07-14-137

WSR 07-14-137

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[ Filed July 3, 2007, 3:53 p.m. ]

     Following is the department of agriculture's semi-annual rules development agenda for the period of July 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007. 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

July 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007

WAC Number	Rule Title	Agency Contact	Tentative Timeline			Subject of Rule Making
			CR-101	CR-102	CR-103
Agency Operations
Chapter 16-08	Practice and procedure	Dannie McQueen Administrative Regulations Program Manager Phone [phone]	Expedited October		TBD	Updating the rules for adjudicative proceedings.
Chapter 16-06	Public records	Dannie McQueen Administrative Regulations Program Manager Phone [phone]	May	TBD	TBD	In accordance with the Public Disclosure Act, WSDA is required to develop and maintain its public disclosure rules and processes. Amendments to chapter 16-06 WAC fall under that mandate.
Animal Services Division
Chapter 16-30	Restricted feed lots	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	December 2006	September	November	Title change to "restricted feedlots and holding facilities." Adding a restricted holding facility and eliminating the category II restricted feedlot.
Chapter 16-59	Importation and movement of poultry and hatching eggs	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	January 2007	September	November	Title change to make this chapter regarding in-state poultry. Update requirements, rewrite rules in plain talk, remove references to importation (moved to chapter 16-54 WAC).
Chapter 16-71	Equine infectious anemia	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	January 2007	TBD	TBD	Title change to "equine diseases." Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements; adding section on equine viral arteritis.
Chapter 16-86	Brucellosis and tuberculosis in cattle and goats	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	August 2006	August 2007	October	Title change to "cattle diseases." Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements.
Chapter 16-89	Sheep and goat scrapie disease control	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	August 2006	TBD	TBD	Rewrite rules in plain talk and bring them up-to-date with current disease requirements.
Chapter 16-604	Public livestock markets	Lynn Briscoe Special Assistant to the State Veterinarian Phone [phone]	TBD	TBD	TBD	Correcting a reference to the Code of Federal Regulation and adding an additional special sale day.
Commodity Inspection
16-390-240 16-390-242	Fresh produce audit verification program	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]		In process	TBD	Fees for audit of good agricultural practices and good handling practices.
16-461-010	Inspection requirements	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]	July	TBD	TBD	Remove or rewrite exemption for certificates of compliance.
16-409-024	Asparagus standards	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]	August	TBD	TBD	Write new size requirements for asparagus standards.
16-439-210 -16-439-240	Pear standards	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]	September	TBD	TBD	Grade and size requirements for pears.
16-390-060	Fees for inspecting beans, peas, lentils	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]	September	TBD	TBD	Housekeeping WAC reference by September or earlier.
16-390-200	Phytosanitary inspections	Jim Quigley Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Manager Phone [phone]	December	TBD	TBD	Possible rule making based on new user fee from USDA for state-issued phytosanitary certificates.
16-303-200	Seed program fees	Fawad Shah Seed Program Manager Phone [phone]		In process		Adjust seed testing fees.
16-303-210	Fees for special seed tests	Fawad Shah Seed Program Manager Phone [phone]		In process		Continuance of quarantine rule.
Food Safety and Consumer Services Division
Chapter 16-108	Washington state egg seals and assessments	Claudia Coles Food Safety Program Manager Phone [phone]	September	October	December	Amending assessment fees.
Pesticide Management Division
Chapter 16-230	Use of chemicals and chemically treated materials in certain counties	Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications.
Chapter 16-231	Restricted use herbicides	Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications.
Chapter 16-232	Restricted use herbicides in certain counties	Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Modify the nozzle requirements for air and ground applications.
Chapter 16-228	Wood destroying organisms	Cliff Weed Compliance Program Manager Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Modify wood destroying reporting requirements.
Plant Protection Division
New	Brassica seed production districts	Mary Toohey Plant Protection Division Assistant Director Phone [phone]	5/15/07	8/22/07	10/3/07	The department is proposing to adopt rules regarding the orderly production of Brassica seed crops.
New	Weights and measures penalties	Kirk Robinson Weights and Measures Program Manager Phone [phone]	9/5/07	10/24/07	12/5/07	The department is proposing to adopt penalty matrices related to violations of chapter 19.94 RCW.
New	Motor fuel quality penalties	Kirk Robinson Weights and Measures Program Manager Phone [phone]	9/5/07	10/24/07	12/5/07	The department is proposing to adopt penalty matrices related to violations of chapter 19.112 RCW.
New	Christmas trees	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone [phone]	8/1/07	9/19/07	10/31/07	The department is proposing to adopt rules related to the implementation of ESB 5401.
Chapter 16-324	Rules for the certification of seed Potatoes	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone [phone]	CR-105 8/22/07	N/A	10/24/07	The department is proposing to revise the current seed potato certification rule by repealing the requirement for PVY testing for Generation 1 lots because of changes in the US-Canada Necrotic Virus Management Plan.
Chapter 16-354	Hop rootstocks--Certification	Mary Toohey Plant Protection Division Assistant Director Phone [phone]	7/5/07	8/22/07	10/3/07	The department is proposing to amend the hop certification rule by adding hop stunt viroid to the list of diseases that certified hop planting stock needs to be free of. In addition, the department is proposing to revise the current language to make it more clear and readable and reflect current industry practices.
Chapter 16-497	Hop disease quarantine	Mary Toohey Plant Protection Division Assistant Director Phone [phone]	7/5/07	8/22/07	10/3/07	The department is proposing to amend the hop disease quarantine by adding hop stunt viroid to the list of diseases that hop planting stock entering the state needs to be certified free of. In addition, the department is proposing to revise the current language to make it more clear and readable and reflect current industry practices.
Chapter 16-662	Weights and measures -- National handbooks	Kirk Robinson Weights and Measures Program Manager Phone [phone]	11/7/07	1/2/08	2/15/08	The department is proposing to adopt the most recent version of the NIST handbooks.
Chapter 16-664	National type evaluation program	Kirk Robinson Weights and Measures Program Manager Phone [phone]	10/3/07	11/21/07	1/16/08	The department is considering amending the rule to accommodate devices dispensing alternate fuels.
Chapter 16-752	Noxious weed control	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Manager Phone [phone]	9/5/07	10/24/07	12/5/07	The department is considering adding additional species to the wetland and aquatic weed quarantine and the noxious weed seed and plant quarantine.

Teresa Norman

Rules Coordinator