The following are declared to be hosts or possible carriers of Japanese beetle and are prohibited entry into this state from an area under quarantine as declared in WAC
16-470-705 either directly, indirectly, diverted or reconsigned, except as provided for in WAC
16-470-715:
(1) Soil, humus, compost, and manure (except when commercially packaged);
(2) All plants with roots (except bareroot plants free from soil in amounts that could contain concealed Japanese beetle eggs, larvae or pupae);
(3) Grass sod;
(4) Plant crowns or roots for propagation (except when free from soil);
(5) Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of ornamental plants (except when free of soil);
(6) Any other plant, plant part, article, or means of conveyance when it is determined by the director to present a hazard of spreading live Japanese beetle due to either infestation, or exposure to infestation.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
17.24 RCW. WSR 00-23-098, § 16-470-710, filed 11/21/00, effective 12/22/00; WSR 90-15-042 (Order 2049), § 16-470-710, filed 7/16/90, effective 8/16/90.]