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Chapter 5B-2 - FLORIDA NURSERY STOCK AND CERTIFICATION FEE
Section 5B-2.010 - Special Inspection and Certification Fees

Fla. Admin. Code R. 5B-2.010

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Current through Reg. 50, No. 217; November 5, 2024
Section 5B-2.010 - Special Inspection and Certification Fees
(1) Special inspection and certification services that may be provided by the division when requested by farmers, growers or other interested parties may include treatments, pest identifications, plant identifications, investigations, and regulatory activities not otherwise specifically provided for by chapter 581, F.S. The prescribed fees for these special inspections and certifications shall be as follows:

Type of Certification

Charge

Form

Inspection and state of origin certificate, Phytosanitary export certificate, Phytosanitary reexport certificate, Post entry quarantine site inspection.

Mileage1 and $50 minimum per inspection2.

Other special inspection2.

Temporary inspection fee2.

Mileage1 and $50 minimum per inspection2.

Follow-up Quarantine Inspections.

Mileage1 and $50 minimum per inspection2.

No charge first inspection.

Phytosanitary export certificate noncommercial (homeowner plants or homeowner plant products).

Mileage1 and $25 minimum per inspection2.

Cut flower, cut fern.

$10 per acre per crop. Inspection plus mileage1, $25 minimum per location.

Import inspection for commercial shipments of plants or plant products.

Mileage1 and $50 per hour per inspection from time of arrival to departure, $50 minimum per location.

Growing season field inspection of bulbs, seed, vegetable and tobacco transplants.

$10 per acre per inspection plus mileage1, $25 minimum per location.

Vegetable transplants, aquatic and annual (bedding) plants (greenhouse, hotbeds, or other growing units).

Mileage1 and $25 per 10, 000 square feet of growing unit space, $25 minimum per location and $10 for each 1000 square feet of approved growing space per inspection.

Nematode certification.

Mileage1 and $50 per sample.

FDACS-08270, Consolidation Declaration For Florida Nursery Stock Destined To Texas Or Louisiana, Revised 11/15.

FDACS-08472, Revised 11/15, Texas/Louisiana Stock Dealer Compliance Agreement.

Botany diagnostic fee.

$55 per sample.

FDACS 08078, Botany Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

Entomology diagnostic fee.

$55 per sample.

FDACS 08400, Specimen Submission Form, Revised 11/15.

Plant Pathology diagnostic fee.

$55 per sample.

FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

Molecular diagnostic fee.

$55 per sample.

FDACS 08078, Botany Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

FDACS 08400 Specimen Submission Form, Revised 11/15.

FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

FDACS 08077, Nematode Report, Revised 11/15.

Lettuce mosaic samples.

$90 per sample ($180 if found positive).

FDACS 08429, Plant Pathology Specimen Report, Revised 11/15.

Nematology diagnostic fee.

$55 per sample.

FDACS-08077, Nematode Report, Revised 11/15.

Caribbean fruit fly protocol participation.

Up to $4.00 per acre per month.

FDACS-08161, Caribbean Fruit Fly Protocol Program Application For Participation, Revised 11/15.

FDACS-08233, Caribbean Fruit Fly Certification Program-Establishment Of McPhail Traps, Revised 11/15.

Grades and Standards regrading inspections.

Mileage1 and $50 per hour per inspector from time of arrival to departure, $50 minimum per inspection2.

Permits for importing regulated organisms.

$12.50 per species not to exceed $50 per permit.

FDACS-08208, Application And Permit To Move Organisms Regulated By The State Of Florida, Revised 1/13, incorporated by reference in Rule 5B-57.004, F.A.C.

(2) Governmental agencies requesting one of the above services for research purposes may be exempt from fees if the following criteria is met:
(a) Department staff time does not exceed two hours of an eight-hour work day; and,
(b) Department staff is not required to travel greater than fifty miles from employee headquarters.

1Mileage shall be based on the prevailing state mileage rate.

2There shall be a $15 charge for each additional phytosanitary export, phytosanitary reexport, inspection and state of origin, post entry quarantine site inspection and other applicable special inspection certificates written at the same location for the same destination provided no inspection was made.

Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 5B-2.010

Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 581.031(23) FS. Law Implemented 581.031 FS.

New 6-15-81, Amended 10-28-85, Formerly 5B-2.10, Amended 7-27-86, 5-6-87, 11-19-89, 5-17-92, 11-29-95, 4-9-96, 10-8-96, 6-12-00, 3-31-02, 11-8-06, Amended by Florida Register Volume 42, Number 081, April 26, 2016 effective 5/8/2016.

New 6-15-81, Amended 10-28-85, Formerly 5B-2.10, Amended 7-27-86, 5-6-87, 11-19-89, 5-17-92, 11-29-95, 4-9-96, 10-8-96, 6-12-00, 3-31-02, 11-8-06, 5-8-16.