13-03-035

WSR 13-03-035

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[ Filed January 8, 2013, 2:03 p.m. ]

     Following is the department of agriculture's semi-annual rules development agenda for the period of January 1 through June 30, 2013. This document is being sent to you in compliance with RCW 34.05.314.

     The department may undertake additional rule-making activity as conditions warrant. If you have any questions, please call Teresa Norman at [phone] or e-mail [e-mail].

Semi-Annual Rules Agenda

January 1 - June 30, 2013

P.O. Box 42560

Olympia, WA 98504-2560

WAC Number	Rule Title	Agency Contact	Tentative Timeline			Subject of Rule Making
			CR-101 CR-105	CR-102	CR-103
Agriculture Development and Assistance
Chapter 16-06 WAC	Public records.	Elizabeth McNagny Administrative Regulations Phone [phone]	May 2013	July 2013	September 2013	Updating department information and procedures to provide full access to public records and to implement the Public Records Act.
Chapter 16-08 WAC	Practice and procedure.	Elizabeth McNagny Administrative Regulations Phone [phone]	May 2013	July 2013	September 2013	Updating rules of procedure that are applicable to adjudicative proceedings.
Commodity Inspection
Chapter 16-463 WAC	Prohibiting the sale and/or movement of infested cherries.	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	CR-105 May 2013		July 2013	Recognize RCW 15.08.070 as providing a statutory exception for the transporting and use of cherry fruit fly infested cherries to be manufactured into by-products or to be shipped to a by-products plant. Provide clarification as to the Latin name for the specific cherry fruit fly larvae.
Chapter 16-455 WAC	Washington standards for Italian prunes.	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	CR-105 May 2013		July 2013	Revise section headings to a "plain talk" format.
Pesticide Management
Chapters 16-230, 16-231 and 16-232 WAC	Rules related to restricted use herbicides.	Cliff Weed Compliance Services Program Phone [phone]	May 2009	June 2013	August 2013	Updating department information and procedures to provide full access to public records and to implement the Public Records Act.
WAC 16-228-1231	General pesticide rules.	Cliff Weed Compliance Services Program Phone [phone]	March 2013	June 2013	August 2013	Amend rule to allow the sale of all formulations of phenoxy-hormone type herbicides in ready to use formulations in containers greater than one gallon in volume.

Teresa Norman

Rules Coordinator