(Effective August 18, 2026)
The definitions set forth in this section shall apply throughout this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Approved Pest Free" is a labeling standard for firewood harvested outside of Washington state that complies with the provisions of WAC 16-476-003. When firewood is harvested outside of Washington state and is treated in compliance with WAC 16-476-003, it must be labeled "Approved Pest Free" in order to be transported into the state.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture.
(3) "Firewood" means all wood of any species, cut or not cut, split or not split, regardless of length which is:
(a) In a form and size appropriate for use as a fuel; or
(b) Which is destined for use as fuel. Firewood shall not include kiln dried dimensional lumber, and wood that has been chipped to a maximum piece size that is no greater than 1-inch in 2-dimensions. Firewood shall not include logs or wood being transported to or possessed by the following operations and facilities, for use in their primary manufacturing process:
(i) Sawmill for dimensional lumber;
(ii) Pulp and/or paper mills;
(iii) Wood pellet manufacturing facilities;
(iv) Plywood manufacturing facilities;
(v) Wood biomass-using refineries or power plants; and
(vi) Reconstituted wood or wood composite product manufacturing plants.
(4) "Firewood provider" means any person, including a business, that produces firewood for sale, supplies it, or sells firewood.
(5) "Person" means a natural person, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, and every officer, agent, or employee of any of these entities.
(6) "Phytosanitary certificate" means a certificate issued by a government agency under authority of state or federal statute, which declares or establishes the pest status of a shipment of plants or plant parts under accepted inspection or sampling procedures. Phytosanitary certificates are patterned after model certificates of the International Pest Protection Convention.
(7) "Plant pest" means a living stage of an insect, mite, nematode, slug, snail, or protozoa, or other invertebrate animal, bacteria, fungus, or parasitic plant, or their reproductive parts, or viruses, or an organism similar to or allied with any of the foregoing plant pests, including a genetically engineered organism, or an infectious substance that can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in plants or parts of plants or in processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
(8) "Source" means the state from which the firewood was harvested.
(9) "Untreated firewood" means any firewood that has not been treated in accordance with the provisions of WAC 16-476-003.