WSR 10-19-034

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


[ Filed September 9, 2010, 4:16 p.m. , effective October 10, 2010 ]


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

     Purpose: The purpose of the rule is to equitably assess the costs associated with commercial geoduck paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) testing. The cost assessment follows the annual redistribution formula which is based on the number of tests done in the previous year. This testing is essential to public health as it is the only means available to determine if dangerous levels of PSP exist in commercial geoduck and ensure toxic shellfish do not reach consumers.

     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 10-13-176 on June 23, 2010.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: A company name was corrected. There were no changes to the fee amounts.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: September 2, 2010.

Mary C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-3085.3


AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-19-067, filed 9/14/09, effective 10/15/09)

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


Type of Operation Annual Fee
Harvester $263
Shellstock Shipper
0 - 49 Acres $297
50 or greater Acres $476
Scallop Shellstock Shipper $297
Shucker-Packer
Plants with floor space < 2000 sq. ft. $542

Plants with floor space 2000 sq. ft. to 5000 sq. ft. $656
Plants with floor space > 5000 sq. ft. $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
Discovery Bay Shellfish $464
Department of natural resources (quota tracts harvested by DNR contract holders) $((10,452))

8,507

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe $((2,503))

1,237

Lower ((Elwah)) Elwha Klallam Tribe $((2,208))

4,485

Lummi Nation $((147))

155

Nisqually Indian Tribe $((3,091))

2,011

Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe $((4,416))

4,021

Puyallup Tribe of Indians $((8,244))

8,971

Skokomish Indian Tribe $((1,619))

155

Squaxin Island Tribe $((1,767))

618

Suquamish Tribe $((21,198))

21,189

Swinomish Tribe $((589))

619

Tulalip Tribe $((1,619))

5,568

((Washington Shell Fish, Inc. $147))

     (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. 09-19-067, § 246-282-990, filed 9/14/09, effective 10/15/09; 08-13-067, § 246-282-990, filed 6/13/08, effective 7/14/08; 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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