WAC 16-303-340   Seed certification fees for buckwheat, chickpea, field pea, lentil, millet, soybean, sorghum and small grains.  (1) Seed certification fees for buckwheat, chickpea, field pea, lentil, millet, soybean, sorghum and small grains are as follows:

     (a) Application fee per variety per grower . . . . . . . . . . . . $22.97
     (b) Field inspection fee per acre except millet and hybrid sorghum . . . . . . . . . . . . $3.11
     (c) Millet - first acre . . . . . . . . . . . . $32.55
          - Each additional acre . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.48
     (d) Hybrid sorghum - first acre . . . . . . . . . . . . $32.55
          - Each additional acre . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.00
     (e) Special field inspection fee per

acre . . . . . . . . . . . .
$2.58
     (f) Late application fee . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.75
     (g) Reinspection fee . . . . . . . . . . . . $43.10
minimum for each field which did not pass field inspection plus $0.46 for each acre over twenty-five. The reinspection fee for isolation requirements only for a field of any size is $43.10.  
     (h) Final certification fee . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.25
per cwt. of clean seed sampled, which is charged to conditioning plant, or production fee . . . . . . . . . . . .



$0.105
per cwt. of production from fields inspected which is utilized for seed, which is charged to the grower or the final seller prior to brokerage, retail sale, sale to plant not approved for conditioning certified seed, or transshipment out-of-state.  
     (i) Sampling fee . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.105
per cwt. of clean seed sampled, with minimum charge of $10.30 per sample, which is charged to conditioning plant in lieu of mechanical sampling.  

     (2) A field may be withdrawn upon notification by the applicant to the certifying agency's office before field inspection. In such case, the field inspection fee is refunded upon request until June 30 of the year following harvest.

     (3) Harvest before field inspection causes forfeitures of both the application and field inspection fees, and completion of certification.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.310 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 07-21-060, § 16-303-340, filed 10/12/07, effective 12/1/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3), and chapter 34.05 RCW. 06-11-066, § 16-303-340, filed 5/12/06, effective 6/12/06; 05-05-052, § 16-303-340, filed 2/14/05, effective 3/17/05; 04-06-029, § 16-303-340, filed 2/24/04, effective 3/26/04; 03-06-005, § 16-303-340, filed 2/20/03, effective 3/23/03; 02-05-082, § 16-303-340, filed 2/20/02, effective 3/23/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 01-01-015, § 16-303-340, filed 12/6/00, effective 1/6/01.]