EXPEDITED ADOPTION
Title of Rule: Chapter 16-458 WAC, Horticultural inspection district boundaries.
Purpose: (1) Remove reference to the word "horticultural" in the title and replace with the words "fruit and vegetable" to comply with chapter 15.17 RCW; (2) remove WAC 16-458-004 Promulgation; and (3) add language to WAC 16-458-075, 16-458-080, and 16-458-085 to clarify language in these sections.
Other Identifying Information: RCW 15.17.230 Inspection districts, this section of the statute specifically identifies the inspection districts as "fruit and vegetable" districts.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.17.030.
Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 15.17 RCW.
Summary: Chapter 15.17 RCW identifies the inspection districts as fruit and vegetable districts. This amendment to chapter 16-458 WAC brings the rules in compliance with the statute. Removal of WAC 16-458-004 Promulgation, brings the rule to a current WAC format. Revising WAC 16-458-075, 16-458-080, and 16-458-085 with language to clarify these three sections of the rule.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Same as above.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Jim Quigley, 1111 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA, (360) 902-1833.
Name of Proponent: Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program, Jim Quigley, Program Manager, governmental.
Agency Comments or Recommendations, if any, as to Statutory Language, Implementation, Enforcement, and Fiscal Matters: Agency supports language change.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Chapter 16-458 WAC specifically identifies the boundaries of the three districts in the fruit and vegetable inspection program. The change of the word "horticultural" to "fruit and vegetable," removal of the promulgation section, and the addition of clarifying language, does not affect the rule.
Proposal does not change existing rules.
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE ADOPTED USING AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS RULE BEING ADOPTED USING THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Dannie McQueen, Administrative Regulations Manager, Washington State Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98904-2560 [98504-2560], fax (360) 902-2092 , AND RECEIVED BY June 5, 1999.
April 6, 1999
Robert W. Gore
Assistant Director
HORTICULTURAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INSPECTION DISTRICT
BOUNDARIES
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the Department of Agriculture and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 1471, filed 7/2/76)
WAC 16-458-075
Fruit and vegetable district two.
Fruit and vegetable district two shall consist of Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima and that portion of Benton County lying west of a line running south from the Columbia River known as the center line of Range 27E, and north of Sellards Road from its junction with Range 27E on the east, thence west to the Yakima County line; this includes the Prosser, Kiona, and Benton City areas.
[Order 1471, § 16-458-075, filed 7/2/76.]
Fruit and vegetable district three shall consist of all counties located west of the Cascade Mountains, Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla and Whitman counties, and that portion of Benton County lying south and east of the Sellards Road, from its junction with Yakima County on the west thence east to the center line of Range 27E, thence north to the Columbia River; this excludes the Benton City, Kiona and Prosser areas.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 15.17 RCW. 87-24-009 (Order 1959), § 16-458-080, filed 11/20/87, effective 1/1/88; Order 1471, § 16-458-080, filed 7/2/76.]
Fruit and vegetable district four shall consist of Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan counties.
[Order 1471, § 16-458-085, filed 7/2/76.]
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 16-458-004 | Promulgation. |