OAR 603-056-0140: Application, Fees, and Procedures for Sod Quality Qualification

Any person desiring to have his seed qualify as “Oregon Sod Quality Seed” shall: (1) Request the Department or Oregon State University obtain seed samples for this purpose. Should such sampling be apart from and in addition to that performed by the Department or Oregon State University in their regulatory or other certification activity, the person requesting such sampling shall pay to the Department the fees chargeable for sampling under OAR 603-056-0305. In addition, such person shall pay to the Department a fee of $.20 each for the issuance of the tags described in 603-056-0135. (2) The testing of such seed samples obtained shall be performed by authorized personnel of Oregon State University in accordance with the standards prescribed in OAR 603-056-0145. (3) The person requesting such seed qualification shall be responsible for having a copy of the seed test results communicated by Oregon State University to the Department. (4) If the sample subject to testing for “Oregon Sod Quality Seed” qualification is from a regularly Certified Seed lot, only part of which is to be qualified as “Oregon Sod Quality Seed,” then a separate sample shall be required from that part of the lot to be so qualified. (5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, the Director may accept sod quality testing results from laboratories that are recognized by Oregon State University for Seed Certification testing.