COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Inspection and Consumer Services Division
Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners
8 CCR 1202-4
Part 3.	REGISTRATION
3.1	Each commercial fertilizer, soil conditioner, or plant amendment product shall be registered by the person whose name appears on the label before being distributed in this state. All registrations shall expire annually on June 30 December 31. Applications for renewal of registrations must be submitted each year on or before that date.
3.2	Each manufacturing facility that produces commercial fertilizer custom mixes in this state must be registered as required in Section 35-12-104 (7), C.R.S. All registrations shall expire annually on June 30 December 31. Applications for renewal of registrations must be submitted each year on or before such date.
3.3	Each manufacturing facility that produces compost in this state must be registered as required in Section 35-12-104(8) (a), C.R.S. All registrations shall expire annually on December 31. Applications for renewal of registrations must be submitted each year on or before such date.
3.4	Each manufacturing facility in this state that produces compost shall register with the Commissioner except that:
(a)	Producers of less than ten (10) tons of compost per calendar year shall not be required to register;
(b)	Any facilities regulated under Section 14 of Part 1 of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Regulations Pertaining to Solid Waste Sites and Facilities, 6 CCR 1007-2, shall not be required to register.
3.5	Only fertilizers containing essential plant nutrients derived from sources recognized by AAPFCO may be registered. Iron sucrate may only be registered for use as an iron source for specialty fertilizers.
Part 9.	STATEMENTS OF BASIS, SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE
The Statements of Basis, Specific Statutory Authority and Purpose for rulemaking activity from 1971 to 1984 are no longer in the Department’s files.
9.3	Adopted April 9, 2013 June 11, 2013 – Effective May 30, 2013 January 1, 2014
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
The Commissioner's authority for the adoption of these permanent rule amendments is set forth in § 35-12-104(1), § 35-12-104(7) and § 35-1-107(5)(a), C.R.S.  
PURPOSE:
The purpose of these permanent rule amendments is to amend Part 3.1 to change the expiration date for a fertilizer registration and amend Part 3.2 to change the expiration date for a fertilizer manufacturing facility registration from June 30 to December 31.
FACTUAL AND POLICY BASIS:
The factual and policy issues pertaining to the adoption of these permanent rule amendments are as follows:
1.	This change is necessary to allow the Department to consolidate licensing functions to one time per year for all licenses issued by the ICS Division.  
2.	The Department of Agriculture is moving its licensing functions from a paper based system to an online system. To accommodate licensee’s who hold multiple licenses with the Department of Agriculture, we are establishing a common licensing date so a licensee can obtain all their licenses in one transaction.