Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: This rule will increase fees for shellfish licensees by the fiscal growth factor of 5.53%. Shellfish license fees were last increased in 2001 by the fiscal growth factor for that year. This rule will also equitably assess the costs associated with commercial geoduck paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) testing. The cost assessment for PSP testing will follow the annual redistribution formula which is based on the number of tests done in the previous year.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-282-990.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.70.250.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 08-09-081 on April 16, 2008.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 13, 2008.

Mary C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-1411.2

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-17-159, filed 8/21/07, effective 9/21/07)

WAC 246-282-990   Fees.   (1) Annual shellfish operation license fees are:

Type of Operation			Annual Fee
	Harvester			$((250)) 263
	Shellstock Shipper
		0 - 49 Acres		$((282)) 297
		50 or greater Acres		$((452)) 476
	Scallop Shellstock Shipper		$((282)) 297
	Shucker-Packer
		Plants with floor space < 2000 sq. ft.		$((514)) 542
		Plants with floor space 2000 sq. ft. to 5000 sq. ft.		$((622)) 656
		Plants with floor space > 5000 sq. ft.		$((1,147)) 1,210

     (2) The fee for each export certificate is $10.30.

     (3) Annual PSP testing fees for companies harvesting species other than geoduck intertidally (between the extremes of high and low tide) are as follows:

Fee Category
Type of Operation		Number of Harvest Sites		Fee
Harvester		≤ 2		$173
Harvester		3 or more		$259
Shellstock Shipper		≤ 2		$195
	0 - 49 acres
Shellstock Shipper		3 or more		$292
	0 - 49 acres
Shellstock Shipper		N/A		$468
	50 or greater acres
Shucker-Packer		≤ 2		$354
	(plants < 2000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer		3 or more		$533
	(plants < 2000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer		≤ 2		$429
	(plants 2000 - 5000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer		3 or more		$644
	(plants 2000 - 5000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer		N/A		$1,189
	(plants > 5000 ft2)

     (a) The number of harvest sites will be the total number of harvest sites on the licensed company's harvest site certificate:

     (i) At the time of first licensure; or

     (ii) January 1 of each year for companies licensed as harvesters; or

     (iii) July 1 of each year for companies licensed as shellstock shippers and shucker packers.

     (b) Two or more contiguous parcels with a total acreage of one acre or less is considered one harvest site.

     (4) Annual PSP testing fees for companies harvesting geoduck are as follows:

Harvester	Fee
Department of natural resources (quota tracts harvested by DNR contract holders)	$((13,201)) 12,094
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe	$((3,030)) 4,682
Lower Elwah Klallam Tribe	$((7,358)) 2,991
Lummi Nation	$((216)) 390
Nisqually Indian Tribe	$((3,463)) 3,121
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe	$((4,978)) 3,121
Puyallup Tribe of Indians	$((5,194)) 8,453
Skokomish Indian Tribe	$((0)) 260
Squaxin Island Tribe	$((6,276)) 4,151
Suquamish Tribe	$((10,604)) 13,665
Swinomish Tribe	$((1,299)) 390
Tulalip Tribe	$((1,299)) 4,552
Discovery Bay Shellfish	$((1,082)) 130

     (5) PSP fees must be paid in full to department of health before a commercial shellfish license is issued or renewed.

     (6) Refunds for PSP fees will be given only if the applicant withdraws a new or renewal license application prior to the effective date of the new or renewed license.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250. 07-17-159, § 246-282-990, filed 8/21/07, effective 9/21/07; 06-15-131, § 246-282-990, filed 7/19/06, effective 8/19/06; 05-17-120, § 246-282-990, filed 8/17/05, effective 9/17/05; 04-15-154, § 246-282-990, filed 7/21/04, effective 8/21/04; 03-18-093, § 246-282-990, filed 9/2/03, effective 10/3/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and 34.70.250 [43.70.250]. 03-14-037, § 246-282-990, filed 6/23/03, effective 7/24/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and the 2002 supplemental operating budget. 02-15-094, § 246-282-990, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250, 70.90.150, and 43.20B.250. 01-14-047, § 246-282-990, filed 6/29/01, effective 7/30/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030 and 43.20.030. 01-04-054, § 246-282-990, filed 2/5/01, effective 3/8/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250. 00-02-016, § 246-282-990, filed 12/27/99, effective 1/27/00; 99-12-022, § 246-282-990, filed 5/24/99, effective 6/24/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.020 and 69.30.030. 98-12-068, § 246-282-990, filed 6/1/98, effective 7/2/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.203.020 [43.20B.020]. 97-12-031, § 246-282-990, filed 5/30/97, effective 6/30/97. 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.]

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