WSR 97-05-003

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Filed February 5, 1997, 3:03 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: February 5, 1997.

Purpose: To establish a fee for sampling a spectrophotometric analysis of hops without determination of moisture content.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-218-02001.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 22.09.790.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-23-067 on November 20, 1996.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.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

February 5, 1997

Jim Jesernig

Director

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 93-15-069, filed 7/16/93, effective 8/16/93)

WAC 16-218-02001 Schedule of charges for chemical analyses of hops, hop extract, hop pellets or hop powder. The following is the schedule of charges for chemical analyses of hops, hop extract, hop pellets or hop powder:

(1) Official samples of hops drawn by department personnel shall be composited either from the cores drawn for grade analysis, or from cores specifically drawn on a schedule for brewing value only. Charges for analysis are: Thirty-five cents per bale, with a minimum charge of thirty dollars for the ASBC spectrophotometric with moisture, thirty cents per bale, with a minimum charge of thirty dollars for the ASBC spectrophotometric without moisture, and ASBC or EBC conductometric methods. An official brewing value certificate shall be used.

(2) Extra time and mileage charges. If through no fault of the inspection service, lots of hops cannot be sampled at the time such sampling has been requested by the applicant or there is an undue delay in making a lot of hops available for sampling, extra time and mileage charges shall be assessed. Fees for hourly wages shall be charged at the current established sampler hourly rate and mileage shall be charged at the rate established by the state office of financial management.

To be considered available for sampling and certification, each and every bale in the lot of hops shall be readily accessible so that each bale may be properly stenciled and samples drawn from those bales selected by the inspector.

(3) The following fees shall be charged by the department for samples submitted to the chemical and hop laboratory for analysis:

(a) ASBC spectro $30.00

(b) ASBC conducto $30.00

(c) EBC conducto $30.00

(d) EBC conducto (Wollmer, Zurich, Mebak, Verzele, Ganzlin and hard and/or

soft resins) $60.00

(e) Spectro of tannins, Wollmer, etc. $55.00

(f) Methylene chloride $80.00

(g) Tannin $55.00

(h) Ash $20.00

(i) SO2 $25.00

(j) H2O $10.00

(k) HPLC $100.00

(l) Oil $25.00

(m) Wort test, particle size $10.00

(4) A fee shall be charged by the department for any other analysis not listed in this section such as isoconversion products from alpha and beta resins and possible adulterants such as residues. Fees shall be based on labor costs, laboratory equipment costs, chemical and material costs, administrative and overhead costs.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 22.09.830(2). 93-15-069, 16-218-02001, filed 7/16/93, effective 8/16/93. Statutory Authority: Chapter 22.09 RCW. 86-17-032 (Order 1905), 16-218-02001, filed 8/15/86; 79-04-077 (Order 1596), 16-218-02001, filed 3/30/79; 78-07-074 (Order 1580), 16-218-020 (codified as WAC 16-218-02001), filed 6/30/78.]

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