from the Canadian
border south to Riverside
(d) region 5 except the area west
of the Urban Growth Line, as
defined in the King County
Comprehensive Plan, and south of
I-90, but not including Vashon
Island, of King County
(e) region 6 except that portion of Grant
County lying northerly of the
Frenchmen Hills-O'Sullivan Dam
Road, southerly of Highway
Interstate 90, easterly of the section
line of the location of County Road
J SW/NW if constructed and
westerly of the section line of the
location of County Road H SE/NE
if constructed
(f) region 9 except Benton County
(g) region 10 except Walla Walla
County
(h) Intercounty Weed Districts No. 51
and No. 52.
(((31))) (32) loosestrife, wand (a) regions 1,4,7,8
Lythrum virgatum (b) region 2 except Snohomish County
(c) region 3 except within 100 feet of
the ordinary highwater mark of the
Okanogan River from the Canadian
border south to Riverside
(d) region 5 except King County
(e) region 6 except that portion of
Grant County lying northerly of the
Frenchmen Hills-O'Sullivan Dam
Road, southerly of Highway
Interstate 90, easterly of the section
line of the location of County Road
J SW/NW if constructed and
westerly of the section line of the
location of County Road H SE/NE
if constructed
(f) region 9 except Benton County
(g) region 10 except Walla Walla
County
(h) Intercounty Weed Districts No. 51
and No. 52.
(((32))) (33) nutsedge, yellow (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
Cyperus esculentus (b) region 6 except those areas lying
between State Highway 26 and State
Highway 28, and westerly of
Dodson Road in Grant County, and
except S 1/2, Sec. 2, T20N, R25E.,
W.M.
(c) region 9 except:
(i) except those areas lying within
the following boundary
description within Yakima
County: Beginning at the
intersection of Highway 12
and Parker Heights Road and
continuing easterly to
Konnowac Pass Road follow
said road north to the
intersection of Konnowac Pass
Road and Nightingale Road.
The northern boundary shall
be the Roza Canal, continuing
from the established point at
Nightingale Road. The
boundaries will follow the
Roza Canal easterly to the
County Line Road. The east
boundaries will be the Yakima/
Benton County Line from a
point beginning at the County
Line and Highway 22 (near
Byron) continuing westerly
along Highway 22 (to near the
city of Mabton) to the
intersection of Highway 22 and
the Reservation Boundary
(Division Road) and continuing
north to the Yakima River.
Then it will follow the river
northwest to the Wapato-
Donald Road continuing north
along said road to Highway 12
then Highway 12 to Parker
Heights Road.
(ii) an area lying southerly of State
Route 14 and within T2N,
Ranges 13 and 14 E of
Klickitat County
(d) region 10 except Walla Walla
County.
(((33))) (34) oxtongue,
hawkweed (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
Picris hieracioides (b) region 8 except Skamania County.
(((34))) (35) parrotfeather (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
Myriophyllum aquaticum (b) region 8 except Clark, Cowlitz, and
Wahkiakum counties.
(((35))) (36) pepperweed,
perennial (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10
Lepidium latifolium (b) Grant County lying northerly of
Township 21, North, W.M.
(c) Intercounty Weed Districts No. 51
and 52
(d) Kittitas County of region 6
(e) Adams County of region 6
except for the area west
of Highway 17 and north of
Highway 26.
(37) puncturevine (a) Kittitas County of region 6.
Tribulus terrestris
(((36))) (38) ragwort, tansy (a) regions 3,4,6,7,9,10
Senecio jacobaea (b) region 5, that portion of Pierce
County lying south or east of a
boundary beginning at the White
River and State Highway 410, then
west along State Highway 410 to
intersection with State Highway 162
(Orting) to intersection with Orville
Road, then south along Orville Road
to intersection with Kapowsin
Highway (304th Street East), then
west following Kapowsin Highway
to intersection with State Route 7,
then south along State Route 7 to
intersection with State Route 702,
then west along State Route 702 to
intersection with State Route 507,
then southwest along State Route
507 to intersection with the
Nisqually River.
(((37))) (39) sandbur, longspine (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
Cenchrus longispinus (b) Adams County of region 6 except
for that area lying within Intercounty
Weed District No. 52
(c) Intercounty Weed District No. 51.
(((38))) (40) skeletonweed, rush (a) regions 1,2,3,5,8,9
Chondrilla juncea (b) Franklin County except T13N,
R36E; and T14N, R36E
(c) Adams County except those areas
lying west of a line running north
from Franklin County along the
western boundary of Range 36 East
to State Highway 26 then north on
Sage Road until it intersects Lee
Road, then due north until
intersection with Providence Road,
then east to State Highway 261, then
north along State Highway 261 to
its intersection with Interstate 90,
henceforth on a due north line to
intersection with Bauman Road, then
north along Bauman Road to its
terminus, then due north to the
Lincoln County line.
(d) region 6 except that portion lying
within Grant County that is
southerly of State Highway 28,
northerly of Interstate Highway 90
and easterly of Grant County Road
E Northwest
(e) ((Pend Oreille and)) Stevens
((counties)) county
north of Township 33 North
of region 4
(f) Ferry ((County)) and Pend
Oreille counties of region 4
(g) Asotin County of region 10
(h) Garfield and Columbia counties
south of Highway 12
(i) Whitman County lying in Ranges 43
through 46 East of Townships 15
through 20 North; T14N, Ranges 44
through 46 East; and T13N, Ranges
45 and 46 East.
(((39))) (41) sowthistle, perennial (a) regions 1,2,3,4,((5,))7,8,9,10
Sonchus arvensis (b) Adams County of region 6
ssp. arvensis (c) region 5 except for sections
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33
in T19N, R1E of Thurston
and Pierce counties.
(((40))) (42) spurge, leafy (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10
Euphorbia esula (b) region 7 except as follows:
(i) T27N, R37E, Sections
34,35,36; T27N, R38E,
Sections 31,32,33; T26N,
R37E, Sections 1,2,3,10,
11,12,13,14,15,16,26; T26N,
R38E, Sections 5, 6,7,8 of
Lincoln County
(ii) T24N, R43E, Section 12, Qtr.
Section 3, Parcel No. 9068 of
Spokane County.
(((41))) (43) starthistle, yellow (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,8
Centaurea solstitialis (b) region 4 except those areas within
Stevens County bounded by a line
beginning at the intersection of State
Highway 20 and State Highway 25,
then north to intersection with
Pinkston Creek Road, then east
along Pinkston Creek Road to
intersection with Highland Loop
Road, then south along Highland
Loop Road to intersection with State
Highway 20, then west along State
Highway 20 to intersection with
State Highway 25
(c) region 7 except those areas within
Whitman County lying south of State
Highway 26 from the Adams County
line to Colfax and south of State
Highway 195 from Colfax to
Pullman and south of State Highway
270 from Pullman to the Idaho
border
(d) Franklin County
(e) region 9 except Klickitat County
(f) in all lands lying within Asotin
County, Region 10, except as
follows: T11N, R44E, Sections
25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34,
and 35; T11N, R45E, Sections 21,
22, 23, and 25; T11N, R36E,
Sections 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, and 33; T10N, R44E, Sections
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
15, and 16; T10N, R45E, Sections
23 and 24; T10N, R46E, Sections
7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 34,
and 35; T9N, R46E, Sections 1, 2,
12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and
36; T9N, R47E, Sections 18, 19,
30, and 31; T8N, R46E, Sections
1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 23, and 24; T8N, R47E,
Sections 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30,
31, and 32.
(((42))) (44) Swainsonpea (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
Sphaerophysa salsula (b) Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, and
Franklin counties
(c) an area beginning at the
Washington -- Oregon border at the
southwest portion of Section 15,
R32E, T6N, then north to the
northwest corner of Section 3,
R32E, T7N, then east to the
northeast corner of Section 3, R36E,
T7N, then south to the southeast
portion of Section 15, R36E, T6N,
at the Washington -- Oregon border,
then west along the Washington --
Oregon border to the point of
beginning
(d) Weed District No. 3 of Grant
County
(e) Adams County of region 6.
(((43))) (45) thistle, musk (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10
Carduus nutans (b) Spokane and Pend Oreille counties.
(((44))) (46) thistle, plumeless (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10
Carduus acanthoides (b) region 4 except those areas within
Stevens County lying north of State
Highway 20.
(((45))) (47) thistle, Scotch (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9
Onopordum acanthium (b) region 7 except for those areas
within Whitman County lying south
of State Highway 26 from the
Adams County line to Colfax and
south of State Highway 195 from
Colfax to Pullman and south of
State Highway 270 from Pullman to
the Idaho border
(c) Franklin County.
(((46))) (48) toadflax, Dalmatian (a) regions 1,2,5,8,10
Linaria dalmatica (b) Kittitas, Chelan, Douglas, and
ssp. dalmatica Adams counties of region 6
(c) Intercounty Weed District No. 51
(d) Weed District No. 3 of Grant
County
(e) Lincoln and Adams counties
(f) The western two miles of Spokane
County of region 7
(g) region 9 except as follows:
(i) those areas lying within
Yakima County
(ii) those areas lying west of the
Klickitat River and within
Klickitat County.
(((47))) (49) watermilfoil, (a) regions 1,9,10
Eurasian (b) region 7 except Spokane
Myriophyllum spicatum County
(c) region 8 except within 200 feet of
the Columbia River
(d) Adams County of region 6
(e) in all water bodies of public
access, except the Pend Oreille
River, in Pend Oreille County
of region 4.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 96-06-030, 16-750-011, filed
2/29/96, effective 3/31/96. Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW.
95-06-002, 16-750-011, filed 2/16/95, effective 3/19/95; 94-01-076,
16-750-011, filed 12/10/93, effective 1/10/94; 93-01-004, 16-750-011,
filed 12/2/92, effective 1/2/93; 91-24-072, 16-750-011, filed 12/2/91,
effective 1/2/92; 91-01-016, 16-750-011, filed 12/7/90, effective
1/7/91; 90-01-004, 16-750-011, filed 12/7/89, effective 1/7/90; 88-24-002 (Order 26, Resolution No. 26), 16-750-011, filed 11/29/88; 88-18-001 (Order 24, Resolution No. 24), 16-750-011, filed 8/25/88.
Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 88-07-016 (Order 22, Resolution No.
22), 16-750-011, filed 3/7/88.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-06-030, filed 2/29/96, effective
3/31/96)
WAC 16-750-015 State noxious weed list--Class C noxious weeds.
Common Name Scientific Name
babysbreath Gypsophila paniculata
bindweed, field Convolvulus arvensis
canarygrass, reed Phalaris arundinacea
carrot, wild Daucus carota
chervil, wild Anthriscus sylvestris
cockle, white Silene latifolia ssp. alba
cocklebur, spiny Xanthium spinosum
cress, hoary Cardaria draba
dodder, smoothseed alfalfa Cuscuta approximata
goatgrass, jointed Aegilops cylindrica
henbane, black Hyoscyamus niger
houndstongue Cynoglossum officinale
knotweed, Japanese Polygonum cuspidatum
((kochia Kochia scoparia))
mayweed, scentless Matricaria perforata
mullein, common Verbascum thapsus
nightshade, bitter Solanum dulcamara
poison-hemlock Conium maculatum
((puncturevine Tribulus terrestris))
rocket, garden Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
rye, cereal Secale cereale
saltcedar Tamarix species
snapdragon, dwarf Chaenorrhinum minus
spikeweed Hemizonia pungens
St. Johnswort, common Hypericum perforatum
tansy, common Tanacetum vulgare
toadflax, yellow Linaria vulgaris
thistle, bull Cirsium vulgare
thistle, Canada Cirsium arvense
whitetop, hairy Cardaria pubescens
wormwood, absinth Artemisia absinthium
[Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 96-06-030, 16-750-015, filed
2/29/96, effective 3/31/96. Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW.
95-06-002, 16-750-015, filed 2/16/95, effective 3/19/95; 94-01-076,
16-750-015, filed 12/10/93, effective 1/10/94; 93-01-004, 16-750-015,
filed 12/2/92, effective 1/2/93; 91-24-072, 16-750-015, filed 12/2/91,
effective 1/2/92; 91-01-016, 16-750-015, filed 12/7/90, effective
1/7/91; 90-01-004, 16-750-015, filed 12/7/89, effective 1/7/90; 88-24-002 (Order 26, Resolution No. 26), 16-750-015, filed 11/29/88.
Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 88-07-016 (Order 22, Resolution No.
22), 16-750-015, filed 3/7/88.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-01-004, filed 12/2/92, effective
1/2/93)
WAC 16-750-020 Noxious weeds--Civil infractions--Schedule of monetary penalties. Civil infractions under chapter 17.10 RCW shall be assessed a monetary penalty according to the following schedule:
(1) Any owner knowing of the existence of any noxious weeds on the
owner's land who fails to control such weeds in accordance with chapter
17.10 RCW and the rules and regulations in force pursuant thereto shall
be assessed ((as follows)) the following monetary penalties. The
penalties shall be assessed per parcel, per noxious weed species, per day
after expiration of the notice to control filed pursuant to RCW
17.10.170:
(a) Any Class A noxious weed:
1st offense within five years $ 750
2nd and any subsequent offense 1,000
(b) Any Class B designate noxious weed in the noxious weed control
region in which the land lies:
1st offense within five years $ 500
2nd offense 750
3rd and any subsequent offense 1,000
(c) Any Class B nondesignate noxious weed in the noxious weed
control region in which the land lies; or any Class C noxious weed:
1st offense within five years $ 250
2nd offense 500
3rd offense 750
4th and any subsequent offense 1,000
(2) Any person who enters upon any land in violation of an order in
force pursuant to RCW 17.10.210 shall be assessed as follows:
1st offense within five years $ 500
2nd offense 750
3rd and any subsequent offense 1,000
(3) Any person who interferes with the carrying out of the
provisions of chapter 17.10 RCW shall be assessed as follows:
1st offense within five years $ 500
2nd offense 750
3rd and any subsequent offense 1,000
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW. 93-01-004, 16-750-020, filed
12/2/92, effective 1/2/93.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-01-004, filed 12/2/92, effective
1/2/93)
WAC 16-750-130 State noxious weed control board--Organization. The organization of the board is as follows:
(1) The officers of the board shall be chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary. The title of chief administrative officer shall be the executive secretary.
(2) Duties of officers.
(a) The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the board, has the power to appoint committees, shall act as ex officio member of all committees except the executive committee, serves as chairperson of the executive committee, serves as official signer of agreements between the board and public or private agencies, and shall perform such other duties as pertain to the office.
(b) The vice-chairperson shall perform the duties of the chairperson in his or her absence, shall act as an ex officio member of all committees, and any other duties delegated by the chairperson. The vice-chairperson shall assume the duties of and serve out the term of the chairperson upon permanent departure of same.
(c) The secretary shall be the official keeper of the minutes and shall approve them and present the minutes to the board for adoption. In the absence of the chairperson and vice-chairperson, the secretary will perform the duties of the chairperson.
(d) The duty of the executive secretary, in addition to administrative duties assigned elsewhere in this chapter, will be to keep a record of the proceedings of the board, notify all board members, county noxious weed control boards, and weed districts of meetings, act as an ex officio nonvoting member of all committees, negotiate agreements with public and private agencies on behalf of the board, and perform other responsibilities as delegated by the chairperson.
(3) Term of office. Term of office for officers of the board shall
be for twelve months effective July 27 of the year elected and ending
July 26 of the following year. ((Officers may serve for and be reelected
for a maximum of three consecutive terms.))
(4) Election of officers. ((The nominating committee shall be
responsible for presenting nominations for officers. The board
chairperson shall appoint a nominating committee in May. This nominating
committee shall consist of not less than three voting members: One from
the west side of the state, one from the east side, and one member at
large. The nominations shall be presented and elections)) Elections will
be held at the first meeting of the fiscal year in July. Officers shall
be elected by a majority vote of the voting members present.
(5) Vacancies of officers other than chairperson, shall be filled
by election of the voting board members present.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW. 93-01-004, 16-750-130, filed 12/2/92, effective 1/2/93.]