Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Title 291 - NEBRASKA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 8 - GRAIN WAREHOUSE RULES AND REGULATIONS › Section 291-8-004 - GRAIN MOISTURE MEASURING DEVICES

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01
Testing and
				Inspection
:
004.01A
Scope of Testing
: The Grain Warehouse Department shall
				annually test and inspect all approved grain moisture and test weight measuring
				devices in Nebraska used to ascertain the moisture content of grain in
				connection with, or in any manner relating to, the storage, purchase or sale of
				grain. The Commission's inspection of grain moisture measuring devices shall be
				for determining the device's accuracy in determining moisture content and test
				weight of grain and is not intended to determine accuracy of the device's
				temperature or other measurements.
004.01B
Fees
: The
				fees charged to cover the cost of testing and inspecting grain moisture and
				test weight measuring devices shall be established pursuant to Rules of
				Commission Procedure, Section 025.
004.01C
Approved Grain Moisture
				Measuring Devices
: The warehouse department will maintain a list
				of approved grain moisture and test weight measuring devices. Devices on the
				approved list must be inspected by the Commission and pass the Commission's
				inspection each calendar year. If a device is not inspected each calendar year
				or it fails to pass an inspection and cannot be repaired, the device will be
				removed from the list of approved grain moisture and test weight measuring
				devices. For new grain moisture and test weight measuring devices purchased
				after 2001 to be included on the list of approved grain moisture and test
				weight measuring devices, the device must have a current National Type
				Evaluation Program Certificate at the time of purchase.
004.01D
Procedure
:
				All grain moisture measuring devices will be tested against a standard meter
				which will be furnished by the Commission. All grain moisture measuring devices
				will be inspected to determine whether they are in proper operational condition
				and supplied with the proper accessories. The inspection results shall be
				documented on a form prescribed by the Commission, incorporated herein at the
				end of the chapter and labeled as Attachment 18, with a copy of the inspection
				report delivered to the owner or user of the grain moisture measuring
				device.
004.01E Grounds for
				Rejecting Tested Grain Moisture Measuring Devices: Devices may be rejected for
				any of the following reasons:
004.01E1 The
				moisture device tested is found to be out of tolerance with the standard meter
				used by the inspector by more than one-half of one percent on grain up to and
				including twenty percent (20%) moisture content or eight-tenths of one percent
				on grain over twenty percent (20%) up to and including twenty-two percent
				(22%);
004.01E2 The owner or user of
				the device does not have available the latest charts for the type of device
				being used;
004.01E3 The owner or
				user of the device does not have available the proper scale, or scales, and the
				thermometers for use with the type of device being used; or,
004.01E4 The grain moisture measuring device
				is not free from excessive dirt or cracked glass, or is not kept in good
				operational condition at all times.
004.01F
Commission Approval or
				Rejection
: The Commission inspector shall affix a decal to each
				grain moisture and test weight measuring device which has been inspected to
				indicate approval or rejection by the Commission.
004.01G Procedure for Testing Test Weight
				Measuring Devices: All test weight measuring devices shall be tested by the
				inspector against grain samples of known weight.
004.01H Grounds for Rejecting Tested Test
				Weight Measuring Devices: Devices may be rejected if the test weight measuring
				device is found to be out of tolerance with the sample used by the inspector by
				more than eight tenths of a pound per bushel for corn and oats, one-half a
				pound per bushel for all wheat and seven tenths of a pound per bushel for
				soybeans, barley, sunflower and sorghum.