(a) The general seed certification standards, as adopted by the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies in the 2018 edition of the Seed Certification Handbook, pages 6-7 and 65-67, are basic and constitute the standards for certification of industrial hemp seed.

(b) Copies of pages 6-7 and 65-67 of the 2018 edition of the Seed Certification Handbook, published by the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, are available for public inspection and copying in the office of the Director of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Markets, 10B Airline Drive, Albany, New York 12235, and in the office of the Department of State, One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 650, Albany, New York 12231.