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, 2010
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
| WAC Number | Rule Title | Agency Contact | Tentative Timeline | Subject of Rule Making | ||
| CR-101 | CR-102 | CR-103 | ||||
| Administrative Services/Director's Office | ||||||
| 16-08 | Practice and procedure | Teresa Norman Rules Coordinator Phone (360) 902-1809 |
July | September | November | Updating references to WAC and addressing the use and procedures for brief adjudicative proceedings. |
| 16-740 | New WACs -- Food assistance programs | Ken Harden Phone (360) 902-1932 |
June | July CR-105 | September | Transferring rules for food assistance programs from the department of commerce to the department of agriculture in accordance with chapter 68, Laws of 2010. |
| Animal Services Division | ||||||
| 16-30 | Restricted feed lots and restricted holding facilities | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
January | June | September | Clarifying requirements for restricted holding facilities. |
| 16-42 | Biological products | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
August | October | TBD | Veterinary biological products. |
| 16-54 | Animal importation | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
December 2009 | June | September | Import requirements. |
| 16-86 | Cattle and bison diseases in Washington state | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
April | June | September | Cattle and bison diseases. |
| 16-604 | Public livestock markets | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
December 2009 |
June | September | Health requirements at public livestock markets. |
| 16-610 | Livestock brand inspection | Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Animal Services Division Phone (360) 902-1889 |
June | August | October | Livestock brand inspection. |
| Commodity Inspection Division | ||||||
| 16-302 | Pulse seed quality assurance program | Victor Shaul Seed Program Operations Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
TBD | TBD | TBD | Establishing a pulse seed quality assurance program. |
| 16-302-685 | Small grains standards for seed certification | Victor Shaul Seed Program Operations Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
June | August | September | Establishing tolerances for triticale in wheat seed. |
| 16-302-755 | Standards for quality timothy seed | Victor Shaul Seed Program Operations Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
June | August | September | Detrimental contaminants in timothy seed. |
| 16-302-385 | Grass seed standards for certification | Victor Shaul Seed Program Operations Manager Phone (509) 225-2630 |
July | September | October | Amending the seed standards chart. |
| Food Safety and Consumer Services Division | ||||||
| New WAC chapter | Dairy nutrient management program | Nora Mena Dairy Nutrient Management Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2894 |
TBD | TBD | TBD | Dairy nutrient management program enforcement and penalty matrix. |
| 16-160 | Registration of materials for organic food production | Martin Beagle Organic Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1924 |
July | September | October | Procedures for registering materials to be included on the brand name materials list. |
| Pesticide Management Division | ||||||
| 16-231 | Use restricted herbicides | Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
May 2009 | August | October | Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground apparatus. |
| 16-232 | Use restricted herbicides in certain counties | Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone (360) 902-2036 |
May 2009 | August | October | Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground apparatus. |
| Plant Protection Division | ||||||
| 16-326 | Brassica seed production district | Mary Toohey Assistant Director for Plant Protection Phone (360) 902-1907 |
April | July | September | Amending restrictions for District 1 and other recommended provisions. |
| 16-462 | Grape planting stock -- Registration and certification | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
January | July | September | Amending the rules for the grape planting stock certification program by revising provisions, including field eligibility criteria. |
| 16-470 | Quarantine--Agricultural pests | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
July | September | November | Initiating a quarantine in response to eastern filbert blight that would place restrictions on the importation of hazelnut plants into Washington state. |
| 16-481 | Grape insect pests | Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1984 |
June | July | August | Establishing a quarantine for European grapevine moth. |
| 16-662 | Weights and measures -- National handbooks | Kirk Robinson Weights and Measures Program Manager Phone (360) 902-1856 |
June | July | August | Adopting modifications to biodiesel labeling requirements specified in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Handbook 130; the 2010 edition of NIST Handbook 44; and the 2010 edition of NIST Handbook 130. |
Teresa Norman
Rules Coordinator