PDFWAC 16-305-251

Category 1 violations.

Category 1 violations are considered the most serious because they compromise required conformance of the industrial hemp research program with the program's federal enabling authority, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 5940.
Violation Type
Penalty
Conducting activities outside the scope of chapter 15.120 RCW and this chapter
Destruction of crop or hemp material AND $15,000
Licensee's industrial hemp tests higher than 0.3% THC concentration by dry weight (RCW 15.120.010(3))
Destruction of crop AND $15,000
Operating as an industrial hemp seed distributor without a license
Destruction of industrial hemp seed AND $15,000
Planting or growing industrial hemp without a grower license or combination license
Destruction of crop AND $15,000
Processing any part of industrial hemp other than seed for human consumption
Destruction of hemp material or unlawful end use product AND $15,000
Processing industrial hemp without a processor or combination license
Destruction of hemp material AND $15,000
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.120.030, 15.120.035 and chapter 34.05 RCW. WSR 18-13-013, § 16-305-251, filed 6/7/18, effective 7/8/18.]