PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Reviewing and further regulating the nonagricultural uses of diazinon.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 15.58.040, 17.21.030.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Diazinon has been found consistently in USGS's Puget Sound NAWQA study. This study as well as several other national, state or regional surface water monitoring studies, point to diazinon in urban surface waters as likely resulting from nonagricultural uses.
Washington State Department of Agriculture regulates pesticide distribution and use in Washington. Rules might be necessary to keep diazinon out of surface water.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Federal Environmental Protection Agency, and possibly the Washington State Department of Ecology. A technical taskforce reviewing pesticides in surface water in Washington for the protection of endangered and threatened salmonids has already been established.
Process for Developing New Rule: A rules review was conducted in accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 97-02. Results of this review will be shared with representatives of the rule stakeholders for input.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ted Maxwell, Program Manager, Registration Services, Pesticide Management Division, Washington State Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, phone (360) 902-2026. Send written comments to Laurie Mauerman, Washington Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, fax (360) 902-2093.
August 16, 2000
Bob Arrington
Assistant Director