Washington Administrative Code

Actions that must be undertaken immediately or within a time too short to allow full compliance with these rules, to avoid an imminent threat to public health or safety, to prevent an imminent danger to public or private property, or to prevent an imminent threat of serious envir…

This part contains rules for agency compliance with SEPA, including rules for charging fees under the SEPA process, listing agencies with environmental expertise, selecting the lead agencies with environmental expertise, selecting the lead agency, and applying these rules to curr…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.21C RCW. WSR 85-03-004 (…

The corporation adopts the following forms and sections of chapter 197-11 of the Washington Administrative Code by reference:WAC 197-11-960Environmental checklist. 197-11-965Adoption notice. 197-11-970Determination of nonsignificance (DNS). 197-11-980Determination of significance…

The Washington state convention and trade center, hereinafter referred to as the corporation, has been established pursuant to chapter 34, Laws of 1982, to acquire, design, construct, maintain, operate, promote and manage a state convention and trade center. The corporation is a …

(1) The corporation is governed by a board of nine directors appointed by the governor. The directors serve terms of six years, except that two of the original directors serve for two years and two of the original directors serve for four years.(2) The organization and methods of…

The purpose of WAC 140-12-040 through 140-12-110 is to ensure compliance by the Washington state convention and trade center, hereinafter referred to as the corporation, including its officers and employees, with the applicable provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW, and in particular w…

All public records of the corporation, as defined in RCW 42.17.020(26), are deemed to be available except as provided by the applicable provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW.[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. WSR 83-06-035 (Order 2, Resolution No. 10), § 140-12-040, filed 2/28/83.]

The corporation's public records shall be the responsibility of the administrator of the corporation. The administrator shall be responsible for the implementation of these rules regarding release of public records and coordination and compliance by staff with the applicable prov…

Public records may be inspected or copies of such records may be obtained by members of the public upon compliance with the following procedures:(1) A request shall be made in writing upon a form in substantial compliance with the provisions of WAC 140-12-070. The form shall be a…

The corporation hereby adopts the following form for use by all persons requesting inspection and/or copies of public records:. . . .Name of Applicant. . . .,Mailing Address of Applicant . . . .Phone Number. . . .Date Request Made at Washington State Convention and Trade Center. …

No fees are to be charged for inspection of public records. The corporation will charge a fee not to exceed twenty-five cents per page of copy for use of the corporation's copy equipment in cases where no significant staff time is taken up with the request.[Statutory Authority: R…

(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a request for a public record may petition for prompt review of such decision by submitting a written request for review to the administrator. The written request shall specifically refer to the written statement by the staff member whi…

Requests for public records shall be made in the office of the corporation. Such records shall not be removed from the place designated for their inspection. Copies shall be made in the office or, if copying facilities are not available, the office will arrange to have copies mad…

The corporation does not maintain the current index of records specified in RCW 42.17.260(2). The corporation has determined, pursuant to RCW 42.17.260(3), that compliance with RCW 42.17.260(2) would unduly burden the corporation because there are a very large number and variety …

To effectuate the purposes of RCW 15.44.080 as last amended by chapter 41, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess., the Washington state dairy products commission hereby adopts certain definitions and prescribes the rate of assessment on milk and collection forms pursuant to the provisions of…

(1) Class I milk: Class I milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat disposed of in the form of fluid milk product as defined by the standards of the federal government heretofore adopted in the order regulating handling of milk in the Puget Sound, Washington, marketing area, (Ord…

In the event that the standards and definitions of the federal government as adopted in the said Order No. 125 regulating the handling of milk in the Puget Sound, Washington marketing area as amended are subsequently changed by the federal government with a resulting change in th…

The assessment per hundredweight upon all milk produced in the state of Washington effective July 16, 1973, shall be six tenths of one percent (0.6%) of the Class I price for 3.5% butterfat milk as established in the Puget Sound marketing area pursuant to a market order regulatin…

The assessment as set forth in RCW 15.44.085 which is levied on every hundredweight of Class I or Class II milk sold by a dealer, including any milk sold by a producer who acts as a dealer, is hereby increased from three-fourths of one cent per hundredweight to one cent per hundr…

The printed form on which returns are to be made under oath to the commission, as required by RCW 15.44.110, shall be known as "monthly assessment report," shall be prepared, signed, and submitted to the commission by each dealer, shipper, handler, producer handler, processor, ma…

Supplies of the monthly assessment report form shall be furnished without charge by the commission.[Order 1-73, § 142-12-035, filed 6/15/73.]

To effectuate the purposes of RCW 15.44.027 as amended by chapter 44, Laws of 1975, 44th Legislature, regular session, the Washington state dairy products commission hereby establishes commission districts and boundaries as follows.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-01001, filed 4/19/76.]Revi…

District I shall include the counties of Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-020, filed 4/19/76.]

District II shall include the counties of Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla, and Yakima.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-030, filed 4/19/76.]

District III shall include the northern portion of Whatcom County lying north of the western terminus of the Birch Bay-Lynden Road continuing east on that road to its intersection with Kok Road to Front Street in the city of Lynden, then east northeast to the Hannegan Road, thenc…

District IV shall include that portion of Whatcom County lying south of the southern boundary of District III, and that portion of Skagit County north of a boundary established by the western terminus of State Highway 536 (Memorial Highway) continuing east on that road to its int…

District V shall include the counties of Clallam, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, and Thurston.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-060, filed 4/19/76.]

District VI shall include the counties of Island, San Juan, Snohomish, and those portions of Skagit County south of the southern boundary of District IV.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-070, filed 4/19/76.]

District VII shall include the counties of Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum.[Order 1-76, § 142-20-080, filed 4/19/76.]

To effectuate the purposes of chapter 15.44 RCW there is hereby levied upon all milk produced in this state an assessment of:(1) 0.75 percent of the Class I price for 3.5% butterfat milk, as established in any market area by a market order in effect in that area or by the state d…

Section 1, chapter 26, Laws of 1985 (RCW 15.04.200) enacted under the authority of Article VIII of the Washington state Constitution as amended, authorized the expenditure of agricultural commodity commission assessments for agricultural development or trade promotion and promoti…

The definitions in this section apply throughout the chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise."Commission" means the Washington dairy products commission."GSA" means the general services administration, an independent agency of the United States government."Hosting" …

The implementation of the rules governing promotional hosting expenditures for the Washington dairy products commission shall be as follows:(1) Budget approval. Commission expenditures for agricultural development, trade promotion, and promotional hosting shall be pursuant to spe…

(1) Except as provided in subsections (7) and (8) of this section, all overnight or out-of-state travel by commissioners and by commission staff must be approved in accordance with commission policy in advance of departure to be eligible for travel expense reimbursement.(2) All t…

(1) The commission shall pay for or reimburse employees for meals, coffee, and light refreshments for certain meetings, industry activities, and training regardless of travel status when:(a) The purpose of the meeting is to conduct official commission business or provide training…

The purpose of this chapter is to ensure compliance by the Washington dairy products commission with chapter 42.56 RCW, Public Records Act. These rules provide information to persons requesting access to the commission's public records and establish procedures for both requestors…

"Commission" means the Washington dairy products commission."Disclosure" means inspection or copying."Public records" include any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, u…

(1) The commission's public records shall be in the charge of the public records officer designated by the commission. The commission or its executive director may appoint a temporary public records officer to serve during the absence of the designated records officer.(2) The pub…

(1) All requests for disclosure of public records must be submitted in writing directly to the commission's public records officer by mail at 4201 198th Street S.W., Lynnwood, WA 98036, or by email at PRR@wadairy.org. The written request should include:(a) The name of the person …

(1) The public records officer shall respond to public records requests within five business days by:(a) Providing the record;(b) Providing a link or address for a record available on the internet under RCW 42.56.520;(c) Acknowledging receipt of the request and providing a reason…

(1) No fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records.(2) Pursuant to RCW 42.56.120(2), the commission declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome for it to calculate the actual costs it charges for providing copies of public records: Funds we…

(1) The process for requesting electronic public records is the same as for requesting paper public records.(2) Providing electronic records:(a) The commission has the discretion to determine whether to provide records electronically or in paper form.(b) When a requestor requests…

In order to adequately protect the commission's public records, the following will apply:(1) Public records made available for inspection may not be removed from the area the commission makes available for inspection. The commission has the discretion to designate the means and t…

The commission's public records are available for disclosure except as otherwise provided under chapter 42.56 RCW or any other law. Requestors should be aware of the following exemptions to public disclosure specific to commission records. This list is not exhaustive and other ex…

(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a request to copy or inspect public records may petition the commission for review of such decision by submitting a written request to the commission. The request shall specifically refer to the statement which constituted or accompanie…

The commission shall establish a records index, which shall be made available for public review.[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.44.060, 42.56.040, and chapter 34.05 RCW. WSR 20-02-084, § 142-50-110, filed 12/30/19, effective 1/30/20.]

The purpose of this chapter shall be to adopt rules descriptive of the Washington state department of information services and the information services board and to ensure compliance with the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW (Initiative 276), and in particular with RCW 42.17.250 t…

(1) Public record shall have the meaning described in RCW 42.17.020(36).(2) Writing shall have the meaning described in RCW 42.17.020(42).(3) The Washington state department of information services is the agency created by chapter 504, Laws of 1987, hereinafter referred to as the…

(1) The board shall conduct its business through the administrative office of the department. The administrative office is located in the Jefferson Building, 1110 Jefferson Street S.E., Olympia, Wash., 98504.(2) The board is composed of those members described in RCW 43.105.032 t…