Ariz. Admin. Code § 3-4-1011

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section R3-4-1011 - Notifications; Reports

A. All notifications and reports for licensees shall be made on forms provided by the Department unless otherwise indicated in this section or as directed by the Associate Director.

B. Planting Report. Within five business days after planting a harvest lot of hemp, a grower must complete and submit a planting report that includes, at a minimum the following:

1. The contact information of the licensee, including license number;

2. A unique harvest lot identification number assigned by the grower or nursery

3. The geospatial location information where a harvest lot was planted (the "site");

4. The variety name of the harvest lot;

5. The actual area planted with each lot; and

6. The estimated date of harvest or transplanting.

C. Grower Notice of Intent to Harvest. Within 30 calendar days prior to harvest, a grower must complete and submit a Notice of Intent to Harvest form for each harvest lot to be sampled that includes, at a minimum the following:

1. The contact information of the grower, including license number;

2. The unique harvest lot identification number assigned by the grower as initially indicated on the planting report;

3. The geospatial location or locations information of the harvest lot to be sampled (the "site");

4. The variety name of the harvest lot;

5. The size of the area to be harvested; and

6. The intended date of harvest.

D. Notice of Intent to Transport. Within three business days prior to transporting a lot of harvested hemp for processing, a grower must complete and submit a Notice of Intent to Transport form for each harvest lot transported to a processor that includes, at a minimum the following:

1. The contact information of the grower, including license number;

2. The unique harvest lot identification number assigned by the grower as initially indicated on the planting report;

3. The geospatial location or locations information of the harvest lot to be transported;

4. The variety name of the harvest lot;

5. The amount of harvested hemp to be transported;

6. The intended date of transport; and

7. The contact information of the receiver.

E. Notice of Destruction. Within three calendar days after a grower has found a harvest lot significantly damaged, completely destroyed, or has disposed of a harvest lot, a grower must complete and submit a Notice of Destruction form that includes, at a minimum the following:

1. The contact information of the grower, including license number;

2. The unique harvest lot identification number assigned by the grower as initially indicated on the planting report;

3. The geospatial location or locations information of the harvest lot subject to damage, destruction, or disposal (the "site");

4. The variety name of the harvest lot;

5. The size of the area that was subject to damage, destruction, or disposal; and

6. The date the damage or destruction was discovered, or date of disposal.

F. Grower and nursery annual reports. By December 31 of each year, a grower or nursery shall provide the Department a report of the following:

1. The sale or distribution of any industrial hemp grown under the grower's license;

2. The name and address of the person or entity receiving the industrial hemp; and

3. The amount of the industrial hemp sold or distributed.

G. Processor notifications. All shipments of industrial hemp received into a processing facility must be reported to the Department.

1. For the importation of hemp material for processing, a licensed processor shall notify the department of the shipment, within three business days of receipt of the shipment. The notification shall include the following information:

a. A copy of the shipping manifest that indicates the name, physical address, and phone number of the shipper, and the total weight of the hemp commodity in the shipment;

b. A copy of the documentation issued by a regulatory official that attests the hemp commodity was produced with an acceptable concentration of total delta-9 THC;

c. A copy of the industrial hemp grower's certificate, license or equivalent documentation authorizing the production of industrial hemp in that state; and

d. A phytosanitary certificate , if required, a certificate of inspection , or certificate of origin issued by a plant regulatory official.

2. For the invoicing of processor assessment fees listed in Table 1, a notification shall be filed with the Department within 30 calendar days of receipt of the shipment or shipments that contain the following information:

a. The grower's license number;

b. The harvest lot number issued by the Department or an authorizing state;

c. The amount of material in the shipment; and

d. The date the shipment was received.

H. Other notifications. A licensee shall notify the Department within three business days from receipt of results of any third party analysis that determined a hemp crop or plant sample contained a total delta-9 THC concentration greater than 1.0%.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-4-1011

Adopted by exempt rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1447, effective 5/31/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 1570, effective 9/16/2021.