We are considering revisions to the Keeping of Animals rule, originally developed in the 1920s.
The draft update retains the rule’s purpose for proper animal waste handling to maintain sanitary conditions and to prevent nuisance. The draft revisions focus on key control points for domestic animal waste that complement and reference related laws and rules. The draft rule is written as a tool that local and state agencies may implement and enforce as needed and as resources allow.
Board staff worked on the rule this past year and filed a new CR-101, WSR 19-21-018, in October 2019 to align the rulemaking with Board policy direction. Attached is the draft rule for informal public review and comment. Following this informal step in the rulemaking process, Board staff will ready the formal proposed rule and related analyses for public comment and consideration by the Board. Comments on the informal draft rule may be submitted to draftanimalwaste@sboh.wa.gov until 5:00 p.m., Friday, January 31.
For more information on this rulemaking project go to the Board’s Keeping of Animals rulemaking web page. Contact Stuart Glasoe at the Board to be added to the interested parties’ list for this project.
