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House Agriculture Committee approves multiple ISDA rule dockets, advances chemigation licensing changes from HB 549

2491102 · January 30, 2025
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The committee approved a package of administrative rule dockets from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, including updates to incorporation-by-reference materials, bonded-warehouse rules, weights-and-measures standards, produce safety (FSMA) delegation, and a new chemigation license process implementing House Bill 549.

The Idaho House Agriculture Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a series of administrative rule dockets from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), including updates to multiple incorporation-by-reference manuals, an update to NIST Handbook 44 for weights and measures, a CFR update for the state organic program, produce safety rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act and a new chemigation licensure framework to implement House Bill 549.

ISDA Director Chanel Tewalt prefaced the rule package by urging the committee to view rules as an opportunity to work with regulated communities. "Zebra is as good as you make it," she said, summarizing the department's approach to negotiated…

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