WSR 99-14-031

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


[ Filed June 29, 1999, 9:38 a.m. ]

Date of Adoption: June 25, 1999.

Purpose: Repealing this rule would not have an effect on animal health in this state. There is no longer a viable cervid industry since the Department of Wildlife rules declared exotic deer as deleterious exotic species and made the commercial raising of native cervids illegal.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 16-88 WAC, Control of tuberculosis in cervidae, WAC 16-88-010, 16-88-020, 16-88-030, and 16-88-040.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 16.36.040.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 99-07-114 on March 24, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.

June 28, 1999

Jim Jesernig

Director

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