5E-1.012. Reports and Inspection Fee Payment, Inspection Fees, Reporting

(1) Licensees must make a quarterly report of fertilizer sold in the State of Florida and pay a quarterly inspection fee. Each Licensee shall report the amount of all fertilizers sold each quarter, on or before the 30th day after the close of the reporting period, accompanied by inspection fee payment, as provided in Section 576.041, F.S. using the Department’s Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer Regulatory Website which can be located online at http://lims.flaes.org/HomeNew.aspx or by submitting as instructed on form, Report of Fertilizer Sold in the State of Florida, FDACS-13239, Rev. 10/25, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and available online at https://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18815. A zero report shall be made for any quarter in which there were no sales. If a quarter’s sales do not exceed one ton, a zero report shall be made by the Licensee for that quarter’s tonnage. The unreported tonnage, less than one ton, shall be combined with subsequent quarter’s tonnages until such time as the cumulative total exceeds one ton at which time it shall be reported on the next quarter’s report. (2) Statistical report of fertilizer tonnage. This report covers all fertilizer movements other than wholesale. Each Licensee shipping or delivering fertilizers in other than wholesale movements in lots of one or more tons shall notify the department thereof. Notification shall consist of: (a) A quarterly summary shall be submitted on or before the 30th day after the close of the reporting period. A zero report shall be made for any quarter in which there were no sales. (b) The quarterly summary shall be submitted using the Department’s Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer Regulatory Website which can be located online at http://lims.flaes.org/HomeNew.aspx or by submitting as instructed on form, Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting, FDACS-13238, Rev. 10/25, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and available online at https://flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-18816. The quarterly summary shall also include the following: 1. Destination County Code using the five digit (state + county) United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) County Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code. The EPA County FIPS Code Listing for the State of Florida, April 27, 2015, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and available online at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06164. 2. Material Code (materials only; not for mixed fertilizer). The material codes can be found in Appendix C of the Uniform Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting System Instruction Manual, Edition 2 (08/25/2006) which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and available online at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06165. The forms referenced above are also available upon request by contacting the Division of Agricultural Environmental Services, Bureau of Licensing and Enforcement, 3125 Conner Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1650, or by telephone at (850)617-7860.