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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 115 – Agric Dept rules, certain, rejected

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 115

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SCR115..............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT - RULES - Stating findings of the Legislature and
rejecting certain subsections of rules of the Department of Agriculture
relating to livestock protection collars.

02/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16    Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/17    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
02/18    House intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/10    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/11    To enrol
03/12    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/15    Sp signed
03/16    To Secretary of State

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SCR115


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                           SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 115

                            BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND REJECTING CERTAIN RULES OF THE DEPART-
 3        MENT OF AGRICULTURE RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL APPLICATORS AND TO  LIVESTOCK
 4        PROTECTION  COLLARS  AND  SPECIFICALLY  ADDRESSING TRAINING ON ALTERNATIVE
 5        CONTROLS OF PREDATION, AUTHORITY TO FILL LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS WITH
 6        COMPOUND 1080, WHERE LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS  MAY  BE  USED,  USE  OF
 7        LIVESTOCK  PROTECTION  COLLARS  AS  A  LAST RESORT, INFORMATION ON WARNING
 8        SIGNS, INSPECTION OF LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS AND REPORTS, SEARCH  FOR
 9        COLLARED  ANIMALS  THAT  ARE  UNACCOUNTED  FOR, ACTIONS IF MORE THAN THREE
10        LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR  DURING  A  FOURTEEN  DAY
11        PERIOD,  DISPOSAL  OF  PUNCTURED  OR  UNSERVICEABLE  LIVESTOCK  PROTECTION
12        COLLARS  AND  ANIMAL  REMAINS,  STORAGE  OF  LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS,
13        RECORDS OF COLLARS  DISTRIBUTED  AND  INFORMATION  REGARDING  PROFESSIONAL
14        APPLICATORS  TO BE SUBMITTED TO ISDA AND US EPA, AND RECORDS OF POISONINGS
15        BY LIVESTOCK PROTECTION COLLARS AND OTHER INFORMATION TO BE FILED WITH THE
16        ISDA.

17    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

18        WHEREAS, the Legislature is vested with the authority to reject  executive
19    agency rules under the provisions of Section 67-5291, Idaho Code, in the event
20    that  the Legislature finds that the rules are not consistent with legislative
21    intent; and
22        WHEREAS, it is the finding of the Legislature that subsections of  certain
23    rules  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  relating  to livestock protection
24    collars are not consistent with legislative intent  and  therefore  should  be
25    rejected.
26        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
27    of  the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
28    tives concurring therein, that the subsections of IDAPA 02.03.03  relating  to
29    livestock  protection  collars,  adopted  as pending rules under Docket Number
30    02-0303-9802 and enumerated in this  resolution,  are  rejected  and  declared
31    null, void and of no force and effect:

32        (1)  Subsection 100.01.b.x.(2), which provides:
33             " (2) Training on alternative controls of predation. "

34        (2)  Subsection 101.01.d., which provides:
35             "  d.  Only  the manufacturer is authorized to fill collars with
36             Compound 1080. Certified professional applicators or any other person
37             shall not fill collars or remove  the  pesticide  from  the  collars.
38             "

39        (3)  Subsection 101.02.b., which provides:
40             "  b.  Collars  shall  be  used  only  upon  sheep within fenced
41             pastures no larger than two thousand five hundred sixty (2,560) acres


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 1             (four (4) square miles). Fenced pastures include  all  pastures  that
 2             are  enclosed  by  livestock  fencing.  In addition to wire livestock
 3             fences, and other man-made fences, such as rock walls, natural barri-
 4             ers such as escarpments, lakes,  or  large  rivers  may  be  used  as
 5             fences, as long as they will prevent escape of sheep. Fenced pastures
 6             and  fences  as herein defined shall be referred to elsewhere in this
 7             section as "area". Collars shall not be used on unfenced, open range.
 8             "

 9        (4)  Subsection 101.02.d., which provides:
10             " d. LPCs shall be used only as a "last resort" measure. "

11        (5)  Subsection 101.02.e.v., which provides:
12             " v. The name of the pesticide (Compound 1080) and the  date  of
13             use shall appear on the warning sign. "

14        (6)  Subsection 101.02.f., which provides:
15             "  f.  Each collar in use shall be inspected by the professional
16             applicator once a week to ensure that it is properly  positioned  and
17             unbroken.  An  inspection report on a form prescribed by the director
18             shall be forwarded to ISDA following any inspection. "

19        (7)  Subsection 101.02.f.i., which provides:
20             " i. If any collared animal is not accounted for in any one  (1)
21             check,  a complete and intensive search for the collared animal shall
22             be conducted. "

23        (8)  Subsection 101.02.f.ii., which provides:
24             " ii. If more than three (3) LPCs are unaccounted for during any
25             fourteen (14) day period, WS employees shall remove all LPCs from all
26             animals and terminate their use.  Use of collars shall not be resumed
27             until WS employees have provided ISDA with a written protocol  defin-
28             ing  adequate  steps  they  shall take to prevent any losses of LPCs.
29             "

30        (9)  Subsection 101.02.g.i., which provides:
31             " i. Disposal of punctured or unserviceable collars and contami-
32             nated gloves, clothing, vegetation, or soil shall be through the ISDA
33             pesticide disposal program. Disposal of animal remains  shall  be  in
34             accordance with label directions. "

35        (10) Subsection 101.02.h., which provides:
36             "  h.  Intact  LPCs  containing Compound 1080 shall be stored by
37             USDA, APHIS, WS under lock and key in a dry  place  away  from  food,
38             feed,  domestic  animals,  and  corrosive  chemicals.  Intact collars
39             shall not be stored in any structure occupied by humans. "

40        (11) Subsection 101.02.j.v., which provides:
41             " v. A report of this information shall be submitted to the ISDA
42             and the US EPA upon each collar distribution. "

43        (12) Subsection 101.02.k.ix., which provides:
44             " ix. A report of this information shall  be  submitted  to  the
45             ISDA as specified in these rules. "