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 - December 31, 2012
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
| Tentative Timeline | ||||||
| WAC Number |
Rule Title |
Agency Contact |
CR-101 CR-105 |
CR-102 | CR-103 | Subject of Rule Making |
| Agriculture Development and Assistance | ||||||
| 16-08 | Practice and procedure. | Elizabeth
McNagny Administrative Regulations (360) 902-1809 |
September | December | Updating rules of procedure that are applicable to adjudicative proceedings. | |
| Animal Services | ||||||
| NEW | Animal disease traceability. | Jodi Jones Animal Services (360) 902-1889 |
June | August | October | Creation of the animal disease traceability program. |
| 16-86 | Cattle and bison diseases in Washington state. | Jodi Jones Animal Services (360) 902-1889 |
June | August | October | Change the official mature RB-51 Brucella vaccination dosage from 0.25cc to a full dose. |
| 16-610 | Livestock brand inspection. | Jodi Jones Animal Services (360) 902-1889 |
June | August | October | • Modify the
livestock
inspection
exemption for
private sales of
unbranded, female,
dairy breed cattle
involving fifteen
head or less; • Require milk producers to develop, implement, and financially support an electronic transaction reporting system within eighteen months of the rule making effective date; • Require a certificate of permit and bill of sale to accompany any cattle presented for an inspection that are in the possession of the buyer; and • Exempt unbranded dairy breed bull calves or free martins from inspection requirements when criteria are met. |
| Commodity Inspection | ||||||
| 16-303 | Seed assessment, fees for seed services and seed certification. | Victor Shaul Seed Program (509) 249-6955 |
May | July | August | Fee increases to ensure cost of services recovery. |
| 16-390 | WSDA fruit and vegetable inspection districts, inspection fees and other charges. | Karen Cozzetto Fruit and Vegetable Inspection (509) 249-6906 |
May | July | August | Fee increases necessary to recover the actual costs of providing inspection services. |
| 16-237-195 | Fees for warehouse audit and related services. | Don Potts Grain Inspection (509) 533-2487 |
May | July | August | Increase the year-end inventory fee from ten percent of the warehouse license fee to twenty percent of the warehouse license fee with a minimum of four hundred dollars. |
| 16-240 | WSDA grain inspection program -- Definitions, standards, and fees. | Keith Angerman Grain Inspection (206) 298-4619 |
May | July | August | Increase fees to adequately recover the cost of providing inspection services. |
| Food Safety and Consumer Services | ||||||
| 16-167 | Intrastate commerce in food. | Claudia Coles Compliance Program (360) 902-1905 |
TBD | TBD | TBD | Adoption of most current Codes of Federal Regulation for interstate [intrastate] commerce in food. |
| Pesticide Management | ||||||
| 16-232 | Pesticide restrictions for cranberries. | Robin
Schoen-Nessa Pesticide Compliance (360) 902-2038 |
June 2010 | August | December | Establishing best management practices for cribbing and covering ditches adjacent to cranberries in Grayland area to prevent water contamination. |
| 16-228 | Pesticide examination fees. | Margaret Tucker Certification and Training Program (360) 902-2015 |
May | September | December | Pesticide examination fee increase. |
| NEW | Nutrient management. | Nora Mena Dairy Nutrient Management Program (360) 902-2894 |
June 2010 | July | August | Establishing civil penalty rules. |
| Plant Protection | ||||||
| 16-470 | Quarantine -- Agricultural pests. | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program (360) 902-1984 |
August | September | November | The department is considering initiating an industry request quarantine that would place restrictions on the importation of hazelnut plants into Washington state in response to Eastern filbert blight. |
| 16-470 | Quarantine -- Agricultural pests. | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program (360) 902-1984 |
August | September | November | The department is considering increasing the requested inspection fees for inspecting and certifying plants for freedom from plant pests. |
| 16-623 | Commission Merchants Act -- Licensing fees, proof of payment, cargo manifests, and registration of acreage commitments. | Jerry Buendel Agricultural Investigations Program (360) 902-1856 |
June | August | September | The department is considering increasing the fees for licenses issued under chapter 20.01 RCW, which authorizes the agricultural investigations program; and may amend the existing language to increase its clarity and readability and update the language to conform to current industry and regulatory standards. |
| 16-662 | Weights and measures -- National handbooks. | Jerry Buendel Weights and Measures Program (360) 902-1856 |
August | September | November | The department is considering amending rules that adopt, in whole or in part, the most recent National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) handbooks regarding requirements for: Weighing and measuring devices, net contents of packaged goods, legal metrology and engine fuel quality. |
Teresa Norman
Rules Coordinator