WSR 97-12-031
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed May 30, 1997, 2:25 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: May 15, 1997.
Purpose: Amends WAC 246-282-990, increases annual shellfish certificate fees to offset increases in program costs. All increases at or below the FY 97 fiscal growth factor of 4.45%.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-282-990.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.203.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-08-025 on March 26, 1997.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
May 22, 1997
Bruce Miyahara
Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 96-16-073, filed 8/6/96, effective
10/1/96)
WAC 246-282-990 Shellfish program certification fees. (1) Annual
certificate fees shall be:
Type of Operation Annual Fee
Shellstock Shipper
0 - 49 Acres (( 50 or greater Acres (( Shucker-Packer
Plants with floor space < 2000 sq. ft. (( Plants with floor space > 2000 sq. ft.
and < 5000 sq. ft. (( Plants with floor space > 5000 sq. ft. (( (2) Type of operations are defined as follows:
(a) "Shellstock shipper" shall mean shippers growing, harvesting,
buying, or selling shellstock. Shellstock shippers are not authorized
to shuck shellfish or to repack shucked shellfish.
(b) "Shucker-packer" shall mean shippers shucking and packing
shellfish. A shucker-packer may act as a shellstock dealer.
(3) "Export certificate" means a certificate issued by the
department to a licensed shucker-packer or shellstock shipper for use in
the foreign export of a lot or shipment of shellfish. The fee for each
export certificate shall be $10.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.020 and 69.30.030. 96-16-073, 246-282-990, filed 8/6/96, effective 10/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.70.040. 93-17-096 (Order 389), 246-282-990, filed 8/17/93,
effective 9/17/93; 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as 246-282-990,
filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.055.
85-12-029 (Order 2236), 440-44-065, filed 5/31/85; 84-13-006 (Order
2109), 440-44-065, filed 6/7/84; 83-15-021 (Order 1991), 440-44-065,
filed 7/14/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 c 201. 82-13-011 (Order
1825), 440-44-065, filed 6/4/82.]
$250.)) $260.
$400.)) $415.
$450.)) $470.
$550.)) $570.
$1,000.)) $1,040.