WSR 20-02-019

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Filed December 19, 2019, 9:22 a.m., effective January 19, 2020]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-125 WAC, Farm milk storage tanks and bulk milk tanker—Requirements, by repealing WAC 16-125-035. Currently, WAC 16-125-035 requires that all milk must be picked up at least every forty-eight hours from farm tanks and all farm tanks must be emptied, washed, and sanitized at least once every forty-eight hours. By repealing this section, the rule will defer to the requirements of the 2017 Pasteurized milk ordinance (PMO) adopted under chapter 16-101 WAC. The PMO specifies a seventy-two-hour requirement for pickup and washing.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-125-035.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.36.021.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-21-058 on October 11, 2019.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Date Adopted: December 18, 2019.

Derek I. Sandison

Director

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: