WSR 97-01-068

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Order 6010--Filed December 16, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: December 15, 1996.

Purpose: To regulate the importation of animals into the state of Washington to protect animal health and public health.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-54-125.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 16.70.040.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-16-079 on August 7, 1996.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 15, 1996

Jim Jesernig

Director

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 1172, filed 12/15/70)

WAC 16-54-125 ((Skunks, foxes, and raccoons.)) Species prohibited by state health department. ((It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to import or otherwise bring into the state of Washington any live skunk, fox, or raccoon, domestic or wild, without first securing a permit in writing from the director of agriculture, Olympia, Washington.)) WAC 246-100-191 (Animals, birds, pets--Measures to prevent human disease) prohibits certain species from being imported into Washington state except for exhibition by bona fide public or private zoological parks. The prohibited species and exempted entities are listed in WAC 246-100-191 (2)(a). Permits allowing importation to such entities may be issued by the director of the Washington state department of agriculture in consultation with the secretary of the Washington department of health.