12-15-016

WSR 12-15-016

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[ Filed July 10, 2012, 11:48 a.m. ]

     Following is the department of agriculture's semi-annual rules development agenda for the period of July 1 through December 31, 2012. 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 - December 31, 2012

P.O. Box 42560

Olympia, WA 98504-2560

			Tentative Timeline
WAC Number	Rule Title	Agency Contact	CR-101 CR-105	CR-102	CR-103	Subject of Rule Making
Agriculture Development and Assistance
16-08	Practice and procedure.	Elizabeth McNagny Administrative Regulations [phone]	September		December	Updating rules of procedure that are applicable to adjudicative proceedings.
Animal Services
NEW	Animal disease traceability.	Jodi Jones Animal Services [phone]	June	August	October	Creation of the animal disease traceability program.
16-86	Cattle and bison diseases in Washington state.	Jodi Jones Animal Services [phone]	June	August	October	Change the official mature RB-51 Brucella vaccination dosage from 0.25cc to a full dose.
16-610	Livestock brand inspection.	Jodi Jones Animal Services [phone]	June	August	October	? Modify the livestock inspection exemption for private sales of unbranded, female, dairy breed cattle involving fifteen head or less; ? Require milk producers to develop, implement, and financially support an electronic transaction reporting system within eighteen months of the rule making effective date; ? Require a certificate of permit and bill of sale to accompany any cattle presented for an inspection that are in the possession of the buyer; and ? Exempt unbranded dairy breed bull calves or free martins from inspection requirements when criteria are met.
Commodity Inspection
16-303	Seed assessment, fees for seed services and seed certification.	Victor Shaul Seed Program [phone]	May	July	August	Fee increases to ensure cost of services recovery.
16-390	WSDA fruit and vegetable inspection districts, inspection fees and other charges.	Karen Cozzetto Fruit and Vegetable Inspection [phone]	May	July	August	Fee increases necessary to recover the actual costs of providing inspection services.
16-237-195	Fees for warehouse audit and related services.	Don Potts Grain Inspection [phone]	May	July	August	Increase the year-end inventory fee from ten percent of the warehouse license fee to twenty percent of the warehouse license fee with a minimum of four hundred dollars.
16-240	WSDA grain inspection program -- Definitions, standards, and fees.	Keith Angerman Grain Inspection [phone]	May	July	August	Increase fees to adequately recover the cost of providing inspection services.
Food Safety and Consumer Services
16-167	Intrastate commerce in food.	Claudia Coles Compliance Program [phone]	TBD	TBD	TBD	Adoption of most current Codes of Federal Regulation for interstate [intrastate] commerce in food.
Pesticide Management
16-232	Pesticide restrictions for cranberries.	Robin Schoen-Nessa Pesticide Compliance [phone]	June 2010	August	December	Establishing best management practices for cribbing and covering ditches adjacent to cranberries in Grayland area to prevent water contamination.
16-228	Pesticide examination fees.	Margaret Tucker Certification and Training Program [phone]	May	September	December	Pesticide examination fee increase.
NEW	Nutrient management.	Nora Mena Dairy Nutrient Management Program [phone]	June 2010	July	August	Establishing civil penalty rules.
Plant Protection
16-470	Quarantine -- Agricultural pests.	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program [phone]	August	September	November	The department is considering initiating an industry request quarantine that would place restrictions on the importation of hazelnut plants into Washington state in response to Eastern filbert blight.
16-470	Quarantine -- Agricultural pests.	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program [phone]	August	September	November	The department is considering increasing the requested inspection fees for inspecting and certifying plants for freedom from plant pests.
16-623	Commission Merchants Act -- Licensing fees, proof of payment, cargo manifests, and registration of acreage commitments.	Jerry Buendel Agricultural Investigations Program [phone]	June	August	September	The department is considering increasing the fees for licenses issued under chapter 20.01 RCW, which authorizes the agricultural investigations program; and may amend the existing language to increase its clarity and readability and update the language to conform to current industry and regulatory standards.
16-662	Weights and measures -- National handbooks.	Jerry Buendel Weights and Measures Program [phone]	August	September	November	The department is considering amending rules that adopt, in whole or in part, the most recent National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) handbooks regarding requirements for: Weighing and measuring devices, net contents of packaged goods, legal metrology and engine fuel quality.

Teresa Norman

Rules Coordinator