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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.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 (($250.)) $260.

50 or greater Acres (($400.)) $415.

Shucker-Packer

Plants with floor space < 2000 sq. ft. (($450.)) $470.

Plants with floor space > 2000 sq. ft.

and < 5000 sq. ft. (($550.)) $570.

Plants with floor space > 5000 sq. ft. (($1,000.)) $1,040.

(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.]

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