Effective Date of Rule: April 2, 2005.

     Purpose: The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is continuing a long-term effort to provide one book for all the safety and health requirements for agriculture. This one-book requirement results from a 1995 legislative requirement that directed the department to publish all agriculture safety rules in one volume and a 2001 agreement between L&I and agricultural industry stakeholders to add applicable occupational health requirements to one book. The occupational health requirements in chapter 296-62 WAC are the focus of the current effort. Several rules from chapter 296-62 WAC were recently rewritten for clarity as part of the agency's plain language initiative. This rule making adopts these rewritten rules into the agriculture safety standard chapter 296-307 WAC.

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     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order:

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     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-15-107 on August 4, 2004, and WSR 04-21-066 on October 19, 2004.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version:

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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 122, Amended 24, Repealed 271.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 122, Amended 24, Repealed 271.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 122, Amended 24, Repealed 271.

     Date Adopted: December 21, 2004.

Paul Trause

Director

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