EMERGENCY RULES
Purpose: This rule-making order amends WAC 16-752-505 Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine -- Regulated articles, by adding Glyceria maxima to the list of aquatic plants prohibited from sale in Washington state.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-752-505.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 17.24 and 34.05 RCW.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: The intrusion into this state of nonnative, invasive plant species is of grave and immediate concern. Glyceria maxima, an aquatic weed, has been identified in two ponds in Snohomish County. It requires early intervention to successfully eradicate, as it is known as a very aggressive colonizer of freshwater environments. The biological window of opportunity to eliminate this infestation before anticipated seed set is very brief and does not allow time to complete the permanent rule-making process. This rule is being adopted to protect the economic well-being of the nursery industry, and the environmental quality and natural resources of the state.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 11, 2005.
Valoria H. Loveland
Director
OTS-8173.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-19-004, filed 9/2/04,
effective 10/3/04)
WAC 16-752-505
Wetland and aquatic weed
quarantine -- Regulated articles.
All plants and plant parts of
the following are regulated articles under this chapter:
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Butomus umbelatus | flowering rush |
| Cabomba caroliniana | fanwort |
| Crassula helmsii | Australian swamp stonecrop |
| Egeria densa | Brazilian elodea |
| Epilobium hirsutum | hairy willow herb |
| Glossostigma diandrum | mud mat |
| Gyceria maxima | reed sweetgrass, tall manna grass |
| Hydrilla verticillata | hydrilla |
| Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | European frog-bit |
| Lagarosiphon major | African elodea |
| Ludwigia hexapetala | water primrose |
| Lysimachia vulgaris | garden loosestrife |
| Murdannia keisak | marsh dew flower, Asian spiderwort |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum | parrotfeather |
| Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian watermilfoil |
| Najas minor | slender-leaved naiad, brittle naiad |
| Nymphoides peltata | yellow floating heart |
| Sagittaria graminea | grass-leaved arrowhead |
| Sagittaria platyphylla | delta arrowhead |
| Spartina alterniflora | smooth cordgrass |
| Spartina anglica | common cordgrass |
| Spartina densiflora | dense-flowered cordgrass |
| Spartina patens | salt meadow cordgrass |
| Trapa natans | water chestnut, bull nut |
| Trapa bicornus | water caltrap, devil's pod, bat nut |
| Utricularia inflata | swollen bladderwort |
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.10, 17.24, and 34.05 RCW. 04-19-004, § 16-752-505, filed 9/2/04, effective 10/3/04. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24, 17.10, and 15.13 RCW. 01-01-014, § 16-752-505, filed 12/6/00, effective 1/6/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 17.10.235 and chapter 17.24 RCW. 92-07-024, § 16-752-505, filed 3/10/92, effective 4/10/92.]