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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 15.08.01.11" title_num="15" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Seed Testing; Fees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Seed groups tested include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Group I—Small grains and legumes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Austrian winter pea,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Buckwheat,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Corn,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Cowpea,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Crownvetch,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Field Pea,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Flat Pea,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Hairy Vetch,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Lespedeza,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Millet,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Panicgrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Rape,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(m)">
        <text>Reed Canary grass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(n)">
        <text>Small grain (wheat, barley, rye, and oat),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(o)">
        <text>Small seeded legume (clover, alfalfa, and trefoil),</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(p)">
        <text>Sorghum,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(q)">
        <text>Sudangrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(r)">
        <text>Sunflower,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(s)">
        <text>Switchgrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(t)">
        <text>Timothy,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(u)">
        <text>Tobacco,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(v)">
        <text>Vegetables;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Group II—Soybeans;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Group III—Grasses other than those in Group I:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Bermudagrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Bentgrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Bluegrasses,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Brome,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Fescues,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Lovegrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Orchardgrass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Redtop,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Rescue grass,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Ryegrasses,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Zoysia;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Group IV—Tree and shrub seed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Group V— Flowers and herbs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Group VI— Reclamation and wetlands species not listed above such as smartweed, rice cut grass, boneset, etc.;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Group VII—Mixtures of Groups I and II kinds (per component); and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Group VIII—Mixtures of all other kinds (per component).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Fees for Seed Testing.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Additional Fees for Testing.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If mixture components are not listed, a complete purity and noxious test will be performed at the rates indicated in §B of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An additional $10 shall be charged for germination tests conducted in sand-soil.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Uncleaned or excessively chaffy or dirty samples and other seed tests not listed shall be charged for on the basis of the actual time required to make tests at the rate of $40 per hour.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Miscellaneous fees, which are as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Tetrazolium test for quick indication of viability, which includes a priority fee—$50;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Cold tests—soybeans, lima beans, garden beans, corn, and others—$15;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Accelerated aging test—$15;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Laboratory treatment with fungicide—$10;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Seed count (conditioned samples only)—$10;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Endophyte testing (tall fescue and perennial ryegrass) $25 seed test, $35 seedling test;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Round-up tolerance test—$20; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Priority testing, which is available as the workload allows, but shall be started not later than the next business day—$25.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>All seed samples treated with any fungicide or other material may not be tested unless the name of the substance is plainly marked on the container.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>