WAC 16-237-170. Emergency storage situation

If the director determines that an emergency storage situation exists, a warehouse operator may forward warehouse receipted grain to other licensed warehouses for storage without canceling the depositor's warehouse receipt under the following conditions: (1) The warehouse operator must: (a) Obtain written permission from the depositor and/or the holder of the warehouse receipt before the grain is shipped. (b) Notify the department before the grain is shipped. (c) Have a warehouse receipt issued in their name from the receiving warehouse. (d) Be back in compliance with the requirements described in RCW 22.09.250 within 120 days from the date of the first grain shipment. (2) An extension of the 120-day requirement in subsection (1)(d) of this section may be granted for government owned commodities.