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.
(2) When service is requested for a vessel inspection, a cancellation fee applies as follows:
(a) When a vessel inspection is requested and then canceled after 2:00 p.m. of the last business day before the requested service; and
(b) The service cancellation fee will be charged per employee scheduled to inspect the vessel.
(3) When a facility has an approved permanent staffing request letter in place for the day, night, swing, or graveyard shift, the department waives the cancellation fee for the permanently staffed shift.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
22.09.020 and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 17-19-051, § 16-240-054, filed 9/13/17, effective 10/14/17; WSR 16-12-076, § 16-240-054, filed 5/27/16, effective 7/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
15.17.050, 2012 2nd sp.s. c 7, and chapter
34.05 RCW. WSR 12-21-064, § 16-240-054, 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. WSR 05-11-058, § 16-240-054, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/17/05.]