PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: October 6, 1999.
Purpose: Repeals chapter 16-150 WAC, Federal meat inspection regulations, all sections; chapter 16-152 WAC, Federal poultry inspection regulations, all sections; chapter 16-12 WAC, Meat inspection, all sections; and chapter 16-122 WAC, Milk distributors, and WAC 16-122-001. These chapters are no longer needed because the laws that they were promulgated under and that give statutory authority for their adoption, were repealed by the 1999 legislature.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Chapter 16-150 WAC, all sections; chapter 16-152 WAC, all sections; chapter 16-12 WAC, all sections; and WAC 16-122-001.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 16.49A RCW and RCW 15.36.061.
Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 99-16-087 on August 4, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 207.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 207.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 207.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 207. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
October 6, 1999
Jim Jesernig
Director