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Notice: 13726002

Notice of Development of Rulemaking

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division:

Division of Agricultural Environmental Services

Chapter:

FERTILIZER

Overview

RULE:

5E-1.024	Commercial Fertilizer Tests
5E-1.027	Investigational Allowances
5E-1.028	Matching Criteria

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rulemaking is to provide notice of the form (FDACS-13409 Rev. 10/13) incorporated by reference in the rule, update the assays and fees for commercial fertilizer testing, establish certain investigational allowances for fertilizer deficiencies in rule and a date by which such allowances are effective and other allowances are repealed, and establish matching criteria for referee fertilizer analysis in rule in accordance with Chapter 2013-226, s. 14, 15 and 16, Laws of Florida amending s. 576.051, 576.061 and s. 576.181, Florida Statutes.   The effect of this rulemaking will be to provide notice of the form incorporated by reference in the rule and bring the form into compliance with Section 120.55(1)(a)4., Florida Statutes, to revise assays and fees to match those in the new Laboratory Information Management System,  to establish  certain investigational allowances for fertilizer deficiencies in rule including the revisions recently made by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO) for higher percent  available phosphate and soluble potash guarantees and establish the date by which such allowances are effective and other allowances are repealed, and establish matching criteria for referee fertilizer analysis determinations in rule that provide for more statistically defensible determinations for low nutrient guarantees in accordance with Chapter 2013-226, s. 14, 15 and 16, Laws of Florida amending s. 576.051, 576.061 and s. 576.181, Florida Statutes.

SUBJECT:

Commercial fertilizer testing, investigational allowances for fertilizer deficiencies, matching criteria for referee analysis and an effective date by which such allowances are effective and other allowances are repealed.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

576.051, 576.061 and 576.181, FS.

LAW:

576.051, 576.061 and 576.181, FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/25/2013 Vol. 39/209

RELATED STATUTES
AND LAWS:

576.051, 576.061 and 576.181, FS., 576.051, 576.061 and 576.181, FS.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE:

Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
Florida Administrative Law Central Online Network (F.A.L.C.O.N.)

RELATED COURT CASES:

Division of Administrative Hearings

FEDERAL eRULEMAKING
WEB PORTAL:

Regulations.gov

HOW TO LINK TO
THIS NOTICE:

http://flrules.org/gateway/ruleno.asp?id=5E-1.024&PDate=10/25/2013&Section=1

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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