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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 15.01.17.17" title_num="15" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="17" heading="Department Reports to USDA.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>By the first of each month, the Department shall file with USDA a report on each licensed grower with the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For each new licensee that is an individual, the report shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The full name of the individual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The license number and status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The business address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Telephone number and email address (if applicable); and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A legal description and GPS coordinates for each field, greenhouse, indoor growing structure, or site where industrial hemp will be cultivated, handled, or stored.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For each new licensee that is a business entity, the report shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The full name of the business entity;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The license number and status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The principal business location address;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The full name, title, and email address (if applicable) of each person for whom the entity is required to submit a criminal background check; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A legal description and GPS coordinates for each field, greenhouse, indoor growing structure, or site where industrial hemp will be cultivated, handled or stored.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For each licensee that was included in a previous report and whose reported information has changed, the report shall include the previously reported information and the new information, including the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The status of each grower and seed producer's license;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The period covered by the report; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Indication whether there were changes during the current reporting cycle if applicable.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>By the first of each month, the Department shall file with USDA a report of any occurrence among licensed hemp growers where hemp plants or plant parts have exceeded the acceptable THC levels as provided in this chapter with the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name and address of the licensee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Producer license number;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Location information, such as a lot number, location type, and GPS coordinates or other location descriptor for the production area subject to hemp disposal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Information on the agent handling the disposal; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Documentation or traceability from seed acquisition to harvest or crop termination.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In addition to the hemp disposal report described in §B of this regulation, the Department shall promptly notify USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service of any occurrence of hemp plants that do not meet the definition of hemp as provided in this chapter or products derived from such plants. Records shall be attached to the report demonstrating that the proper disposal methods were followed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>By December 15 of each year, the Department shall submit an annual report to USDA that provides the following information under the Program:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Total planted acreage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Total harvested acreage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Total acreage disposed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Any report filed by the Department with USDA shall be submitted using a digital form compatible with USDAs sharing systems, whenever possible.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>