(a) Inspections and tests.--The department shall have authority to fix, adjust, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the certification inspection service and requested seed tests authorized by this chapter. Such fees shall be large enough to meet the reasonable expenses incurred by the department or its agents in making such inspections as may be necessary for seed certification and conducting requested tests.
(b) Service samples.--
(1) The testing fee may be required to accompany the sample.
(2) Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(3) There shall be a $5 late fee assessed for every month that the testing fee is past due.
(4) A Pennsylvania Noxious Weed Seed Examination shall be included with all purity analyses.
(5) Service Sample Fees.
>
Kind of Seed
>
Purity Analysis (including Pennsylvania
State Noxious
Weed Seed Examination)
>
Germination
Test
>
Combined
Purity
Analysis and
Germination
Test
> > >
Alfalfa
>
$7.00
>
$5.50
>
$12.00
> >
Barley
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Beans, garden
>
6.00
>
6.50
>
12.00
> >
Beans, Lima
>
6.00
>
7.50
>
13.00
> >
Bent grass
>
14.00
>
8.00
>
21.50
> >
Bluestems
>
26.00
>
8.00
>
33.50
> >
Bird's-foot
trefoil
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Bluegrass
>
15.00
>
8.00
>
22.50
> >
Bromegrass
>
10.00
>
7.50
>
17.00
> >
Buckwheat
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Clovers
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Corn
>
5.00
>
6.50
>
11.00
> >
Crown vetch
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Deer's-tongue
grass
>
10.00
>
7.50
>
17.00
> >
Fescues
>
10.00
>
7.50
>
17.00
> >
Flat pea
>
6.00
>
7.50
>
13.00
> >
Millets
>
8.50
>
6.50
>
14.50
> >
Oats (including
fluorescence
test)
>
8.00
>
5.50
>
13.00
> >
Orchard grass
>
12.00
>
7.00
>
18.50
> >
Peas
>
5.00
>
6.50
>
11.00
> >
Redtop
>
14.00
>
8.00
>
21.50
> >
Reed
Canary grass
>
9.00
>
6.50
>
15.00
> >
Rye
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Ryegrass
>
9.00
>
6.00
>
14.50
> >
Ryegrass (including
fluorescence
test)
>
9.00
>
10.50
>
19.00
> >
Sorghums
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Soybeans
>
6.00
>
7.50
>
13.00
> >
Sudan grass
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Timothy
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Tobacco
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Vetch
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Wheat
>
7.00
>
5.50
>
12.00
> >
Flowers
>
8.00
>
6.50
>
14.00
> >
Vegetables
and herbs
except beans,
corn and peas
>
8.00
>
5.50
>
13.00
> >
Tree, forb and
shrub:
>
>
>
> >
without embryo
excision
>
8.00
>
9.00
>
16.50
> >
with embryo
excision
>
8.00
>
20.00
>
27.00
> >
with embryo
excision and
removal of pits
>
8.00
>
22.00
>
29.00
> >
Mixtures:
>
>
>
> >
Lawn and
turf:
>
>
>
> >
Two components
>
22.00
>
16.00
>
36.00
> >
Each
additional
component
>
8.00
>
8.00
>
15.00
> >
Germination only
>
>
8.00 extra
>
> >
Pasture, hay and
conservation:
>
>
>
> >
Two components
>
12.00
>
14.00
>
25.00
> >
Each
additional
component
>
5.00
>
7.00
>
11.00
> >
Germination only
>
>
6.00 extra
>
> >
Miscellaneous
charges:
>
>
>
> >
Interstate
noxious weed
examinations:
>
>
>
> >
Lawn and turf
with purity
>
>
6.00 extra
>
> >
Lawn and turf
without purity
>
>
20.00
>
> >
All others
with purity
>
>
5.00 extra
>
> >
Pennsylvania
Noxious Weed
Seed Examination:
>
>
>
> >
Lawn and turf
grasses and
mixtures
>
>
15.00
>
> >
All others
>
>
4.00
>
> >
Cold test
>
>
10.00
>
> >
Canada standards
test
>
>
10.00
>
> >
Identification
>
>
5.00
>
> >
Embryo excision
test
>
>
15.00
>
> >
Rush
>
>
10.00
>
> >
Extra laboratory
report
>
>
2.00
>
> >
Tests not listed,
special
procedures,
extra time, etc.
>
>
20.00 per hour
>
> > (c) Seed certification.--
(1) The department will provide annually a schedule listing application, inspection, tag and label fees.
(2) An applicant shall include the appropriate application fee payment for each crop. Fees shall be paid by check or money order made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Fees are nonrefundable.
(3) The field inspection fee is based on the total acres inspected or, in the case of grass and legumes, the pounds of clean seed produced. An invoice stating the amount of the fee will be sent to the applicant.
(4) Acreage or plants withdrawn by the applicant prior to the actual inspection may not be included except as provided for in regulation.
(5) Application and inspection fees.
>
Crop
>
Application Fee
>
Inspection Fee
> > >
Potatoes (other
than pronuclear
seed potatoes)
>
$25.00
>
$10 per acre
> >
Prenuclear seed
potatoes
>
>
15¢ per sq. ft.,
assessed once
> >
(greenhouse)
>
25.00
>
per crop
> >
Prenuclear seed
potatoes
>
>
$50 assessed
> >
(laboratory)
>
25.00
>
annually
> >
Tobacco
>
25.00
>
$50 (minimum)
> >
Winter barley,
wheat, rye
>
25.00
>
$3 per acre
> >
Hybrid field corn
>
25.00
>
$7 per acre
> >
Spring barley, oats
>
25.00
>
$3 per acre
> >
Soybean
>
25.00
>
$3 per acre
> >
Grass, legume
>
25.00
>
4¢ per pound
production fee;
any field inspection
$3 per acre
> >
Turfgrass sod
>
25.00
>
$4 per acre
(preplant
inspection)
$7 per acre
(final inspection)
> >
Trees
>
25.00
>
Fees based on the
actual
administrative
costs incurred by
the department
> >(6) Tag and label fees.
>
>
Tag
>
Label
> >
Pennsylvania certified seed
>
10¢
>
10¢
> >
Interagency certified seed
>
15¢
>
15¢
> >
Pennsylvania certified sod
>
>
20¢
> >
Pennsylvania certified seed potatoes
>
10¢
>
> >(7) There is a $25 per lot fee for each official interagency sample received.
(8) The shipping inspection fee for potatoes is $30 per inspection.
(d) Adjustment of fee.--If the secretary determines following notice to the licensees that moneys derived from the registration and inspection fees are either greater or less than that required to administer this chapter, the secretary may reduce or increase the inspection fee so as to maintain revenues sufficient to administer this chapter.
(e) Notice.--The secretary shall announce the adjustment of fees by publishing a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The adjusted fees shall take effect 60 days after publication of such notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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