PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department amended chapter 16-409 WAC, Washington standards for asparagus. The department changed the size small designation at WAC 16-409-024(5) from "less than 5/16" inch in diameter to "at least 3/16" inch in diameter.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-409-024(5).
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.17.050.
Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-01-056 on December 13, 2007.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 6, 2008.
Valoria Loveland
Director
OTS-1191.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-06-047, filed 3/1/07,
effective 4/1/07)
WAC 16-409-024
Size requirements for Washington
asparagus grades.
The following size designations apply to
all grades of asparagus in Washington state.
(1) Jumbo: Stalks at least 13/16 inch in diameter.
(2) Extra large: Stalks at least 10/16 inch in diameter.
(3) Large: Stalks at least 7/16 inch in diameter.
(4) Standard: Stalks at least 5/16 inch in diameter.
(5) Small: Stalks ((less than 5/16)) at least 3/16 inch
in diameter.
(6) All size designations, as defined in WAC 16-409-024, may be packed in all grades and in all containers.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.17 and 34.05 RCW. 07-06-047, § 16-409-024, filed 3/1/07, effective 4/1/07; 05-10-092, § 16-409-024, filed 5/4/05, effective 6/4/05.]