Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-240 - WSDA grain inspection program Definitions, standards, and fees › Section 16-240-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Business day"
means Monday through Friday,
				  excluding state holidays.
"AMS, FGIS"
means the United States Department
				  of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Federal Grain Inspection
				  Service.
"Department"
means the Washington state
				  department of agriculture.
"Federal fiscal year"
means October 1st through
				  September 30th for USDA, AMS, FGIS.
"Fee"
means any charge made by the department
				  for:
(1) Inspecting and handling any commodity; or
(2) Any service related to weighing or storing grains or
				  commodities.
"Fiscal year"
means July 1st through June 30th
				  for the state of Washington.
"Metric ton"
means two thousand two hundred four
				  and six-tenths pounds.
"Minimum operating fund balance"
or
"MOFB"
means six months of grain inspection program operating
				  expenses to ensure stable service delivery, meet future needs, and protect
				  against financial instability. The factors that the department considers when
				  setting the annual MOFB under WAC
				  16-240-043
				  include the projected program staff salary and benefits; costs of the program's
				  goods and services, including transportation; costs associated with the
				  department's administrative support of the program; and any additional costs
				  associated with program oversight by USDA/FGIS.
"Official commercial inspection services"
means
				  a contractual agreement between the applicant and the department for services
				  specified by the applicant that will be provided at an applicant's
				  facility.
"Revenue minimum"
means the amount of revenue
				  that must be collected by the department to offset expenses. In order to act as
				  an official inspection agency under the United States Grain Standards Act and
				  the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, the program must collect revenue to
				  offset expenses. The grain inspection program is supported entirely by the fees
				  it generates from the services it provides as required by
				  RCW
				  22.09.790. The circumstances under which
				  charges occur to collect the revenue minimum are stated in WAC
				  16-240-038.
"Service point"
means the Washington state
				  department of agriculture offices and surrounding service areas authorized by
				  the Federal Grain Inspection Service to provide sampling, inspecting, weighing,
				  and certification services.
"Shift"
means an established period of staffing
				  for up to twelve hours at transloading facilities or up to eight hours at
				  export port or domestic service point locations. Service requests in excess of
				  the established period would require requesting an additional shift. Any work
				  beyond the established shift period constitutes an additional shift.
"Unstaffed export locations"
means a facility
				  that does not have a permanent staffing request in place for day, night, swing,
				  or graveyard shifts.
"USDA"
means the United States Department of
				  Agriculture.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-21-064,
					 § 16-240-010, filed 10/17/12, effective 11/17/12. Statutory Authority:
					 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 § 309(2);
					 RCW
					 22.09.790,
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW and The United
					 States Department of Agriculture has oversight of fees charged under the
					 Federal Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. 05-11-058,
					 § 16-240-010, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.