Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 15 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 03 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES › Chapter 15.03.05 - Receiving, Weighing, Sampling and Testing of Other Fluid Dairy Products › Section 15.03.05.02 - Permits, Licenses and Fees

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A.
				Receiving Station Permits.
(1) Stationary
				Receiving Stations. A permit is required for each stationary receiving station,
				such as any building, milk plant, or other non-mobile facility where milk and
				other fluid dairy products are received from the producer. Upon each permit
				application for a stationary receiving station, the applicant shall state,
				under oath, the average amount of milk or other fluid dairy products received
				daily during the 12-month period preceding the application. If the applicant
				did not purchase milk for the entire 12-month period, he will state the average
				amount received during the period when milk was purchased by him. If he
				purchased no milk during any portion of the previous 12 months, he will
				estimate his receipts for the period for which the permit is
				requested.
(2) Farm Milk Tank
				Truck-Mobile Receiving Station. A mobile receiving station shall be any milk
				tank truck, trailer, or semi-trailer which is used to receive the producer's
				milk on the farm. Each milk tank truck, trailer, or semi-trailer shall be
				considered a receiving station and each purchaser or receiver shall be required
				to hold a separate permit for each mobile receiving station. In addition to all
				other information required by the Secretary, the applicant shall state, under
				oath, the total capacity in gallons of each mobile receiving station for which
				a permit is required.
(3) Permit
				Fees.
(a) General. Each application for a
				permit shall be accompanied by a fee based on the average daily volume of milk
				or other fluid dairy products received, in the case of stationary receiving
				stations, and the total capacity of the carrying compartment(s) in the case of
				mobile receiving stations.
(b) Fee
				Determination.
(i) Stationary Receiving
				Stations.
(aa) Receiving milk and other fluid
				dairy products not exceeding 2000 pounds daily - $5
(bb) Receiving milk and other fluid dairy
				products exceeding 2000 pounds, but not exceeding 40,000 pounds daily -
				$10
(cc) Receiving milk and other
				fluid dairy products exceeding 40,000 pounds daily - $25
(ii) Mobile Receiving Stations.
(aa) Total capacity not exceeding 5000
				gallons - $10
(bb) Total capacity
				exceeding 5000 gallons - $25
(4) Posting Permits.
(a) Stationary receiving station permits
				shall be conspicuously posted at the receiving station for which they are
				issued.
(b) Mobile receiving
				station permits shall be kept in the vehicle for which they are issued and
				shall be available for display and inspection at all times upon request by the
				Secretary.
(5) Permit
				Year. All receiving station permits shall be valid for 12 months or any
				fraction thereof beginning January 1 and expiring December 31 of the calendar
				year for which they are issued. Permits are not assignable or
				transferable.