Date of Adoption: May 3, 2004.

     Purpose: The Washington State Department of Agriculture is repealing WAC 16-219-100 Ethyl parathion--Restricted use pesticide and 16-219-105 Ethyl parathion--Application restrictions, because the Environmental Protection Agency canceled use of this product. Therefore, the product is no longer legal in Washington state.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-219-100 and 16-219-105.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.58.040, 17.21.030, and 34.05.353.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-06-073 on March 3, 2004.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

May 4, 2004

Valoria Loveland

Director

OTS-7176.1

REPEALER

     The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:

WAC 16-219-100	Ethyl parathion -- Restricted use pesticide -- Definitions.
WAC 16-219-105	Ethyl parathion -- Application restrictions.

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