The following rates apply for requested inspection services
at licensed nursery facilities:
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(1) Fee or Charge:
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Hourly rate-business hours
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$58.00
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Phytosanitary certificate issued for
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$20.00
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Certificate of plant health for noncommercial
movement
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$20.00
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Compliance agreement
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$58.00
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Inspection tags or stickers (lots of 250)
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$10.00 per lot
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(2) Mileage at
the established office of financial management rate, per diem and other
authorized travel expenses at actual cost, and travel time at the applicable
hourly rate may be assessed for requested inspections that are not a part of a
regular work schedule. Such charge may be prorated among applicants if more
than one applicant is provided service during a workday or trip when mileage
and/or per diem are applicable.
(3)
Inspections for phytosanitary certification, including growing season field
inspections, are provided at the applicable hourly rate provided in subsection
(1) of this section except where an alternate certification inspection fee is
provided in statute, in rule, or by a written agreement between the department
and an industry entity, university, or public agency. When growing season field
inspections for phytosanitary certification and regulatory inspections are
performed simultaneously, the first two hours of inspection each calendar year
for nurseries licensed under WAC
16-401-041(1)(b) or
(2)(a); and the first four hours of
inspection per calendar year for nurseries licensed under WAC
16-401-041(1)(c) or
(2)(b), are without charge.
(4) Inspection and certification of nonplant
material or equipment for sanitation (freedom from soil or pests) by visual
examination or through witnessing a prescribed treatment (steam cleaning,
hydro-washing, etc.) is charged at the applicable hourly rate.
(5) The department may also charge fees
and/or surcharges for transmittal to federal agencies.
(6) The department may issue a certificate of
plant health for noncommercial movement of plant materials between states by
unlicensed persons, up to a maximum of five plants, for a flat fee without
charges for hourly rate, provided that the plants are brought to a plant
services office for inspection.
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Note:
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When two or more types of inspection, provided in
this section, are performed simultaneously, only one hourly rate
applies.
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Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
16-401-027
Amended by
WSR
15-21-022, Filed 10/13/2015, effective
12/1/2015
Amended by
WSR
23-11-012, Filed 5/5/2023, effective
6/5/2023
When two or more types of inspection, provided in this
section, are performed simultaneously, only one hourly rate applies. One
certificate for one service is issued at no charge.
