Section 16-302-050 - Submitting an application for seed certification(1) Seed certification application due dates are:(a) For seed certified by the department: Alfalfa, clover, grasses and rapeseed (seedling applications) - Within sixty days of planting. Seedling applications will not be accepted if received more than one hundred five days after planting.(b) Hybrid canola or hybrid rapeseed - Fall plantings February 1st; Spring plantings - Twenty-one days after planting.(c) Sunflower twenty-one days after planting.(d) Notification of a seedling field to be harvested for certification the same year of planting is due July 31st with the required fees. (i) Bean - Twenty-one days after planting.(iii) Industrial hemp - Twenty-one days after planting.(2) For seed certified by the Washington state crop improvement association (WSCIA) seed certification application due dates are:(a) Fall planted small grains, peas and lentils - April 1st.(b) Spring planted small grains, peas, lentils, and millet -June 1st.(c) Chickpeas - Within twenty-eight days of planting.(d) Hybrid small grains - Fall plantings February 1st; spring plantings - Twenty-one days after planting.(e) Buckwheat and soybean - July 1st.(g) Forest tree seed certification - Refer to specific crop requirements in chapter 16-319 WAC.(3) An application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency each year a grower plans to produce seed for certification of annual crops (beans, peas, grain).(4) A renewal application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency after a stand is established each year that a grower plans to produce seed for certification of perennial crops (alfalfa, clover, grass). Due dates for renewal applications are as follows:(a) Alfalfa and clover - April 15th.(5) Applications received after the due date are assessed a late application fee.(6) No renewal application for seed certification may be accepted after the due date if a field inspection cannot be conducted prior to harvest except at the discretion of the certifying agency.Wash. Admin. Code § 16-302-050
Amended by WSR 14-20-050, Filed 9/25/2014, effective 10/26/2014Amended by WSR 17-08-090, Filed 4/5/2017, effective 5/6/2017Amended by WSR 18-10-055, Filed 4/27/2018, effective 5/28/2018Amended by WSR 18-19-017, Filed 9/10/2018, effective 10/11/2018Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-050, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.