Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Each report
required by the department shall be submitted on a form provided by the
department. Each licensee shall submit the complete, accurate, and legible
reports on or before the date required.
(b) A primary licensee on a research grower
license shall submit a field planting report to the department within 15 days
after every planting, including replanting seeds or propagules or establishing
plants. Each field planting report shall identify the following for each
research area:
(1) The official name of the
industrial hemp variety that was cultivated, planted, or grown;
(2) the global positioning system coordinates
for each research area where industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or
seeds are being cultivated, planted, or grown; and
(3) a statement of intended end-use for all
industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds being cultivated, planted,
or grown in each research area.
(c) Each primary licensee on a research
grower license shall submit a voluntary withdrawal report if either of the
following conditions is met:
(1) Industrial
hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds are not cultivated, planted, or grown
in a research area. The report shall be due no later than June 1.
(2) Industrial hemp plants being grown in a
portion of any research area are voluntarily destroyed as specified in K.A.R.
4-34-16. The report shall be due no later than 15 days after the industrial
hemp plants are destroyed.
(d) Each primary licensee on a research
grower license shall submit a pre-harvest report to the department at least 30
days before every intended harvest date, for each licensed research section.
The pre-harvest report shall include the following:
(1) The number of acres planted in each
research area;
(2) the intended
harvest date for each research area; and
(3) a statement of intended end-use for all
industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that will be harvested
from each research area.
(e) Each primary licensee on a research
grower license shall submit a production report to the department within 30
days after the last harvest date for every harvest. Each production report
shall include the following, at a minimum:
(1)
The amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds harvested
from each research area, which shall be provided as follows:
(A) If the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber, the number of bales
and the size and shape of the bales;
(B) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed, the quantity
by weight;
(C) if the industrial
hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral
material, the quantity by weight; and
(D) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use, the
information for each end-use as required by this regulation;
(2) the name, address, and, if
applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research
distributor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is
authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of
agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that transported any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that
were harvested; and
(3) the name,
address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the
research processor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity
that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department
of agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that received the industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain for
processing.
(f) Each
primary licensee on a research distributor license shall annually submit a
completed distribution report to the department no later than November 30. Each
distribution report shall include the following, at a minimum:
(1) The amount of industrial hemp plants,
plant parts, grain, or seeds distributed in each load, which shall be provided
as follows:
(A) If the industrial hemp crop
was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber and was
distributed, the number of bales and the size and shape of the bales;
(B) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed and was
distributed, the quantity by weight;
(C) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral material and was
distributed, the quantity by weight; and
(D) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use and
was distributed, the information for each end-use as required by this
regulation;
(2) the name,
address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the
research grower license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that
is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of
agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that cultivated, planted, grew, handled, harvested, conditioned, stored,
distributed, or transported any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or
seeds that the licensee distributed or transported;
(3) the name, address, and, if applicable,
the license number of the primary licensee on the research processor license or
an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an
institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that processed each load of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain that
the licensee distributed or transported; and
(4) the amount of industrial hemp plants,
plant parts, grain, or seeds that was sold during the current license
year.
(g) Each primary
licensee on a research processor license shall annually submit a completed
processing report no later than November 30. Each processing report shall
include the following, at a minimum:
(1) The
amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain processed by the
licensee, which shall be provided as follows:
(A) If the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber and was processed,
the number of bales and the size and shape of the bales;
(B) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed and was
processed, the quantity by weight;
(C) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral material and was
processed, the quantity by weight; and
(D) if the industrial hemp crop was
cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use and
was processed, the information for each end-use as required by this
regulation;
(2) the name,
address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the
research grower license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that
is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of
agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that cultivated, planted, grew, handled, harvested, conditioned, stored,
distributed, or transported any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain
that the licensee processed; and
(3) the name, address, and, if applicable,
the license number of the primary licensee on the research distributor license
or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an
institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under
7 U.S.C.
5940, as amended, and the laws of the state
that distributed or transported any of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or
grain that the licensee processed.
(h) On and after January 1, 2019, each
primary licensee shall prepare and submit a research report to the department
no later than November 30 each year. Each research report shall include the
following, at a minimum:
(1) A summary of the
research conducted;
(2) a
description of the methods and materials used in conducting the
research;
(3) the results of the
research; and
(4) an analysis of
the results.
(i) All
research conducted and all reports submitted to the department as part of the
pilot program shall become the property of the department, and no compensation
shall be due from the department to any licensee.