(1) It is the responsibility of a department approved seed conditioner to operate in a manner that:
- (a) Maintains the purity and identity of seed conditioned, stored, transshipped or labeled.
- (b) Complies with the standards and procedures for conditioning and sampling seed in accordance with chapter 15.49 RCW and rules adopted thereunder.
- (2) Prior to shipping seed out-of-state, adhere to WAC 16-302-145 through 16-302-165 for interagency seed certification requirements.
- (3) Records of all operations must be complete and adequate to account for all incoming seed and final disposition of seed.
- (4) The seed conditioner is responsible for seed certification fees including sampling, testing, final certification fees, tagging as applicable and may request the responsibility for additional fees.
- (5) Failure of a seed conditioner to comply with the seed law and rules is cause for the department to revoke a seed conditioning permit under the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, [15.49].021, [15.49].310, [15.49].370, 15.140.030, and chapter 15.49 RCW. WSR 25-09-035, s 16-302-130, filed 4/9/25, effective 5/10/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3), and chapter 34.05 RCW. WSR 14-20-050, § 16-302-130, filed 9/25/14, effective 10/26/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. WSR 00-24-077, § 16-302-130, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]