WSR 24-22-041
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed October 28, 2024, 7:17 a.m., effective November 28, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-237 WAC, Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers, by clarifying current rule language by replacing all gender-specific pronouns with modern gender-inclusive pronouns.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-237-170.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 22.09.020, 43.01.160.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 24-17-098 on August 19, 2024.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: October 25, 2024.
Derek I. Sandison
Director
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AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 03-19-013, filed 9/5/03, effective 10/6/03)
WAC 16-237-170Emergency storage situation.
If the director determines that an emergency storage situation exists, a warehouse operator may forward warehouse receipted grain to other licensed warehouses for storage without canceling the depositor's warehouse receipt under the following conditions:
(1) The warehouse operator must:
(a) Obtain written permission from the depositor and/or the holder of the warehouse receipt before the grain is shipped.
(b) Notify the department before the grain is shipped.
(c) Have a warehouse receipt issued in ((his/her))their name from the receiving warehouse.
(d) Be back in compliance with the requirements described in RCW 22.09.250 within ((one hundred twenty))120 days from the date of the first grain shipment.
(2) An extension of the ((one hundred twenty))120-day requirement in subsection (1)(d) of this section may be granted for government owned commodities.