Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.629.4 - Applying for a general exception to the act; requirements
Rule 4.
(1) An
application for an exception to the act must include all of the following:
(a) Name and address of applicant.
(b) Affiliation or company
information.
(c)
Cultivar.
(d) Location, acreage,
and hundredweight for planting.
(e)
Reason for exception request.
(f)
Names of 3 or more certified seed growers contacted to source seed.
(g) Desired seed source.
(h) Proof of seed potato certification
process, including which stage in the process the seed lot failed.
(i) Based upon the stage of failure, at least
1 of the following supporting documents:
(i) A
field inspection report for either the first or the second field
inspection.
(ii) Test results
described by R 285.629.6(1).
(iii)
A health certificate for the post-harvest (winter) test.
(iv) A shipping point inspection
certificate.
(2) To be eligible for an exception to
certification requirements under the act, both of the following must be true:
(a) The seed potatoes must have been
certified seed the prior year and have failed certification in the current
year, unless it is grown under a research exception.
(b) The applicant has contacted no fewer than
3 growers to source certified seed.
Notes
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