Director's Office |
Chapter 16-08 |
Practice and procedure |
Elizabeth McNagny Administrative Regulations Phone (360) 902-1809 |
August 2014 |
October 2014 |
December 2014 |
Updating rules of procedure that are applicable to adjudicative proceedings. |
Animal Services |
Chapter 16-54 |
Animal importation |
Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone (360) 902-1889 |
June |
September |
December |
• Increase the tuberculosis (TB) age requirement to twenty months, as long as the cattle are coming from a TB free state. • Eliminate the certificate of veterinary inspection (health certificate) exemption on horses, goats, sheep, llamas, and alpacas that are entering Washington state for round trip visits of not more than four days. • Require dogs six months of age or older to be tested negative for heartworm prior to entry into Washington state. |
Chapter 16-70 |
Animal diseases—Reporting |
Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone (360) 902-1889 |
July |
September |
December |
• Add porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) to the monthly reporting requirement list. • Remove infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. • Italicize reportable diseases. |
Chapter 16-86 |
Cattle and bison diseases in Washington state |
Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone (360) 902-1889 |
July |
September |
December |
Allow pooling of Trichomoniasis samples and extend the date for a valid test from the present thirty days to sixty days with a no female contact statement on the certificate of veterinary inspection (health certificate). |
Chapter 16-610 |
Livestock brand inspection |
Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone (360) 902-1889 |
November |
September |
December |
Eliminate the livestock inspection exemption for private sales of unbranded, female, dairy breed cattle involving fifteen head or less. |
Commodity Inspection |
Chapter 16-301 |
General seed regulations |
Victor Shaul Seed Program E-mail vshaul@agr.wa.gov Phone (509) 249-6955 |
February |
July |
August |
Standards for new seed crops; aligning standards with national standards; updating labeling and certification standards. |
Chapter 16-302 |
General rules for seed certification |
Victor Shaul Seed Program E-mail vshaul@agr.wa.gov Phone (509) 249-6955 |
February |
July |
August |
Standards for new seed crops; aligning standards with national standards; updating labeling and certification standards. |
Chapter 16-390 |
WSDA fruit and vegetable inspection districts |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
June |
September |
October |
Revising the fruit and vegetable inspection fee structure. |
Chapter 16-403 |
State standards for apples |
Cameron Crump E-mail ccrump@agr.wa.gov Phone (360) 902-1997 |
September |
June 2015 |
August 2015 |
Updating standards for apples. |
Chapter 16-406 |
Washington standards for apricots |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
July |
September |
November |
Updating requirements. |
Chapter 16-445 |
Washington standards for Italian prunes |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
CR-105 June |
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September |
Revise section headings to a "plain talk" format. |
Chapter 16-450 |
Controlled atmosphere storage requirements for Washington fruits and vegetables |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
July |
September |
November |
Updating requirements. |
Chapter 16-461 |
Inspection requirements for fruits and vegetables |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
July |
September |
November |
Updating requirements. |
Chapter 16-463 |
Prohibiting the sale and/or movement of infested cherries |
Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone (509) 665-4318 |
CR-105 June |
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September |
Recognize RCW 15.08.070 as providing a statutory exception for the transporting and use of cherry fruit fly infested cherries to be manufactured into by-products or to be shipped to a by-products plant. Provide clarification as to the Latin name for the specific cherry fruit fly larvae. |
Food Safety and Consumer Services |
Chapter 16-250 |
Commercial feed rules |
Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone (360) 902-1905 |
March |
To Be Determined |
To Be Determined |
Update per AAFCO, FDA. |
Chapter 16-252 |
Commercial feed rules—Pet food |
Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone (360) 902-1905 |
March |
To Be Determined |
To Be Determined |
Update per AAFCO, FDA. |
New chapter |
Pass-through food distribution operators |
Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone (360) 902-1905 |
June |
To Be Determined |
To Be Determined |
Creation of new rules for issuing licenses and conducting inspections of pass-through food distribution operators. |
Pesticide Management |
Chapters 16-230, 16-231 and 16-232 |
Use of chemicals and chemically treated materials in certain counties; use restricted herbicides; use restricted herbicides in certain counties |
Cliff Weed Policy and Issues Assistant Phone (360) 902-2036 |
October |
January 2015 |
March 2015 |
Amending the rules to incorporate this newer technology and significant technological advances in nozzles for both aerial and ground apparatus for pesticide applications, which should aid in the reduction of drift, reduce the need for a permit and allow easier nozzle selection by pesticide users. |
WAC 16-228-1546 |
What are the requirements for a private applicator license? |
Margaret Tucker Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2015 |
August |
September 2014 |
October 2014 |
Housekeeping changes to correct a rule reference error in WAC 16-228-1546 (1) and (2), created when the soil fumigation RMM category was added to WAC 16-228-1545(3). The reference to these categories was not updated and incorrect categories have been referenced since the soil fumigation RMM category was inserted into WAC 16-228-1545 (3)(g), changing the lettering order of the subsequent, existing categories including changing the agricultural insect and disease category from (h) to (i) and the aquatic category from (t) to (u). |
Plant Protection |
Chapter 16-324 |
Rules for the certification of seed potatoes |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
July |
September |
November |
The agency is considering repealing the requirement to post harvest test all generation 1 (G-1) seed potato lots and seed potato lots sold for recertification for Potato Virus Y (PVY) by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington seed potato commission. |
Chapter 16-350 |
Registration and certification of fruit tree planting stock |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
July |
September |
November |
The agency is considering modifying the certification requirements for prunus planting stock to align with the state level model regulatory standard for registration and certification program. |
Chapter 16-401 |
Nursery inspection fees |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
February |
September |
November |
The agency is considering adopting a ten cent per vine annual assessment limit on grapevines as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. This is not a fee increase. |
Chapter 16-462 |
Grape planting stock—Registration and certification |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
February |
September |
November |
The agency is considering adopting changes to the grape planting stock rule to align with the state level model regulatory standard for registration and certification program as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. |
Chapter 16-481 |
Grape insect pests |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
February |
September |
November |
The agency is considering adding additional insect pests to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. |
Chapter 16-483 |
Grape virus quarantine |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
February |
September |
November |
The agency is considering adding additional viruses to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. |
Chapter 16-470 |
Quarantine—Agricultural pests |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
September |
November |
January 2015 |
The agency is considering amending the onion white rot quarantine to restrict planting in a field infested with onion white rot disease. |
Chapter 16-752 |
Weed seed and plant quarantine |
Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone (360) 902-1984 |
September |
November |
January 2015 |
The agency is considering adding additional species to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the washington state noxious weed control board. |