AGENDA
The department may undertake additional rule-making activity as conditions warrant. If you have any questions, please call Teresa Norman at (360) 902-2043 or e-mail tnorman@agr.wa.gov.
July 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
WAC Number | Rule Title | Agency Contact | Tentative Timeline | Subject of Rule Making | ||
CR-101 | CR-102 | CR-103 | ||||
Agency Operations | ||||||
Chapter 16-08 | Practice and procedure | Dannie McQueen Administrative Regulations Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1809 | Expedited October | TBD | Updating the rules for adjudicative proceedings. | |
Chapter 16-06 | Public records | Dannie McQueen Administrative Regulations Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1809 | May | TBD | TBD | In accordance with the Public Disclosure Act, WSDA is required to develop and maintain its public disclosure rules and processes. Amendments to chapter 16-06 WAC fall under that mandate. |
Animal Services Division | ||||||
Chapter 16-30 | Restricted feed lots | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
December 2006 | September | November | Title change to "restricted feedlots and holding facilities." Adding a restricted holding facility and eliminating the category II restricted feedlot. |
Chapter 16-59 | Importation and movement of poultry and hatching eggs | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
January 2007 | September | November | Title change to make this chapter regarding in-state poultry. Update requirements, rewrite rules in plain talk, remove references to importation (moved to chapter 16-54 WAC). |
Chapter 16-71 | Equine infectious anemia | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
January 2007 | TBD | TBD | Title change to "equine diseases." Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements; adding section on equine viral arteritis. |
Chapter 16-86 | Brucellosis and tuberculosis in cattle and goats | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
August 2006 | August 2007 | October | Title change to "cattle diseases." Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements. |
Chapter 16-89 | Sheep and goat scrapie disease control | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
August 2006 | TBD | TBD | Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements. |
Chapter 16-604 | Public livestock markets | Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone (360) 902-1987 |
TBD | TBD | TBD | Correcting a reference to the Code of Federal Regulation and adding an additional special sale day. |
Commodity Inspection | ||||||
16-390-240 16-390-242 | Fresh produce audit verification program | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
In process | TBD | Fees for audit of good agricultural practices and good handling practices. | |
16-461-010 | Inspection requirements | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
July | TBD | TBD | Remove or rewrite exemption for certificates of compliance. |
16-409-024 | Asparagus standards | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
August | TBD | TBD | Write new size requirements for asparagus standards. |
16-439-210 -16-439-240 | Pear standards | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
September | TBD | TBD | Grade and size requirements for pears. |
16-390-060 | Fees for inspecting beans, peas, lentils | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
September | TBD | TBD | Housekeeping WAC reference by September or earlier. |
16-390-200 | Phytosanitary inspections | Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1883 |
December | TBD | TBD | Possible rule making based on new user fee from USDA for state-issued phytosanitary certificates. |
16-303-200 | Seed program fees | Fawad Shah Seed Program Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
In process | Adjust seed testing fees. | ||
16-303-210 | Fees for special seed tests | Fawad Shah Seed Program Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
In process | Continuance of quarantine rule. | ||
Food Safety and Consumer Services Division | ||||||
Chapter 16-108 | Washington state egg seals and assessments | Claudia Coles Food Safety Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1905 |
September | October | December | Amending assessment fees. |
Pesticide Management Division | ||||||
Chapter 16-230 | Use of chemicals and chemically treated materials in certain counties | Cliff Weed
Compliance
Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
July | September | November | Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications. |
Chapter 16-231 | Restricted use herbicides | Cliff Weed
Compliance
Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
July | September | November | Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications. |
Chapter 16-232 | Restricted use herbicides in certain counties | Cliff Weed
Compliance
Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
July | September | November | Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications. |
Chapter 16-228 | Wood destroying organisms | Cliff Weed
Compliance
Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
July | September | November | Modify wood destroying reporting requirements. |
Plant Protection Division | ||||||
New | Brassica seed production districts | Mary Toohey
Plant Protection
Division Assistant
Director Phone (360) 902-1907 |
5/15/07 | 8/22/07 | 10/3/07 | The department is proposing to adopt rules regarding the orderly production of Brassica seed crops. |
New | Weights and measures penalties | Kirk Robinson
Weights and
Measures Program
Manager Phone (360) 902-1856 |
9/5/07 | 10/24/07 | 12/5/07 | The department is proposing to adopt penalty matrices related to violations of chapter 19.94 RCW. |
New | Motor fuel quality penalties | Kirk Robinson
Weights and
Measures Program
Manager Phone (360) 902-1856 |
9/5/07 | 10/24/07 | 12/5/07 | The department is proposing to adopt penalty matrices related to violations of chapter 19.112 RCW. |
New | Christmas trees | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
8/1/07 | 9/19/07 | 10/31/07 | The department is proposing to adopt rules related to the implementation of ESB 5401. |
Chapter 16-324 | Rules for the certification of seed Potatoes | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
CR-105 8/22/07 | N/A | 10/24/07 | The department is proposing to revise the current seed potato certification rule by repealing the requirement for PVY testing for Generation 1 lots because of changes in the US-Canada Necrotic Virus Management Plan. |
Chapter 16-354 | Hop rootstocks--Certification | Mary Toohey
Plant Protection
Division Assistant
Director Phone (360) 902-1907 |
7/5/07 | 8/22/07 | 10/3/07 | The department is proposing to amend the hop certification rule by adding hop stunt viroid to the list of diseases that certified hop planting stock needs to be free of. In addition, the department is proposing to revise the current language to make it more clear and readable and reflect current industry practices. |
Chapter 16-497 | Hop disease quarantine | Mary Toohey
Plant Protection
Division Assistant
Director Phone (360) 902-1907 |
7/5/07 | 8/22/07 | 10/3/07 | The department is proposing to amend the hop disease quarantine by adding hop stunt viroid to the list of diseases that hop planting stock entering the state needs to be certified free of. In addition, the department is proposing to revise the current language to make it more clear and readable and reflect current industry practices. |
Chapter 16-662 | Weights and measures -- National handbooks | Kirk Robinson
Weights and
Measures Program
Manager Phone (360) 902-1856 |
11/7/07 | 1/2/08 | 2/15/08 | The department is proposing to adopt the most recent version of the NIST handbooks. |
Chapter 16-664 | National type evaluation program | Kirk Robinson
Weights and
Measures Program
Manager Phone (360) 902-1856 |
10/3/07 | 11/21/07 | 1/16/08 | The department is considering amending the rule to accommodate devices dispensing alternate fuels. |
Chapter 16-752 | Noxious weed control | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
9/5/07 | 10/24/07 | 12/5/07 | The department is considering adding additional species to the wetland and aquatic weed quarantine and the noxious weed seed and plant quarantine. |
Teresa Norman
Rules Coordinator