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WSR 04-05-118
[ Filed February 18, 2004, 10:21 a.m. ]
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 04-01-184.
Title of Rule: The department is proposing to amend the following sections: WAC 16-301-365 Bean seed quarantine -- Establishing quarantine, 16-301-375 Regulated articles, 16-301-380 Regulated diseases, 16-301-395 General requirements for planting bean seed in the regulated area, 16-301-410 Additional requirements for planting bean seed in quarantine Area I, 16-301-415 Additional requirements for planting bean seed in quarantine Area II, 16-301-420 Quarantine -- Exceptions and exemptions, 16-301-430 Identification and disposition of diseased bean seed and infected bean fields, 16-301-435 Notice of destruction and 16-301-440 Penalties; and repealing WAC 16-301-450 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Establishing the quarantine, 16-301-455 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Regulated articles, 16-301-460 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Regulated disease, 16-301-465 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Quarantine area, 16-301-470 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Regulated area, 16-301-475 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Requirements for planting bean seed in the regulated area, 16-301-480 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Identification and disposition of diseased bean seed, and 16-301-485 Bean seed-borne viral disease quarantine -- Penalties.
Purpose: This proposal is intended to simplify the bean seed quarantine requirements for Washington state by creating one quarantine rule, simplifying compliance and reporting requirements, and adding clarifying language that clearly defines the diseases that are regulated by the quarantine.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 15.49.310, 17.24.041, 17.24.011 and chapter 34.05 RCW.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 17.24.041.
Summary: In response to an industry request, WSDA proposes amending WAC 16-301-365 through 16-301-440 and proposes repealing WAC 16-301-450 through 16-301-485 to create one bean quarantine rule that will simplify the compliance and reporting requirements of the quarantine while adding clarifying language concerning the diseases regulated by the quarantine.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed amendments will make quarantine requirements easier to understand and will make quarantine reporting requirements easier and more convenient for Washington bean seed producers, which will increase voluntary compliance with the bean seed quarantine.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation and Enforcement: Victor Shaul, Operations Manager, Yakima, (509) 225-2630.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: See Title of Rule above.
Amending and repealing the rule sections listed above will allow the department to
• Combine the two existing bean seed quarantines into one rule;
• Simplify compliance and reporting requirements;
• Add language that clarifies the diseases regulated under the quarantine;
• Improve industry's understanding of Washington's bean seed quarantine rules; and
• Promote voluntary compliance within the regulated community.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See Title of Rule above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. WSDA has concluded that its proposed amendments to its bean seed quarantine rules do not impose any new costs on business; in fact they may reduce industry's record-keeping, reporting, and compliance costs. Therefore, a formal small business economic impact statement as discussed in chapter 19.85 RCW is not required.
RCW 34.05.328 does not apply to this rule adoption. The Washington State Department of Agriculture is not a listed agency in RCW 34.05.328 (5)(a)(i).
Hearing Location: Washington State Department of Agriculture, 21 North First Avenue, Suite 103 Conference Room, Yakima, WA 98902, on March 23, 2004, at 11:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Virginia Walsh by March 16, 2004, TDD (360) 902-1996 or (360) 902-1976.
Submit Written Comments to: George Huffman, Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560, fax (360) 902-2085 by 5:00 p.m. March 23, 2004.
Date of Intended Adoption: March 31, 2004.
OTS-6960.1
WAC 16-301-365 Bean seed quarantine -- Establishing quarantine. The production of edible beans and bean seed is an important industry in the state of Washington. The economic well-being of that industry is threatened by the introduction of bean seed contaminated with ((viral)) bean, bacterial ((and)), fungal ((diseases not established in the commercial production areas in Washington)) and seed-borne viral pathogens. The director has determined that a quarantine ((will be effective in preventing the introduction of these viral, bacterial and fungal diseases of beans, and that control of these diseases of beans will)) is needed to protect the Washington dry bean industry and to provide the bean growers of ((the)) this state ((of Washington with)) a source of bean seed ((beans)) for planting purposes ((which are)) that is tested for the presence of these diseases.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-365, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-375 Regulated articles. Seeds of common beans ((and adzuki beans)), Phaseolus sp., intended for planting purposes, bean plants and parts of plants, and crop residue from the harvest of infected beans are regulated under the provisions of this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-375, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-380 Regulated diseases. The following viral, bacterial and fungal diseases of beans, and any new strains or variations of these identified in the future, of beans are regulated under the provisions of this chapter:
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-380, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-395 General requirements for planting bean seed in the regulated area. (1) No beans may be planted, sold, shipped, ((or)) transported for seed purposes, or knowingly received in the regulated area which are found to be or are known to be contaminated with any disease listed in WAC 16-301-380 and must also comply with the requirements as listed in WAC 16-301-396.
(2) The department shall be notified in writing, prior to shipping, of any person's intent to ship, move, or transport any bean seed into the regulated area. ((A copy of the official certificate issued for that bean seed must accompany this notice of intent.)) All bean seed to be planted in the regulated area must have a Notice of Intent/Quarantine Compliance form filed with the WSDA seed program. A copy of the field inspection report or other proof of freedom from specified diseases based on one field inspection and one windrow inspection or negative results from an approved laboratory test must accompany this form. In addition, a copy of the laboratory analysis (ELISA) showing freedom from regulated viral diseases issued for that bean seed must accompany this Notice of Intent/Quarantine Compliance form. Proof of I-gene resistance may be provided in lieu of laboratory analysis (ELISA).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-395, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-396 Additional requirements for planting bean seed in the regulated area relating to seed-borne viral diseases. Bean seed may be received for planting purposes, planted, sold, shipped, or transported if that seed meets one of the following criteria:
WAC 16-301-410 Additional requirements for planting bean seed ((grown)) originating in quarantine Area I; areas west of the continental divide. (1) Bean seed from quarantine Area I must not be shipped, transported, or moved into the regulated area for planting unless the beans are accompanied by an ((origin)) official certificate showing that the beans are apparently free from the regulated diseases. Such certification shall be on the basis of at least one growing season field inspection and one windrow inspection ((or)) and an approved laboratory/greenhouse test, which may include ELISA or other diagnostic screening for bacterial or fungal diseases.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-410, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-415 Additional requirements for planting bean seed ((grown)) originating in quarantine Area II; areas east of the continental divide and foreign countries. (1) Bean seed must first be planted into an approved trial ground that meets the requirements of the department.
(2) Bean seed, up to a maximum of one pound per variety, may be planted in an approved trial ground intended for research purposes, with notification to the department, ((plant certification)) seed program, of intent to plant and adherence to the inspection procedures in WAC 16-301-425 and such isolation and other requirements as the director may prescribe.
(3) Bean seed over one pound, intended for introduction or seed increase, must first be planted in an approved trial ground not to exceed fifteen acres for each variety. The trial ground must be isolated from other beans by 1/4 mile. In addition, prior to planting, this bean seed must pass a laboratory/greenhouse test as recommended by the university; notification must be given to the department, ((plant certification)) seed program, of intent to plant; and inspection procedures in WAC 16-301-425 must be complied with for trial grounds.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-415, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-420 Quarantine -- Exceptions and exemptions. (1) Bean seed planted for harvest as green beans for cannery or freezing, otherwise in compliance with this quarantine, is not required to be entered into an inspection program except that the department reserves the right to request complete listing and location of all the plantings and other information the department may deem necessary. Further, if at any time prior to harvest, the grower decides that the plantings are not to be harvested as green beans, the department must be notified and the plantings placed under an inspection program. In order for the plantings to be accepted into the inspection program, the plantings must be at a state of maturity that allows for the proper identification of regulated diseases.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-420, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-430 Identification and disposition of diseased bean seed and infected bean fields. (1) Any bean field planted with seed in violation of the requirements of this quarantine is subject to destruction, in full or in part, or quarantined, as determined necessary by the director, to prevent the spread of regulated diseases. Any expenses of such actions will be solely that of the grower or their responsible agents.
(a) Fields that are placed under a quarantine order must be entered into the Washington state bean seed phyto-sanitary inspection program as provided in WAC 16-301-235 with all costs of inspection to be borne by the grower or the grower's agent.
(2) Any bean field determined to be infected with a regulated disease must be reported within seventy-two hours after discovery to the department, ((plant certification)) seed program.
(a) Any field of beans first found infected during windrow inspection, is exempt from total destruction if the diseased portion and an area (not less than a fifty-foot radius) surrounding the infected site is promptly destroyed or harvested with the beans from the infected area directed, under department supervision, to processing. Seed from the remainder of the field must be tested by a serology test. Only seed apparently free from regulated diseases may be used for seed purposes in the regulated area.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-430, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-435 Notice of destruction. When the director finds personal property planted in violation of the terms of this quarantine or infected as described in WAC 16-301-430, the director may issue a written notice of quarantine or destruction to the owners and occupants thereof. The notice must identify the property under quarantine, order the destruction of infested plants or prescribe the terms of entry, inspection, partial destruction and/or treatment of regulated articles. Any expenses of such actions will be solely that of the grower or their responsible agents.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-435, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]
WAC 16-301-440 Penalties. (1) Any bean field planted with seed in violation of the requirements of this quarantine is subject to destruction, in full or in part, or quarantined, as determined necessary by the director, to prevent the spread or establishment of bean diseases.
(2) In addition to actions specified in WAC 16-301-430, any grower violating the terms of this ((chapter)) quarantine, is subject to civil and/or criminal penalties provided in chapters 15.49 and/or 17.24 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-301-440, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]