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Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-015 - Covered commodities

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Commodities covered under
				  chapter
				  22.09 RCW in respect to
				  storage and/or merchandising shall include wheat, barley, oats, field corn,
				  popcorn, rye, triticale, grain sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, flax, buckwheat,
				  canola, rapeseed, safflower, millet, mustard, dry peas, dry beans, lentils,
				  malt, and the by-products resulting from conditioning the above
				  commodities.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-015, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-020 - Grades and standards

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The grades and standards established by the United States
				  Department of Agriculture as of August 1, 1984, for all grains and commodities
				  included within the provisions of this chapter are hereby adopted. In addition,
				  the procedures to sample, grade, test and weigh grains and commodities,
				  established by the regulations and instructions under the United States Grain
				  Standards Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, are hereby adopted
				  for this state.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-020, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-025 - Bond requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A
				bond of not less than fifty thousand dollars nor more than seven hundred fifty
				thousand dollars shall be required for each warehouse operator and dealer
				licensed pursuant to
				chapter
				22.09 RCW, the Washington
				Warehouse Act. The bond amount shall be computed at the rate of eighteen cents
				per bushel of licensed storage capacity or six percent of cost of covered
				commodities purchased from producers, whichever is higher.
(2) For purposes of this section, the cost of
				covered commodities purchased from producers will include only those
				commodities purchased during the preceding fiscal year of that
				dealer.
(3) Grain dealers who
				purchase less than one hundred thousand dollars annually from producers may
				petition the director for exemption from the bond requirements. A grain dealer
				who is granted exemption must:
(a) Pay for the
				commodity at time of taking possession by:
(i)
				Coin or currency; or
(ii) Cashier's
				check; or
(iii) Certified check;
				or
(iv) Bank draft.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-030 - Certificates of deposit, letters of credit, life insurance

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A certificate of deposit, irrevocable letter of credit or
				  assignment on a life insurance policy issued to the department in lieu of a
				  bond shall not be released, canceled or discharged until three years after
				  cancellation of the license unless the department determines that no
				  outstanding claims exist for the subject period.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-030, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-035 - Net worth requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A warehouse operator must maintain an allowable net worth of
				  twenty cents per bushel of licensed space, with a minimum of twenty-five
				  thousand dollars. A dealer must maintain an allowable net worth of four percent
				  of sales of commodities purchased from producers, with a minimum of twenty-five
				  thousand dollars. A warehouse operator who is also a dealer must maintain the
				  higher of these two requirements. For a warehouse operator, any deficiency
				  above the twenty-five thousand dollar minimum must be compensated for by
				  increasing the amount of the warehouse operator's bond by the amount of the
				  deficiency, up to the seven hundred fifty thousand dollar maximum. For a
				  dealer, any deficiency above the twenty-five thousand dollar minimum must be
				  compensated for by increasing the amount of the dealer's bond by the amount of
				  the deficiency regardless of the seven hundred fifty thousand dollar maximum.
				  Warehouse operators and grain dealers must maintain a current asset to current
				  liability ratio of at least point nine to one. Deficiencies must be made up by
				  providing additional bonding in the amount of the deficiency.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-035, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-040 - Financial statement requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Each warehouse operator and dealer shall submit to the
				  department an annual financial statement which shall have been audited or
				  reviewed by a certified or licensed public accountant. The statement must be
				  submitted to the department within four months after the conclusion of the
				  warehouse operator's or dealer's fiscal year. The statement shall
				  include:
(1) A balance
				sheet.
(2) An income statement
				which includes annual gross sales of commodities from producers covered under
				the act.
(3) A statement of changes
				in financial position.
(4)
				Footnotes or schedule disclosure of:
(a) The
				total bushels received annually by commodity.
(b) The amount of each commodity in storage
				at end of year.
(c) The amount of
				each commodity held for depositors.
For purposes of this section, commodity refers to those
				  commodities covered under the Washington Warehouse Act,
				  chapter
				  22.09
				  RCW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-140 - Warehouse operator recordkeeping requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Each warehouse operator shall maintain the following records
				  at a location required by
				  RCW
				  22.09.340:
(1) A printed daily position record showing
				by commodity:
(a) The amount
				received.
(b) The amount
				shipped.
(c) Adjustments.
(d) The amount forwarded to other
				locations.
(e) The amount in
				storage.
(f) The amount belonging
				to depositors.
(g) The amount
				belonging to the warehouse operator.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-145 - Grain dealer recordkeeping requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Each dealer shall maintain the following records at a
				  location as required by
				  RCW
				  22.09.340:
(1) Contracts. Contracts issued to producers
				must:
(a) Be serially numbered.
(b) Clearly indicate the date title
				passes.
(c) Show the net price due
				the producer or charges to be deducted from the selling price.
(d) Show the date payment is due.
(e) Indicate the method of adjustment for
				over and under deliveries.
(f) Show
				date paid.
(g) Be maintained in
				numerical sequence by month payment is due for outstanding contracts and
				completed contracts must be filed numerically.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-150 - Recordkeeping requirements for warehouse operators storing seed

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Warehouse operators storing treated seed for depositors must
				  maintain, at a minimum, a separate daily position record by class for treated
				  seed that shows the amount in pounds, bushels, or hundred weights owed to
				  depositors.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-150, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-155 - Rates and charges

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Warehouse operators and dealers who receive commodities for
				  storage, handling, or conditioning shall post conspicuously a schedule of all
				  charges, moisture adjustment factors, and disposition and/or ownership of all
				  by-products. A copy of all charges assessed and billed to each depositor shall
				  be itemized and retained in a numerical file.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-155, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-160 - Scales

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
All scales used by warehouse operators and dealers must be
				  certified for accuracy annually. Scale testing for certification may be
				  performed by the department or by an approved scale company. When scales are
				  tested by the department a seal shall be placed on the scales. The seal shall
				  be dated and shall indicate approval or rejection. When scales are tested by an
				  approved scale company, a copy of a scale test report shall be forwarded to the
				  department and a copy shall be maintained in the warehouse operator's
				  file.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-160, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-165 - Historical depositor

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Prior to allocating storage space, each warehouse operator
				  shall file a policy statement with the department of agriculture setting forth
				  the criteria that identifies a person as a historical depositor as defined in
				  RCW 22.09.010. Any subsequent changes in this policy shall be filed with the
				  department.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-165, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-170 - Emergency storage situation

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
If the director determines that an emergency storage
				  situation exists, a warehouse operator may forward warehouse receipted grain to
				  other licensed warehouses for storage without canceling the depositor's
				  warehouse receipt under the following conditions:
(1) The warehouse operator must:
(a) Obtain written permission from the
				depositor and/or the holder of the warehouse receipt before the grain is
				shipped.
(b) Notify the department
				before the grain is shipped.
(c)
				Have a warehouse receipt issued in his/her name from the receiving
				warehouse.
(d) Be back in
				compliance with the requirements described in
				RCW
				22.09.250 within one hundred twenty days from
				the date of the first grain shipment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-175 - Outside storage

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Grain may
				be stored outside the warehouse operator's permanent enclosed storage space
				only under the following conditions:
(a) The
				warehouse operator has insufficient permanent enclosed storage space to handle
				commodities for the current license year.
(b) Outside storage shall be on ground
				properly crowned and groomed to provide adequate drainage. Prior to its use,
				the storage space shall be approved by the department.
(c) Outside storage not filled through the
				warehouse operator's permanent enclosed storage facility shall have a separate
				letter designation and license fee.
(d) Outside storage must be free of contact
				with any building or elevator after October 15th of each year.
(e) The warehouse operator shall maintain a
				net worth of twenty-five cents per bushel in addition to the net worth
				requirements of WAC
				16-237-035.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-180 - Warehouse license expiration and late renewal penalty

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Warehouse licenses issued under
				RCW
				22.09.070 shall expire on June 30th after the
				date of issuance.
(2) If the
				application for renewal of a warehouse license(s) is not received by the
				department prior to June 30th of any year a penalty shall be assessed as
				provided by
				RCW
				22.09.050.
(3) Subsequent to the expiration of a
				license, nothing herein shall be construed to limit the department's ability to
				enforce applicable laws as provided by
				chapter
				22.09 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-180, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-185 - Grain dealer license expiration and late renewal penalty

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Grain dealer
				license issued under
				RCW
				22.09.075 shall expire on June 30th after the
				date of issuance.
(2) If the
				application for renewal of a grain dealer license is not received by the
				department prior to June 30th of any year, a penalty shall be assessed as
				provided by
				RCW
				22.09.055.
(3) Subsequent to the expiration of a
				license, nothing herein shall be construed to limit the department's ability to
				enforce applicable laws as provided by
				chapter
				22.09 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-185, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-190 - Inventory requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A warehouse not licensed prior to July 1, 1983, must meet the
				  following requirements:
(1) Tanks and
				stices over two hundred bushels per foot must have inventory holes situated in
				such a manner as to allow the measurement of the high and low points of the
				commodity.
(2) Conventional flat
				storage must have an overhead catwalk with a minimum of five feet of
				headroom.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-190, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-195 - Fees for warehouse audit and related services

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following fees apply to the following services:
(1) For year-end inventories requested by a
				warehouse operator, the department charges twenty percent of the warehouse
				license fee with a minimum fee of four hundred dollars.
(2)
(a) The
				hourly rate for all other services performed by the warehouse audit program at
				the request of warehouse operators, grain dealers and/or other government
				agencies is $56.00 per hour.
(b)
				These services include, but are not limited to, technical assisted audits of
				records and inventory, observation of sampling of commodities, collection of
				samples for the Karnal Bunt Survey, and remeasurement of commodities and
				storage bins.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-200 - Printing by private printer - When

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The department of agriculture will allow warehouse operators
				  to have their negotiable warehouse receipts printed by a private printer only
				  when the state printer cannot supply said receipts within a reasonable time in
				  the form requested and at a competitive price as determined by the
				  director.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-200, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-205 - Bond requirements for the use of outside printers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Warehouse operators who require receipts as set forth in WAC
				  16-234-010 shall apply to the director and furnish the following:
(1) A bond for one thousand dollars as
				provided for in
				RCW
				22.09.300.
(2) Complete the department's "requisition
				for negotiable warehouse receipts" form, and forward to the department for both
				approval and forwarding to said private printer.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-205, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-237 - Commodity storage warehouses and grain dealers › Section 16-237-210 - Completion of printing

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Upon receipt of a completed "requisition for negotiable
				  warehouse receipts" form, the private printer shall print the authorized
				  negotiable warehouse receipts, and upon completion of printing notify the
				  department, by use of the "affidavit of printer" form, the number of negotiable
				  warehouse receipts printed and the inclusive numbers as
				  specified.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 22.09.020(13). 00-21-043,
					 § 16-237-210, filed 10/13/00, effective
					 11/13/00.
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 16-240-020 - Washington state grain and commodity service points

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The offices located in the following cities are service
				  points for providing sampling, inspecting, weighing, and certification
				  services.
(1) Service points:
(a) Colfax.
(b) Kalama (North).
(c) Kalama (South).
(d) Longview.
(e) Olympia.
(f) Othello.
(g) Pasco.
(h) Quincy.
(i) Seattle.
(j) Spokane.
(k) Tacoma.
(l) Vancouver.
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 16-240-030 - Commodities covered by chapter 22.09 RCW

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Commodities covered under
				  chapter
				  22.09 RCW and this chapter
				  with respect to sampling, inspection, weighing, and quality or constituent
				  determinations include all:
(1) Grains
				with standards or inspection criteria established under the United States Grain
				Standards Act;
(2) Commodities with
				standards or inspection criteria established under the Agricultural Marketing
				Act;
(3) Commodities with standards
				or inspection criteria established under Washington state standards;
				and
(4) By-products resulting from
				conditioning or processing the grains and commodities listed in this
				section.
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,
					 § 16-240-030, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-032 - Grades and standards adopted by Washington state

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Washington state adopts the following grades and
				  standards:
(1) The grades and
				standards established by the United States Department of Agriculture from
				August 1, 1984, and as subsequently amended, that apply to all grains and
				commodities regulated by this chapter.
(2) The procedures to sample, grade, test and
				weigh grains and commodities, established by the regulations and instructions
				under the United States Grain Standards Act and the Agricultural Marketing Act
				of 1946, and as subsequently amended.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-21-064,
					 § 16-240-032, 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,
					 § 16-240-032, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-034 - Service requests

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
An applicant must place a service request in order to ensure
				  staffing:
(1) Service requests must be
				received by the inspection office by 2:00 p.m. of the last business day before
				the requested service.
(a) The notification
				requirement allows the department to secure adequate staffing to supply the
				requested service and to accommodate leave or adjust staffing for anticipated
				workloads.
(b) The notification
				requirement applies even if there is permanent staffing at the location (see
				WAC 16-240-036 ).
(c) Failure to meet the notification
				requirement may result in denial of service.
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 16-240-036 - Permanent staffing requests

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
An applicant may request the department to establish
				  permanent staffing on shifts as shown below:
(1) Requests for permanent staffing of day,
				night, swing, or graveyard shifts must be made in writing at least seven
				business days prior to the shift(s) that are requested.
(a) Requests for permanent staffing of any
				night, swing or graveyard shift will be deemed to include a request for
				permanent staffing of the day shift.
(b) The requested shift(s) will be
				established if the department has an adequate number of trained
				personnel.
(c) Confirmation of
				staffing requirements must be received by the inspection office by 2:00 p.m.
				each business day for the next service day, including requests for weekend
				days, for Mondays, or for holidays, which must be requested by 2:00 p.m. on the
				last business day of the week (see WAC
				16-240-034 ).
(d) Failure to meet the notification
				requirement may result in denial of service.
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 16-240-038 - Revenue minimum determination

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The circumstances under which the department adjusts rates to
				  meet the revenue minimum are as follows:
(1) When the daily volume of work at a
				service location at the established fees does not generate revenue at least
				equal to the straight time hourly rate per hour, per employee, a sufficient
				additional amount, calculated by using the straight time hourly rate per hour,
				per employee, will be added to the established fee amount to meet the revenue
				minimum, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The daily revenue minimum charge applies
				only to the Tier 1 and Tier 2 metric tonnage rate shown in WAC
				16-240-070(2)(b)
				at USGSA Table 1 and in WAC
				16-240-080(2)(b)
				at AMA Table 1. When the Tier 3 rate is in effect (WAC
				16-240-043,
				16-240-070, and
				16-240-080), export locations will
				not be subject to daily revenue minimum charges during the Tier 3 rate period
				allowed under WAC
				16-240-043.
(3) Work volume daily averaging at export
				locations will be determined as follows:
(a)
				When the daily volume of work at a service location at the established fees
				does not generate revenue equivalent to the straight time hourly rate per hour,
				per employee, including applicable supervisory and clerical employee hours,
				according to the staffing needs at the facility, the department will charge an
				additional fee, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(b) The straight time hourly rate will be
				charged per hour, per employee.
(c)
				Service cancellation fees, WAC
				16-240-054, are not considered to
				be revenue under daily averaging.
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 16-240-039 - USDA, AMS, FGIS administrative and supervision fees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
				  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
				  charges a per metric ton administrative and supervision fee for export and
				  other grain handled by facilities in the Washington state department of
				  agriculture service area.
(1) FGIS
				administrative tonnage fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, FGIS
				administrative tonnage fees for export grain shipments inspected and/or
				weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, will be
				assessed at the current per metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive
				9180.74 Service Fees and Billing Codes, Attachment 1. Invoices will identify
				assessed administrative tonnage fees as separate line items per applicable
				carrier/unit type.
(2) FGIS
				supervision fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, FGIS supervision
				fees for domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land
				carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, will be assessed at the current per
				metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 Service Fees and Billing
				Codes, Attachment 2. Invoices will identify assessed supervision fees as
				separate line items per applicable carrier/unit type.
(3) Commodity cooperative service agreement
				fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, commodity cooperative service
				agreement fees for commodity inspection services (pulses, hops, and
				miscellaneous processed commodities), excluding rice, will be assessed at the
				current percentage rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 (Service Fees and
				Billing Codes, Attachment 4.) The assessed fees must exclude travel, mailing
				expenses, and state and local taxes. Invoices will identify assessed commodity
				cooperative service agreement fees as separate line items.
(4) AMA rice cooperative service agreement
				fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, AMA rice cooperative service
				agreement fees for rice inspection services will be assessed at the current
				percentage rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 (Service Fees and Billing
				Codes, Attachment 3.) The assessed fees must exclude travel, mailing expenses,
				and state and local taxes. Invoices will identify assessed AMA rice cooperative
				service agreement fees as separate line items.
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 16-240-040 - Official commercial inspection services

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The department may provide on-site official commercial
				  inspection services, at the applicant's request, when all of the following
				  conditions are met:
(1) As applicable
				under 7 C.F.R. §
										800.46, appropriate space and security must
				be provided by the applicant.
(2)
				The applicant must provide a written document fully describing the services
				requested so the department can determine appropriate staffing levels and
				develop a guarantee of expenses proposal.
(3) The department must be able to provide
				appropriate licensed personnel to accomplish the service requested.
(4) An adequate provision for fees is
				negotiated.
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,
					 § 16-240-040, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-042 - Payment of fees and charges

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(1)
				All department fees and charges for services rendered are due within thirty
				days of the statement date. Interest at the rate of one percent per month, or
				fraction thereof, shall accrue on any balance owed after thirty days of the
				statement date.
(2) If the
				department does not receive payment within thirty days:
(a) The department may withhold services
				until the delinquent account is paid; and
(b) The department may require the customer
				to prepay for subsequent services.
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 16-240-044 - USDA, AMS, FGIS scale authorization

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The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural
				  Marketing Service, Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA, AMS, FGIS) has
				  delegated official scale testing and scale authorization authority to the
				  department.
(1) The USDA, AMS, FGIS
				scale authorization fee established in WAC
				16-240-060,
				per hour, per employee is charged when USDA, AMS, FGIS scale authorization
				services are performed.
(2) In
				addition to the hourly USDA, AMS, FGIS scale authorization fee; the department
				may charge travel time at the scale authorization hourly rate, mileage beyond
				10 miles from the scale specialist's assigned office location, per diem, or
				overtime, if applicable.
(3) All
				scales in Washington state under USDA, AMS, FGIS jurisdiction must comply with
				the following testing requirements:
(a) Scales
				must be tested and certified for accuracy at least twice each year by an
				authorized Washington state department of agriculture scale specialist or a
				USDA, AMS, FGIS scale specialist.
(b) When tested by the department or by USDA,
				AMS, FGIS, a seal must be placed on the scales. This seal must be dated and
				must indicate approval or rejection.
(c) When scales are tested, copies of the
				test report must be:
(i) Forwarded to USDA,
				AMS, FGIS;
(ii) Maintained by the
				department; and
(iii) Maintained at
				the facility where the scale is located.
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 16-240-046 - Straight time rate

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The department will charge the straight time hourly rate per
				  hour, per employee, including applicable supervisory and clerical employee
				  hours, as cited below.
(1) An hourly
				rate is specified in the schedule of fees adopted under this chapter.
(2) No other straight time hourly rate is
				established in the schedule of fees under this chapter.
(3) The revenue minimum under WAC
				16-240-038 may apply.
(4) No contractual agreement supersedes the
				straight time rate other than for official commercial inspection services
				provided under WAC
				16-240-040.
(5) The straight time hourly rate is charged
				in one-half hour increments.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-21-064,
					 § 16-240-046, 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,
					 § 16-240-046, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-048 - Rates for working outside established business hours (overtime)

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In addition to regular inspection and weighing fees and any
				  applicable hourly rate, the department will charge the overtime rate per hour,
				  per employee, including applicable supervisory and clerical employee hours,
				  when a service is requested:
(1)
				Anytime on Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays.
(2) Before or after regularly scheduled
				office hours, Monday through Friday, except as provided in WAC
				16-240-036 for an established
				permanent staffing request.
(3)
				During established meal periods on any shift.
(4) For services requested at unstaffed
				export locations.
(5) Overtime is
				charged in one-half hour increments.
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,
					 § 16-240-048, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-050 - Calculating travel time, mileage and per diem

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The rules for charging travel time, mileage, and per diem
				  are as follows:
(1) Travel time: When
				department personnel perform services at locations other than service points,
				the applicant, in addition to the fee for the service performed, must pay the
				department for travel time as follows:
(a)
				Travel time for each department employee from the established service location
				to the inspection point and return at the hourly rates in effect at the time
				the service is performed; except
(b) Travel time for scale authorization is
				charged from the scale specialist's assigned office location to the scale
				location and return at the hourly scale authorization rate shown in WAC
				16-240-060, USGSA-AMA-WSDA Table
				1.
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 16-240-052 - Fees for stowage examination

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(1) The following rules apply for fees for
				stowage examination services on vessels or ocean-going barges.
(a) At anchor stowage examination services
				will be conducted at the convenience of the designated grain inspection office
				during daylight hours under safe working and weather conditions.
(b) The applicant is responsible for securing
				licensed tug or water taxi to provide safe transportation to and from the
				anchor point.
(c) Two vessel or
				ship's agent representatives will accompany each WSDA inspector performing
				stowage examination services.
(d)
				In addition to the fee in USGSA Table 8 under WAC
				16-240-070(2)(b),
				the department may charge, as applicable, the following fees:
* WAC
				  16-240-048
				  (rates outside of established business hours);
* WAC
				  16-240-050
				  (travel, mileage beyond ten miles, per diem);
* WAC
				  16-240-054
				  (service cancellation fee).
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 16-240-054 - Service cancellation fee

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A service cancellation fee applies when service is requested
				  and then canceled.
(1) When an
				applicant requests a shift to provide service before or after the inspection
				office's established hours, a cancellation fee applies as follows:
(a) When a service is requested before or
				after an office's standard Monday through Friday shifts, or anytime on
				Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays; and
(b) The requested service is canceled after
				2:00 p.m. of the last business day before the requested service; then
(c) A service cancellation fee according to
				WAC 16-240-060, Table 1, will be
				charged per employee scheduled.
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 16-240-056 - Fees for dedicated staff time

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The department provides administrative and consultation
				  services and related assistance to an applicant for service that is
				  establishing a new facility or renovating an existing facility when those
				  services can be provided within the department's established staffing and
				  normal course of business. When dedicated staff time is required to assist an
				  applicant for service to establish or renovate a facility, the following fees
				  apply.
(1)  dedicated staff time is
				required by an pplicant for service to establish or renovate a facility, the
				department will charge the applicable hourly rates established in WAC
				16-240-060.
(2) When dedicated
				staff time is required to add automated systems to a facility or to resolve
				systems installation or operation issues, the department will charge the
				applicable hourly rates established in WAC 16-240-060
(3) When dedicated staff time is required,
				the department will charge the applicable travel fees established in WAC
				16-240-050.
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 16-240-060 - WSDA grain program hourly rates, fees and cancellation fees

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USGSA-AMA-WSDA Table 1 contains fees for US-DA, AMS, FGIS
				  scale authorization, straight-time hourly rate, overtime hourly rate, and
				  service cancellation fees for services performed under the United States Grain
				  Standards Act, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, and Washington state
				  rule.
USGSA-AMA-WSDA Table 1
WSDA Grain Program Hourly Rates, Fees and Cancellation
				  Fees
1. Scale authorization fee,
per hour, per
							 employee
$56.00
2. Straight-time rate,
per hour, per
							 employee
$56.00
3. Overtime rate established under WAC
							 16-240-048,
per hour, per employee
$28.00
4. Service cancellation fee,
per
							 employee
$200.00
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.17.050,
					 2012 2nd sp.s. c
					 7 , and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 12-21-064,
					 § 16-240-060, 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,
					 § 16-240-060, filed 5/17/05, effective
					 6/17/05.
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 16-240-090 - Fees for other services performed by WSDA

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(1) WSDA Tables 1 through 3 in this section
				contain fees for other services performed at the request of the applicant when
				no USGSA or AMA standards exist. Services available include inspection,
				sampling, testing, weighing, laboratory analysis, and certification.
(2) Applicant-defined analysis may be
				available from the department.
(a) Hourly
				fees for sampling or sample preparation may be charged.
(b) The analysis will be provided at the
				established hourly rate or may be provided at the cost quoted by the laboratory
				or organization providing the service or analysis.
(c) Applicant may be required to provide
				supplies and equipment when requesting a new analysis or special
				service.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-002 - Purpose

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This chapter is pursuant to
				  RCW
				  15.53.9012 and regulates commercial feed
				  distributed in Washington state for the purpose of uniformity with federal
				  regulations and national consensus codes and ultimately to protect consumers
				  from contaminated, adulterated, or misbranded commercial
				  feed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-004 - Applicability

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(1) This chapter
				applies to commercial feed as defined in
				RCW
				15.53.901 which includes, but is not limited
				to, food for beef cattle, dairy cattle, equine, goats and sheep, chickens and
				turkeys, ducks and geese, fish, rabbits, and swine.
(2) Pet food for dogs (Canis familiaris),
				cats (Felis catus), and specialty pet food for any animal normally maintained
				in a household such as, but not limited to, rodents, ornamental birds,
				ornamental fish, reptiles and amphibians, ferrets, hedgehogs, marsupials, and
				rabbits not raised for food or fur are regulated under chapter 16-252
				WAC.
(3) Processed animal waste as
				a commercial feed is regulated under chapter 16-256 WAC.
(4) If adulterated under
				RCW
				15.53.902 for some but not all purposes, the
				following commodities are subject to the requirements of this chapter. If
				unadulterated, the following commodities are exempt from the requirements of
				this chapter.
(a) Unmixed whole seeds and
				physically altered entire unmixed seeds when such seeds are not chemically
				changed.
(b) Raw meat, hay, loose
				salt, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls when such commodities are
				not ground, mixed or intermixed with other materials.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-005 - Commercial feed regulated by this chapter

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Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and
					 34.05 RCW. 03-23-128, §
					 16-250-005, filed 11/19/03, effective
					 7/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-006 - Adoption of federal regulations and national consensus codes-Order of precedence

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(1)
				Adoption of regulations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in this
				chapter is of the version effective February 9, 2017, and
				21
				U.S.C. 301 et seq., in this chapter is
				adoption of the version effective September 27, 2017.
(2) Adoption of provisions under the
				Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) official publication in
				this chapter is adoption of the provisions in the 2018 edition.
(3) If there is conflict between this
				chapter, chapter 15.53 RCW, adopted federal regulations, and adopted AAFCO
				provisions, the conflict must be resolved by giving precedence in the following
				order:
(a) Adopted federal
				regulations;
(b) Chapter 15.53
				RCW;
(c) This chapter;
				and
(d) Adopted AAFCO
				provisions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-007 - The Code of Federal Regulation

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Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and
					 34.05 RCW. 05-18-094, §
					 16-250-007, filed 9/7/05, effective
					 10/8/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-250 - Commercial feed › Section 16-250-010 - Commercial feed terms and definitions

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Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.53 and
					 34.05 RCW. 05-18-094, §
					 16-250-010, filed 9/7/05, effective 10/8/05; 03-23-128, § 16-250-010,
					 filed 11/19/03, effective 7/1/04.