WSR 18-20-116
PROPOSED RULES
NOXIOUS WEED
CONTROL BOARD
[Filed October 3, 2018, 7:34 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 18-16-010.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Chapter 16-750 WAC, State noxious weed list and schedule of monetary penalties, the Washington state noxious weed control board (WSNWCB) is proposing to amend the state noxious weed list for 2019.
Hearing Location(s): On November 6, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., at the Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel, 201 North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801.
Date of Intended Adoption: November 26, 2018.
Submit Written Comments to: Wendy DesCamp, WSNWCB, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, email wdescamp@agr.wa.gov, or noxiousweeds@agr.wa.gov, fax 360-902-2094, by November 5, 2018.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Deanna Painter, phone 360-902-2061, TTY 800-833-6388, email dpainter@agr.wa.gov, by October 30, 2018.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The Washington state noxious weed list provides the basis for noxious weed control efforts for county noxious weed control boards and other entities. It also provides guidelines for WSNWCB. This proposal makes a few amendments to WAC 16-750-011. Specifically, the board is considering:
1. Amending the designation regions of nineteen Class B noxious weeds:
•Undesignate Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa, in Cowlitz County and designate Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa, in Pacific and Snohomish counties.
•Undesignate Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, in Cowlitz County and designate Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, in Mason County and Kittitas County except for the Columbia River.
•Undesignate hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana, in Spokane and Ferries [Ferry] counties.
•Undesignate indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa, in Skamania County.
•Undesignate hawkweeds (Hieracium): All nonnative species and hybrids of the Wall subgenus (Hieracium) in Skamania and Clark counties.
•Undesignate hawkweeds (Hieracium): All nonnative species and hybrids of the Meadow subgenus (Pilosella) in Skamania County and designate hawkweeds (Hieracium): All nonnative species and hybrids of the Meadow subgenus (Pilosella) in Ferry County.
•Undesignate meadow knapweed, Centaurea x moncktonii, in Skamania and Clark counties.
•Undesignate spotted knapweed, Centaurea stoebe, in Skamania and Clark counties.
•Undesignate shiny geranium, Geranium lucidum, in Skamania County.
•Designate butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii, in San Juan and Grays Harbor counties.
•Designate camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum, in Walla Walla County.
•Designate Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica, in Cowlitz, Kittitas, and Franklin counties.
•Designate European coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, in Adams, Lincoln, Benton, and Franklin counties.
•Designate fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana, in Grays Harbor County.
•Designate grass-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea, in Mason County.
•Designate hairy willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum, in Walla Walla County.
•Designate houndstongue, Cynoglossum officinale, in Douglas and Franklin counties.
•Designate diffuse knapweed, Centaurea diffusa, in Mason County.
•Designate purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, in Mason County.
2. Updating the scientific name of five noxious weeds.
Designation changes in Mason County are by request of the Mason County noxious weed control board and intended to better match the distribution/threat of these noxious weeds. Each of these noxious weeds, Eurasian watermilfoil, grass-leaved arrowhead, diffuse knapweed, and purple loosestrife, are already being controlled in the county. Ferry County requested undesignating hoary alyssum to better match the distribution of this noxious weed in the county.
Undesignating nine Class B noxious weed[s] eases control requirements of these species in particular counties. In these counties, county weed boards will have the option to require control at the local level.
Designation changes of designating thirteen Class B noxious weeds are intended to better match the distribution/threat of these noxious weeds. Class B noxious weeds are generally designated where they are absent, limited, or pose a serious threat to health, agriculture, or natural areas so the economic impact is not unreasonable. European coltsfoot and fanwort and [are] not known to occur in the counties they are proposed for designation and the other Class B noxious weed designations have very limited distribution.
The scientific name of five Class B noxious weeds will be updated to improve consistency with national taxonomic standards.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Under RCW 17.10.080, WSNWCB is charged with updating the state noxious weed list on an annual basis to ensure it accurately reflects the noxious weed control priorities and noxious weed distribution.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 17.10.080.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 17.10 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: WSNWCB, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Brad White, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, 360-902-1907.
A school district fiscal impact statement is not required under RCW 28A.305.135.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. WSNWCB is not one of the agencies listed in this section.
The proposed rule does not impose more-than-minor costs on businesses. Following is a summary of the agency's analysis showing how costs were calculated. An online survey was emailed to about four hundred licensed nurseries and distributed to several nursery and agricultural industry associations to pass along to their members. Participating nurseries do not appear to carry any of the Class B noxious weeds that have proposed designation changes, fifteen of which are already on the Washington state department of agriculture's quarantine list (chapter 16-752 WAC). Of the four species that are not already on the quarantine list, none are known for being ornamental species. An analysis of the direct economic effects of the proposed rule amendments indicates that costs to small businesses would be negligible or none at all. Proposed undesignations of nine Class B noxious weeds ease control requirements of these species. The thirteen Class B noxious weeds may be designated for control in counties where they are either absent or limited in distribution, so small business[es] in these counties should not be faced with more-than-minor costs to control those noxious weeds.
Based upon the above analysis, WSNWCB concludes that direct minor costs, if any, imposed would affect less than ten percent of small businesses and would not exceed $100 in lost sales or revenue as a direct result of these proposed rule-making changes. Nor would any of these amendments to the noxious weed list directly cause the creation of or loss of any jobs. WSNWCB concludes that small businesses will not be disproportionately impacted, nor would the proposed rule changes impose more than a minor cost on businesses in an industry. Therefore, we conclude that a formal small business economic impact statement is not required.
A copy of the detailed cost calculations may be obtained by contacting Wendy DesCamp, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, phone 360-725-5764, fax 360-902-2094, TTY 800-833-6388, email wdescamp@agr.wa.gov.
October 3, 2018
Brad White
Assistant Director
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 17-24-035, filed 11/29/17, effective 1/1/18)
WAC 16-750-011State noxious weed list—Class B noxious weeds.
 
Name
 
Will be a "Class B designate" in all
lands lying within:
(1)
blueweed, Echium vulgare
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
 
 
(b)
region 5, except Spokane County
(2)
Brazilian elodea, Egeria densa
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor ((and Pacific counties))County
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap ((and Snohomish counties))County
 
 
(c)
King County of region 2, except lakes Dolloff, Fenwick, Union, Washington, and Sammamish, and the Sammamish River
 
 
(d)
region 3, except Wahkiakum ((County))and Cowlitz counties
 
 
(e)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(3)
bugloss, annual, Anchusa arvensis
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6
(b)
region 5, except Spokane County
(4)
bugloss, common, Anchusa officinalis
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
All of region 4 except those areas lying within the Entiat River Valley between the Columbia River confluence and Stormy Creek in Chelan County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Spokane County
(5)
butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii
(a)
Grays Harbor County of region 1
 
 
(b)
San Juan County of region 2
 
 
(c)
Cowlitz County of region 3
(6)
camelthorn, Alhagi maurorum
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, ((and)) 5, and 6
(((b)
region 6, except Walla Walla County))
(7)
common fennel, Foeniculum vulgare (except bulbing fennel, F. vulgare var. azoricum)
(a)
region 1, except Jefferson County
 
(b)
region 2, except King and Skagit counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark County
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(8)
common reed, Phragmites australis (nonnative genotypes only)
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Grant County
(c)
Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of region 6
(9)
Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica
(a)
regions 1 ((and)), 2, and 3
(b)
((region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(c)))
Adams, Kittitas, and Lincoln counties of region 5
 
 
(((d)))
(c)
Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(10)
Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum
(a)
region 1, except Pacific ((and Mason counties))County
(b)
Island and San Juan counties of region 2
 
 
(c)
Clark ((and Cowlitz counties))County of region 3
 
 
(d)
Chelan and Okanogan counties, and all lakes with public boat launches except Fan Lake in Pend Oreille County of region 4
 
 
(e)
Adams and Lincoln counties of region 5
 
 
(f)
Kittitas County of region 5, except the Columbia River
 
 
(g)
Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of region 6
(11)
European coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, ((and)) 4, 5, and 6
(((b)
region 5, except Adams, Grant, and Lincoln counties
 
 
(c)
region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties))
(12)
fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
((region 1, except Grays Harbor
 
 
(c)))
region 3, except Cowlitz County
(13)
gorse, Ulex europaeus
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor and Pacific counties
 
 
(b)
regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(14)
grass-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria graminea
(a)
region 1((, except Mason County))
(b)
region 2, except Snohomish County
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 4, 5, and 6
(15)
hairy willow-herb, Epilobium hirsutum
(a)
regions 1, 3, and 4
(b)
region 2, except Thurston and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat County
 
 
(d)
((Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties of)) region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties
(16)
hawkweed oxtongue, Picris hieracioides
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Skamania County
(17)
hawkweed, orange, Hieracium aurantiacum
(a)
regions 1, 3, and 6
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Pend Oreille and Stevens counties
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Kittitas and Spokane counties
(18)
hawkweeds: All nonnative species and hybrids of the Meadow subgenus (Pilosella), including, but not limited to, mouseear (Hieraciumpilosella), pale (H. lactucella), queen-devil (H. glomeratum), tall (H. piloselloides), whiplash (H. flagellare), yellow (H. caespitosum), and yellow-devil (H. x floribundum)
(a)
region 1
 
(b)
region 2, except Thurston County
 
(c)
region 3, except Cowlitz ((County))and Skamania counties
 
(d)
((Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties of)) region 4, except Pend Oreille and Stevens counties
 
(e)
region 5, except Klickitat and Spokane counties
 
(f)
region 6
(19)
hawkweeds: All nonnative species and hybrids of the Wall subgenus (Hieracium), including, but not limited to, common (Hieracium lachenalii), European (H. sabaudum), polar (H. atratum), smooth (H. laevigatum), spotted (H. maculatum), and wall (H. murorum)
(a)
regions 1, ((3,)) 5, and 6
 
(b)
region 2, except King, Skagit, and Whatcom counties
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark and Skamania counties
 
(d)
region 4, except Stevens County
(20)
herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum
(a)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(21)
hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
region 4, except Pend Oreille ((County and those areas lying north of Highway 20 in Ferry County))and Ferry counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat ((County))and Spokane counties
(22)
houndstongue, Cynoglossum officinale
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Chelan ((County))and Douglas counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Yakima, Grant and Adams counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Benton ((County))and Franklin counties of region 6
(23)
indigobush, Amorpha fruticosa
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 4
(b)
Lewis ((and Skamania counties))County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(24)
knapweed, black, Centaurea nigra
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
(25)
knapweed, brown, Centaurea jacea
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
(26)
knapweed, diffuse, Centaurea diffusa
(a)
region 1((, except Mason County))
(b)
region 2
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(d)
Adams County of region 5
(27)
knapweed, meadow, Centaureax moncktonii
(a)
regions 1 and 4
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
Thurston County of region 2, except below the ordinary high-water mark of the Nisqually River
 
 
(d)
Lewis and Wahkiakum counties of region 3((, except Cowlitz County))
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Kittitas and Klickitat counties
 
 
(f)
region 6, except Franklin and Walla Walla counties
(28)
knapweed, Russian, ((Acroptilon))Rhaponticum repens
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Ferry and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Lincoln, Spokane, and Whitman counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Adams County of region 5, except for the area west of Highway 17 and north of Highway 26
 
 
(e)
Asotin and Garfield counties of region 6
(29)
knapweed, spotted, Centaurea stoebe
(a)
region 1, except Grays Harbor
(b)
region 2, except Whatcom County
 
 
(c)
Lewis and Wahkiakum counties of region 3((, except Cowlitz County))
 
 
(d)
Ferry County of region 4
 
 
(e)
Adams, Grant and Yakima counties of region 5
 
 
(f)
region 6, except Columbia and Walla Walla counties
(30)
knotweed, Bohemian, Polygonum x bohemicum
(a)
Island County of region 2
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Whitman and Yakima counties
 
 
(e)
region 6
(31)
knotweed, giant, Polygonum sachalinense
(a)
region 2, except King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz and Lewis counties
(c)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(32)
knotweed, Himalayan, ((Polygonum polystachyum))Persicaria wallichii
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
region 2, except King and Pierce counties
 
 
(c)
Cowlitz, Lewis and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(e)
regions 5 and 6
(33)
knotweed, Japanese, Polygonum cuspidatum
(a)
Island, San Juan, and Whatcom counties of region 2
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Okanogan and Stevens counties
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Spokane County
 
 
(e)
region 6
(34)
kochia, ((Kochia))Bassia scoparia
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Stevens and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
Adams County of region 5
(35)
lesser celandine, Ficaria verna
(a)
Snohomish County of region 2
 
 
(b)
Skamania County of region 3
 
 
(c)
Pend Oreille and Stevens counties of region 4
(36)
loosestrife, garden, Lysimachia vulgaris
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(37)
loosestrife, purple, Lythrum salicaria
(a)
Clallam ((and)), Jefferson, and Mason counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish counties
 
 
(c)
Clark, Lewis, and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Grant and Spokane counties
 
 
(f)
Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(38)
loosestrife, wand, Lythrum virgatum
(a)
Clallam and Jefferson counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish counties
 
 
(c)
Clark, Lewis, and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(e)
region 5, except Grant and Spokane counties
 
 
(f)
Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla counties of region 6
(39)
Malta starthistle, Centaurea melitensis
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except T36 R38 in the area contained within Hwy 395/Hwy 20, Pingston Creek Road, and Highland Loop Road in Stevens County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat and Whitman counties
(40)
parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
regions 2, 4, 5, and 6
 
 
(c)
Clark and Skamania counties of region 3
(41)
perennial pepperweed, Lepidium latifolium
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 4
(b)
region 3, except Clark and Cowlitz counties
 
 
(c)
Kittitas, Lincoln and Spokane counties of region 5
 
 
(d)
Columbia and Garfield counties of region 6
(42)
poison hemlock, Conium maculatum
(a)
Clallam, Mason, and Pacific counties of region 1
(b)
region 2, except King, Skagit, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
Clark and Skamania counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
Chelan and Pend Oreille counties of region 4
 
 
(e)
Grant, Kittitas and Lincoln counties of region 5
(43)
policeman's helmet, Impatiens glandulifera
(a)
region 1, except Pacific County
(b)
region 2, except Pierce, Thurston, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 4, 5, and 6
(44)
puncturevine, Tribulus terrestris
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties of region 4
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Grant, Klickitat, and Yakima counties
(45)
Ravenna grass, Saccharum ravennae
(a)
Cowlitz County of region 3
(b)
region 4, except Chelan County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Grant and Yakima counties
 
 
(d)
region 6, except Benton County
(46)
rush skeletonweed, Chondrilla juncea
(a)
regions 1 and 3
(b)
region 2, except Kitsap County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except all areas of Stevens County south of Township 29
 
 
(d)
Kittitas and Yakima counties of region 5, and Adams County, except those areas lying east of Sage Road, the western border of Range 36
 
 
(e)
Asotin County of region 6
(47)
saltcedar, Tamarix ramosissima (unless intentionally planted prior to 2004)
(a)
regions 1, 3, 4, and 5
(b)
region 2, except King and Thurston counties
(c)
region 6, except Benton and Franklin counties
(48)
Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius
(a)
regions 4 and 6
(b)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(49)
shiny geranium, Geranium lucidum
(a)
regions 1, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
regions 2, except Thurston County
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark ((County))and Skamania counties
(50)
spurge flax, Thymelaea passerina
(a)
region 4, except Okanogan County
(b)
regions 5 and 6
(51)
spurge laurel, Daphne laureola
(a)
region 1, except Clallam and Jefferson counties
(b)
region 2, except King, Kitsap, and Pierce counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Skamania County
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(52)
spurge, leafy, Euphorbia ((esula))virgata
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Spokane and Whitman counties
 
 
(c)
region 6, except Columbia and Garfield counties
(53)
spurge, myrtle, Euphorbia myrsinites
(a)
region 1, except Clallam and Jefferson counties
(b)
region 2, except King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
regions 3, 5, and 6
 
 
(d)
region 4, except Okanogan and Stevens counties
(54)
sulfur cinquefoil, Potentilla recta
(a)
region 1
(b)
region 2, except Pierce and Thurston counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Lewis and Skamania counties
 
 
(d)
Adams, Grant, Lincoln, and Whitman counties of region 5
 
 
(e)
region 6, except Asotin County
(55)
tansy ragwort, ((Senecio))Jacobaea vulgaris
(a)
Island and San Juan counties of region 2
(b)
Clark and Wahkiakum counties of region 3
 
 
(c)
regions 4 and 6
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Klickitat County
(56)
thistle, musk, Carduus nutans
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 6
(b)
region 4, except Douglas and Ferry counties
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Kittitas County
(57)
thistle, plumeless, Carduus acanthoides
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
(b)
region 4, except those areas north of State Highway 20 in Stevens County
(58)
thistle, Scotch, Onopordum acanthium
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except Douglas County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Spokane and Whitman counties
(59)
velvetleaf, Abutilon theophrasti
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Yakima County
(c)
region 6, except Franklin County
(60)
water primrose, Ludwigia hexapetala
(a)
regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
(61)
white bryony, Bryonia alba
(a)
regions 1, 2, 3, and 4
(b)
region 5, except Whitman County
 
 
(c)
Benton County of region 6
(62)
wild chervil, Anthriscus sylvestris
(a)
regions 1, 4, and 6
(b)
region 2, except Island and Whatcom counties
 
 
(c)
Wahkiakum and Lewis counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Whitman County
(63)
yellow archangel, Lamiastrum galeobdolon
(a)
Clallam County of region 1
(b)
Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom counties of region 2
 
 
(c)
Skamania and Wahkiakum counties of region 3
 
 
(d)
regions 4, 5, and 6
(64)
yellow floating heart, Nymphoides peltata
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 6
(b)
region 3, except Cowlitz County
 
 
(c)
region 4, except Stevens County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Spokane County
(65)
yellow nutsedge, Cyperus esculentus
(a)
regions 1 and 4
(b)
region 2, except Skagit and Thurston counties
 
 
(c)
region 3, except Clark County
 
 
(d)
region 5, except Klickitat and Yakima counties
 
 
(e)
region 6, except Franklin and Walla Walla counties
(66)
yellow starthistle, Centaurea solstitialis
(a)
regions 1, 2, and 3
(b)
region 4, except T36 R38 in the area contained within Hwy 395/Hwy 20, Pingston Creek Road, and Highland Loop Road in Stevens County
 
 
(c)
region 5, except Klickitat, and Whitman counties