PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-662 WAC, Weights and measures--National handbooks, by adopting the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) handbooks as follows:
(1) The 2008 edition of NIST Handbook 44 (Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices) as required by RCW 19.94.195; and
(2) The 2008 edition of NIST Handbook 130 (Uniform Laws and Regulations in the areas of legal metrology and engine fuel quality).
The adopted version of NIST Handbook 133 (Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods) remains the most current.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-662-105.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 19.94 and 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-24-079 on December 5, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 7, 2008.
Valoria H. Loveland
Director
OTS-1227.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-05-083, filed 2/21/07,
effective 3/24/07)
WAC 16-662-105
What national weights and measures
standards are adopted by the Washington state department of
agriculture (WSDA)?
The WSDA adopts the following national
standards:
| National standard for: | Contained in the: |
| (1) The specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for the design, manufacture, installation, performance test, and use of weighing and measuring equipment | (( |
| (2) The procedures for checking the accuracy of the net contents of packaged goods | Fourth Edition (January 2005) of NIST Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods |
| (3) The requirements for packaging and labeling, method of sale of commodities, examination procedures for price verification, and engine fuels, petroleum products and automotive lubricants | (( |
| (a) Weights and measures requirements for all food and nonfood commodities in package form | Uniform Packaging and
Labeling Regulationas
adopted by the National
Conference on Weights
and Measures and
published in NIST
Handbook 130, (( |
| (b) Weights and measures requirements for the method of sale of food and nonfood commodities | Uniform Regulation for
the Method of Sale of
Commodities as adopted
by the National
Conference on Weights
and Measures and
published in NIST
Handbook 130, (( |
| (c) Weights and measures requirements for price verification | Examination Procedure
for Price Verification as
adopted by the National
Conference on Weights
and Measures and
published in NIST
Handbook 130, (( |
| (d) Definitions and requirements for standard fuel specifications; classification and method of sale of petroleum products; retail storage tanks; condemned products; product registration; and test methods and reproducibility limits | Uniform Engine Fuels,
Petroleum Products, and
Automotive Lubricants
Regulation as adopted by
the National Conference
on Weights and Measures
and published in NIST
Handbook 130, (( |
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 19.112 and 34.05 RCW. 07-05-083, § 16-662-105, filed 2/21/07, effective 3/24/07. Statutory Authority: Chapters 19.94 and 34.05 RCW. 07-01-115A, § 16-662-105, filed 12/20/06, effective 1/20/07; 06-08-102, § 16-662-105, filed 4/5/06, effective 5/6/06; 05-10-088, § 16-662-105, filed 5/4/05, effective 6/4/05; 04-12-025, § 16-662-105, filed 5/26/04, effective 6/26/04; 03-08-017, § 16-662-105, filed 3/25/03, effective 4/25/03. Statutory Authority: Chapter 19.94 RCW. 02-12-029, § 16-662-105, filed 5/29/02, effective 6/29/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 19.94.195. 01-16-005, § 16-662-105, filed 7/19/01, effective 8/19/01; 00-14-005, § 16-662-105, filed 6/23/00, effective 7/24/00; 99-07-056, § 16-662-105, filed 3/16/99, effective 4/16/99; 98-13-072, § 16-662-105, filed 6/15/98, effective 7/16/98. Statutory Authority: Chapter 19.94 RCW. 97-12-075, § 16-662-105, filed 6/4/97, effective 7/5/97.]