Georgia Administrative Code

(1) An Animal Feeding Operator shall be considered trained when the applicant successfully completes a minimum of 2 days instruction on the following: (a) Understanding state regulations and water quality laws, (b) Comprehensive nutrient management planning, (c) Best management p…

(1) An Animal Feeding Operator shall be considered certified when the applicant demonstrates competency in all of the above listed modules including passing a written examination with a minimum score of 70%. Examinations will be structured to address the needs of operators of var…

(1) A Certified Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) Specialist is an individual certified by the Georgia Department of Agriculture to develop and modify NMPs for animal feeding operations in accordance with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division Rules for Water Quality Control,…

Application for NMP Specialist Certification shall be made to the Georgia Department of Agriculture (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as "Department") on a form approved by the Department.

(1) An individual may apply to the Department for certification provided one of the following training criteria has been met: (a) Complete a minimum of two days of NMP training and testing approved by the Department and demonstrate competency by developing an acceptable plan, or …

(1) A NMP Specialist shall be considered certified when the applicant demonstrates competency in all of the above listed areas of training. The Department shall issue a certificate to the NMP Specialist upon the successful completion of training and certification. (2) A NMP Speci…

All holders of tobacco warehouse licenses issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture shall operate relative to sales opportunity under the following formula: (a) The formula for determining sales opportunity for all warehouses operating under license by this State shall be a…

Any holder of a tobacco warehouse license issued by the Georgia Department of Agriculture that fails to comply with the formula set out in Section of these regulations shall subject said license to immediate suspension or revocation by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State…

The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these rules and regulations: (a) Tobacco Dealer: Any person, firm or corporation purchasing tobacco at auction at any flue-cured leaf tobacco auction sales establishment licensed herein-under shall …

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of a tobacco dealer or a non-auction tobacco dealer without first having secured a license therefore from the Commission of Agriculture of the State of Georgia. The license shall be applied for…

Licensed tobacco dealers shall be required to keep records containing the following information: (a) The weekly total of tobacco purchased at flue-cured leaf tobacco auction sales establishments licensed hereunder; (b) The weekly total of tobacco purchased at non-auction sales: 1…

The Commissioner may refuse, suspend or revoke any license issued to a tobacco dealer upon a showing of violation of any provision of this act or any rule or regulation promulgated and adopted pursuant to this act.

It shall be the duty of each duly licensed operator of a flue-cured leaf tobacco auction sales establishment to ascertain that all purchasers of leaf tobacco in his auction warehouses are duly licensed with the Commissioner as provided for in this act.

The Commissioner may refuse, suspend or revoke any license issued to such leaf tobacco auction sales establishment operator who permits an unlicensed tobacco dealer to purchase tobacco in his sales establishment.

(1) In auction sales of flue-cured tobacco, warehouse operators shall collect or pay applicable grading fees and remit directly to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for service, or to whom the USDA directs. In non-auction sales of flue-cured tobacco, receiving st…

The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these rules and regulations. (a) Operator: Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in the receipt for storage and/or storage of tobacco unsold in the year of production until the subse…

No person real or corporate shall operate a service for receiving within this State flue-cured tobacco for the purpose of weighing, redrying and storing said tobacco from the year of production until the subsequent selling season for sale at that time without first having obtaine…

As a prerequisite to the issuance of a license under this Act, each applicant shall furnish evidence to the Commissioner that there is in force an insurance policy against loss or damage by fire and such other perils as are commonly insured against under extended coverage provisi…