Minnesota Administrative Rules

6258.0800 PERMITTEE REPORTS, RECORDS, AND INSPECTIONS.

Subpart 1.

Required records.

A permittee must keep records of each mussel sales transaction. The records must be verifiable with supporting sales slips and include:

A.

pounds of mussels sold;

B.

name and address of the buyer; and

C.

date of transaction.

Records must be kept current within 48 hours of each transaction. Failure to keep complete and current records may result in immediate revocation of the permit and may render the permittee ineligible for permits for one year. All records must be maintained and available for inspection, at the permittee's address, for three years.

Subp. 2.

Required reports.

A permittee must submit reports monthly while the permit is valid on forms provided by the commissioner. Reports for the previous month must be submitted by the permittee to the address identified on the form so that they are received by the department by the 15th of each month even if no harvest activity took place. All information requested on the report must be provided. Failure to submit required reports may result in revocation of the existing permit and may render the permittee ineligible for permits for one year.

Subp. 3.

Inspections.

Records required in this part, business and operation premises, and boats, vehicles, and gear used in the mussel harvesting operations may be inspected at all reasonable times by the commissioner.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 97C.701

History:

18 SR 83; 23 SR 348

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008