14-15-090

WSR 14-15-090

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Filed July 17, 2014, 7:42 a.m.]

Following is the department of agriculture's semi-annual rules development agenda for the period of July 1 through December 31, 2014. This document is being sent 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, 2014

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
Director's Office
Chapter 16-08	Practice and procedure	Elizabeth McNagny Administrative Regulations Phone [phone]	August 2014	October 2014	December 2014	Updating rules of procedure that are applicable to adjudicative proceedings.
Animal Services
Chapter 16-54	Animal importation	Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone [phone]	June	September	December	.       Increase the tuberculosis (TB) age requirement to twenty months, as long as the cattle are coming from a TB free state. .       Eliminate the certificate of veterinary inspection (health certificate) exemption on horses, goats, sheep, llamas, and alpacas that are entering Washington state for round trip visits of not more than four days. .       Require dogs six months of age or older to be tested negative for heartworm prior to entry into Washington state.
Chapter 16-70	Animal diseases-Reporting	Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone [phone]	July	September	December	.       Add porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) to the monthly reporting requirement list. .       Remove infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. .       Italicize reportable diseases.
Chapter 16-86	Cattle and bison diseases in Washington state	Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone [phone]	July	September	December	Allow pooling of Trichomoniasis samples and extend the date for a valid test from the present thirty days to sixty days with a no female contact statement on the certificate of veterinary inspection (health certificate).
Chapter 16-610	Livestock brand inspection	Jodi Jones Division Coordinator Phone [phone]	November	September	December	Eliminate the livestock inspection exemption for private sales of unbranded, female, dairy breed cattle involving fifteen head or less.
Commodity Inspection
Chapter 16-301	General seed regulations	Victor Shaul Seed Program E-mail [e-mail] Phone [phone]	February	July	August	Standards for new seed crops; aligning standards with national standards; updating labeling and certification standards.
Chapter 16-302	General rules for seed certification	Victor Shaul Seed Program E-mail [e-mail] Phone [phone]	February	July	August	Standards for new seed crops; aligning standards with national standards; updating labeling and certification standards.
Chapter 16-390	WSDA fruit and vegetable inspection districts	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	June	September	October	Revising the fruit and vegetable inspection fee structure.
Chapter 16-403	State standards for apples	Cameron Crump E-mail [e-mail] Phone [phone]	September	June 2015	August 2015	Updating standards for apples.
Chapter 16-406	Washington standards for apricots	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Updating requirements.
Chapter 16-445	Washington standards for Italian prunes	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	CR-105 June		September	Revise section headings to a "plain talk" format.
Chapter 16-450	Controlled atmosphere storage requirements for Washington fruits and vegetables	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Updating requirements.
Chapter 16-461	Inspection requirements for fruits and vegetables	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	July	September	November	Updating requirements.
Chapter 16-463	Prohibiting the sale and/or movement of infested cherries	Ken Shank Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program Phone [phone]	CR-105 June		September	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.
Food Safety and Consumer Services
Chapter 16-250	Commercial feed rules	Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone [phone]	March	To Be Determined	To Be Determined	Update per AAFCO, FDA.
Chapter 16-252	Commercial feed rules-Pet food	Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone [phone]	March	To Be Determined	To Be Determined	Update per AAFCO, FDA.
New chapter	Pass-through food distribution operators	Claudia Coles Office of Compliance and Outreach Phone [phone]	June	To Be Determined	To Be Determined	Creation of new rules for issuing licenses and conducting inspections of pass-through food distribution operators.
Pesticide Management
Chapters 16-230, 16-231 and 16-232	Use of chemicals and chemically treated materials in certain counties; use restricted herbicides; use restricted herbicides in certain counties	Cliff Weed Policy and Issues Assistant Phone [phone]	October	January 2015	March 2015	Amending the rules to incorporate this newer technology and significant technological advances in nozzles for both aerial and ground apparatus for pesticide applications, which should aid in the reduction of drift, reduce the need for a permit and allow easier nozzle selection by pesticide users.
WAC 16-228-1546	What are the requirements for a private applicator license?	Margaret Tucker Program Manager Phone [phone]	August	September 2014	October 2014	Housekeeping changes to correct a rule reference error in WAC 16-228-1546 (1) and (2), created when the soil fumigation RMM category was added to WAC 16-228-1545(3). The reference to these categories was not updated and incorrect categories have been referenced since the soil fumigation RMM category was inserted into WAC 16-228-1545 (3)(g), changing the lettering order of the subsequent, existing categories including changing the agricultural insect and disease category from (h) to (i) and the aquatic category from (t) to (u).
Plant Protection
Chapter 16-324	Rules for the certification of seed potatoes	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	July	September	November	The agency is considering repealing the requirement to post harvest test all generation 1 (G-1) seed potato lots and seed potato lots sold for recertification for Potato Virus Y (PVY) by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington seed potato commission.
Chapter 16-350	Registration and certification of fruit tree planting stock	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	July	September	November	The agency is considering modifying the certification requirements for prunus planting stock to align with the state level model regulatory standard for registration and certification program.
Chapter 16-401	Nursery inspection fees	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	February	September	November	The agency is considering adopting a ten cent per vine annual assessment limit on grapevines as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers. This is not a fee increase.
Chapter 16-462	Grape planting stock-Registration and certification	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	February	September	November	The agency is considering adopting changes to the grape planting stock rule to align with the state level model regulatory standard for registration and certification program as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Chapter 16-481	Grape insect pests	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	February	September	November	The agency is considering adding additional insect pests to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Chapter 16-483	Grape virus quarantine	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	February	September	November	The agency is considering adding additional viruses to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers.
Chapter 16-470	Quarantine-Agricultural pests	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	September	November	January 2015	The agency is considering amending the onion white rot quarantine to restrict planting in a field infested with onion white rot disease.
Chapter 16-752	Weed seed and plant quarantine	Tom Wessels Plant Services Program Phone [phone]	September	November	January 2015	The agency is considering adding additional species to the quarantine as a result of a petition submitted by the washington state noxious weed control board.

Teresa Norman

Rules Coordinator