WSR 97-24-051

PERMANENT RULES

NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL BOARD

[Filed November 26, 1997, 2:09 p.m., effective January 2, 1998]

Date of Adoption: November 18, 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.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-750-005 and 16-750-011.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 17.10 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-20-138 on October 1, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 2, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: January 2, 1998.

November 26, 1997

Lisa E. Lantz

Executive Secretary

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-06-030, filed 2/29/96, effective 3/31/96)

WAC 16-750-005 State noxious weed list--Class A noxious weeds.

Common Name Scientific Name

bean-caper, Syrian Zygophyllum fabago

blueweed, Texas Helianthus ciliaris

broom, Spanish Spartium junceum

buffalobur Solanum rostratum

clary, meadow Salvia pratensis

cordgrass, salt meadow Spartina patens

crupina, common Crupina vulgaris

four o'clock, wild Mirabilis nyctaginea

hawkweed, mouseear Hieracium pilosella

hawkweed, yellow devil Hieracium floribundum

hogweed, giant Heracleum mantegazzianum

hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata

johnsongrass Sorghum halepense

knapweed, bighead Centaurea macrocephala

knapweed, Vochin Centaurea nigrescens

lawnweed Soliva sessilis

mallow, Venice Hibiscus trionum

nightshade, silverleaf Solanum elaeagnifolium

peganum Peganum harmala

sage, clary Salvia sclarea

sage, Mediterranean Salvia aethiopis

starthistle, purple Centaurea calcitrapa

thistle, Italian Carduus pycnocephalus

thistle, milk Silybum marianum

thistle, slenderflower Carduus tenuiflorus

unicorn-plant Proboscidea louisianica

velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti

woad, dyers Isatis tinctoria

[Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 96-06-030, 16-750-005, filed 2/29/96, effective 3/31/96. Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.10 RCW. 93-01-004, 16-750-005, filed 12/2/92, effective 1/2/93; 91-24-072, 16-750-005, filed 12/2/91, effective 1/2/92; 91-01-016, 16-750-005, filed 12/7/90, effective 1/7/91; 90-01-004, 16-750-005, filed 12/7/89, effective 1/7/90; 88-24-002 (Order 26, Resolution No. 26), 16-750-005, filed 11/29/88. Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.080. 88-07-016 (Order 22, Resolution No. 22), 16-750-005, filed 3/7/88.]

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 97-06-108, filed 3/5/97, effective 4/5/97)

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 3,4,6,7,10

Hypochaeris radicata (b) region 9 except Klickitat County.

(10) cinquefoil, sulfur (a) regions 1,3,8,10

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

(g) region 8 except Lewis

County

(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 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 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) Clallam County of region 1

(c) Skagit County of region 2

(d) Ferry County of region 4

(((c))) (e) Thurston ((County)) and King

counties of region 5

(((d))) (f) Lincoln and Adams counties

of region 7.

(19) hawkweed, polar (a) regions 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10

Hieracium atratum (b) region 5 outside the boundaries

of Mt. Rainier National Park.

(20) hawkweed, smooth (a) regions 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Hieracium laevigatum (b) San Juan and Island counties

of region 2.

(((19))) (21) hawkweed, yellow (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10

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))) (22) 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.

(23) herb-Robert (a) regions 3,4,6,7,8,9,10

Geranium robertianum (b) Clallam County of region 1

(c) Whatcom, San Juan, and Island

counties of region 2

(d) Grays Harbor, Mason, and Kitsap

counties of region 5

(e) portions of King County lying in:

(i) Issaquah Alps: T24N,

R5E, sections 25, 26, 35,

and 36; T24N, R6E, sections

30 and 31; T23N, R6E,

sections 4, 5, 6 (north 1/2

and west of SR900), 9, and

10 (north 1/2); T23N, R8E,

sections 8 (SW 1/4 SW 1/4), 17, 18 (eastern half), 20, 21

(western half), 28, and 29

(eastern half).

(ii) Tradition Plateau area: T24N,

R6E, sections 26 (south of

I-90), 27 (south of I-90,

east of E. Sunset Way), and

35.

(((21))) (24) 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))) (25) 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))) (26) 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))) (27) 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))) (28) 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))) (29) 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))) (30) 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))) (31) kochia (a) Skagit County of region 2

kochia scoparia (b) Pend Oreille County of region 4

(((b))) (c) Kittitas County of region 6.

(((29))) (32) 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.

(((30))) (33) loosestrife, garden (a) regions 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10

Lysimachia vulgaris (b) region 5 except King County.

(((31))) (34) 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.

(((32))) (35) 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.

(((33))) (36) 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.

(((34))) (37) oxtongue,

hawkweed (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

Picris hieracioides (b) region 8 except Skamania County.

(((35))) (38) parrotfeather (a) regions 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10

Myriophyllum aquaticum (b) region 8 except Clark, Cowlitz, and

Wahkiakum counties.

(((36))) (39) 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))) (40) puncturevine (a) Skagit County of region 2

Tribulus terrestris (b) Kittitas County of region 6

(c) Adams County.

(((38))) (41) 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.

(((39))) (42) 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.

(((40))) (43) 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) Stevens county north of Township

33 North of region 4

(f) Ferry 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.

(((41))) (44) sowthistle, perennial (a) regions 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10

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.

(((42))) (45) 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.

(((43))) (46) 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.

(((44))) (47) 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.

(((45))) (48) thistle, musk (a) regions 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10

Carduus nutans (b) Spokane and Pend Oreille counties.

(((46))) (49) 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.

(((47))) (50) 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.

(((48))) (51) toadflax, Dalmatian (a) regions 1,2,5,8,10

Linaria dalmatica (b) Douglas County of region 3 lying

ssp. dalmatica south of T25N, west of R25E, and

east of R28E

(c) Kittitas, Chelan, Douglas, and

Adams counties of region 6

(((c))) (d) Intercounty Weed District

No. 51

(((d))) (e) Weed District No. 3 of Grant

County

(((e))) (f) Lincoln and Adams counties

(((f))) (g) The western two miles of

Spokane County of region 7

(((g))) (h) 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.

(((49))) (52) 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.