WSR 18-03-154

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Filed January 23, 2018, 10:16 a.m., effective February 23, 2018]

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

Purpose: This rule-making order amends chapter 16-157 WAC, Organic food standards and certification, by (1) adopting the current version of the USDA organic regulations (7 C.F.R. Part 205); and (2) repealing the organic mushroom production standards specified in rule.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 16-157-120; and amending WAC 16-157-020.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.86.060(1) and [15.86.]065(3).

Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-23-111 on November 16, 2017.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.

Date Adopted: January 23, 2018.

Derek I. Sandison

Director

((PART I

GENERAL PROVISIONS))

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 09-15-152, filed 7/21/09, effective 8/21/09)

WAC 16-157-020 Adoption of the National Organic Program.

The Washington state department of agriculture adopts the standards of the National Organic Program, 7 C.F.R. Part 205, effective ((October 9, 2008)) August 7, 2017, for the production and handling of organic crops, livestock, and processed food products. The National Organic Program rules may be obtained from the department by emailing the organic program at organic@agr.wa.gov, by phone at 360-902-1805 or accessing the National Organic Program's web site at https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/organic.

((PART II

ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND HANDLING STANDARDS))

((PART III

ORGANIC CERTIFICATION))

REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:


WAC 16-157-120	Organic mushroom standard.