WAC 16-470-710   Regulated articles.  The following are declared to be hosts or possible carriers of Japanese beetle and are prohibited entry into this state from an area under quarantine as declared in WAC 16-470-705 either directly, indirectly, diverted or reconsigned, except as provided for in WAC 16-470-715:

     (1) Soil, humus, compost, and manure (except when commercially packaged);

     (2) All plants with roots (except bareroot plants free from soil in amounts that could contain concealed Japanese beetle eggs, larvae or pupae);

     (3) Grass sod;

     (4) Plant crowns or roots for propagation (except when free from soil);

     (5) Bulbs, corms, tubers, and rhizomes of ornamental plants (except when free of soil);

     (6) Any other plant, plant part, article, or means of conveyance when it is determined by the director to present a hazard of spreading live Japanese beetle due to either infestation, or exposure to infestation.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-23-098, § 16-470-710, filed 11/21/00, effective 12/22/00; 90-15-042 (Order 2049), § 16-470-710, filed 7/16/90, effective 8/16/90.]