05-21-028

WSR 05-21-028

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[ Filed October 11, 2005, 8:05 a.m. , effective November 11, 2005 ]

     

     Purpose: In response to a request received from the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board (June 1, 2005), the department is adopting an amendment to WAC 16-752-505 Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine -- Regulated articles, that adds Glyceria maxima to the list of aquatic plants prohibited from sale in Washington state. When this amendment becomes effective, it will replace the emergency rule that the department is filing today (October 11, 2005).

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-752-505.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapters 17.24 and 34.05 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-17-206 on August 24, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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