diff --git a/app/lib/bundle_context_temporary.rb b/app/lib/bundle_context_temporary.rb
index 6e621bd0..4f6842af 100644
--- a/app/lib/bundle_context_temporary.rb
+++ b/app/lib/bundle_context_temporary.rb
@@ -57,19 +57,6 @@ def validate_files?
   # grab bag
   ####
 
-  # TODO: BundleContext is not really a logical home for this util method
-  # load CSV allowing UTF-8 to pass through, deleting blank columns
-  # @param [String] filename
-  # @return [Array<ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess>]
-  # @raise if file missing/unreadable
-  def self.import_csv(filename)
-    raise BundleUsageError, "CSV filename required" unless filename.present?
-    raise BundleUsageError, "Required file not found: #{filename}." unless File.readable?(filename)
-    file_contents = IO.read(filename).encode("utf-8", replace: nil)
-    csv = CSV.parse(file_contents, :headers => true)
-    csv.map { |row| row.to_hash.with_indifferent_access }
-  end
-
   def path_in_bundle(rel_path)
     File.join(bundle_dir, rel_path)
   end
@@ -77,7 +64,7 @@ def path_in_bundle(rel_path)
   # On first call, loads the manifest data, caches results
   # @return [Array<ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess>]
   def manifest_rows
-    @manifest_rows ||= self.class.import_csv(manifest)
+    @manifest_rows ||= CsvImporter.parse_to_hash(manifest)
   end
 
   ####
diff --git a/app/lib/csv_importer.rb b/app/lib/csv_importer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b81ebb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/csv_importer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CsvImporter
+  # load CSV allowing UTF-8 to pass through, deleting blank columns
+  # @param [String] filename
+  # @return [Array<ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess>]
+  # @raise if file missing/unreadable
+  def self.parse_to_hash(filename)
+    raise ArgumentError, "CSV filename required" unless filename.present?
+    raise ArgumentError, "Required file not found: #{filename}." unless File.readable?(filename)
+    file_contents = IO.read(filename).encode("utf-8", replace: nil)
+    csv = CSV.parse(file_contents, :headers => true)
+    csv.map { |row| row.to_hash.with_indifferent_access }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/lib/pre_assembly/bundle.rb b/app/lib/pre_assembly/bundle.rb
index 4951eec0..df62b6af 100644
--- a/app/lib/pre_assembly/bundle.rb
+++ b/app/lib/pre_assembly/bundle.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 
-require 'csv'
 require 'ostruct'
 require 'pathname'
 
@@ -36,10 +35,6 @@ class Bundle
              :validate_files?,
            to: :bundle_context
 
-    class << self
-      delegate :import_csv, to: BundleContextTemporary
-    end
-
     def initialize(bundle_context)
       @bundle_context = bundle_context
       self.skippables = {}
diff --git a/app/lib/pre_assembly/smpl.rb b/app/lib/pre_assembly/smpl.rb
index e40cbf0c..852a0bcc 100644
--- a/app/lib/pre_assembly/smpl.rb
+++ b/app/lib/pre_assembly/smpl.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def initialize(params)
 
     def load_manifest
       # load file into @rows and then build up @manifest
-      @rows = PreAssembly::Bundle.import_csv(@csv_filename)
+      @rows = CsvImporter.parse_to_hash(@csv_filename)
 
       @manifest = {}
 
diff --git a/app/models/bundle_context.rb b/app/models/bundle_context.rb
index d7015fff..75e7bcbd 100644
--- a/app/models/bundle_context.rb
+++ b/app/models/bundle_context.rb
@@ -66,23 +66,10 @@ def path_in_bundle(rel_path)
     File.join(bundle_dir, rel_path)
   end
 
-  # TODO: BundleContext is not really a logical home for this util method
-  # load CSV allowing UTF-8 to pass through, deleting blank columns
-  # @param [String] filename
-  # @return [Array<ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess>]
-  # @raise if file missing/unreadable
-  def self.import_csv(filename)
-    raise BundleUsageError, "CSV filename required" unless filename.present?
-    raise BundleUsageError, "Required file not found: #{filename}." unless File.readable?(filename)
-    file_contents = IO.read(filename).encode("utf-8", replace: nil)
-    csv = CSV.parse(file_contents, :headers => true)
-    csv.map { |row| row.to_hash.with_indifferent_access }
-  end
-
   # On first call, loads the manifest data, caches results
   # @return [Array<ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess>]
   def manifest_rows
-    @manifest_rows ||= self.class.import_csv(path_in_bundle(manifest))
+    @manifest_rows ||= CsvImporter.parse_to_hash(path_in_bundle(manifest))
   end
 
   def manifest_cols
diff --git a/spec/lib/bundle_context_temporary_spec.rb b/spec/lib/bundle_context_temporary_spec.rb
index a5ecf8fe..43c08e92 100644
--- a/spec/lib/bundle_context_temporary_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/bundle_context_temporary_spec.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     it "raises exception if required file not found" do
       revs_context.manifest = '__foo_manifest###'
       expect(File).to receive(:readable?).with(revs_context.manifest).and_return(false)
-      expect { revs_context.validate_usage }.to raise_error(BundleUsageError, /Required file not found/)
+      expect { revs_context.validate_usage }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /Required file not found/)
     end
 
     it "raises an exception since the sourceID column is misspelled" do
diff --git a/spec/lib/csv_importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/csv_importer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05eac2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/csv_importer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+RSpec.describe CsvImporter do
+  describe '#parse_to_hash' do
+    let(:manifest) do
+      described_class.parse_to_hash("#{Rails.root}/spec/test_data/bundle_input_a/manifest.csv")
+    end
+
+    it "loads a CSV as a hash with indifferent access" do
+      expect(manifest).to be_an(Array)
+      expect(manifest.size).to eq(3)
+      headers = %w{format sourceid filename label year inst_notes prod_notes has_more_metadata description}
+      expect(manifest).to all(be_an(ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess)) # accessible w/ string and symbols
+      expect(manifest).to all(include(*headers))
+      expect(manifest[0][:description]).to be_nil
+      expect(manifest[1][:description]).to eq('')
+      expect(manifest[2][:description]).to eq('yo, this is a description')
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pre_assembly/bundle_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pre_assembly/bundle_spec.rb
index 75fe7b62..374bb2ee 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pre_assembly/bundle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pre_assembly/bundle_spec.rb
@@ -42,21 +42,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#import_csv' do
-    let(:manifest) { described_class.import_csv(Rails.root.join('spec/test_data/bundle_input_a/manifest.csv')) }
-
-    it "loads a CSV as a hash with indifferent access" do
-      expect(manifest).to be_an(Array)
-      expect(manifest.size).to eq(3)
-      headers = %w{format sourceid filename label year inst_notes prod_notes has_more_metadata description}
-      expect(manifest).to all(be_an(ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess)) # accessible w/ string and symbols
-      expect(manifest).to all(include(*headers))
-      expect(manifest[0][:description]).to be_nil
-      expect(manifest[1][:description]).to eq('')
-      expect(manifest[2][:description]).to eq('yo, this is a description')
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#run_log_msg' do
     it 'returns a string' do
       expect(revs.run_log_msg).to be_a(String)
@@ -199,14 +184,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe '#manifest_rows' do
-    it "loads the manifest CSV only once, during the validation phase, and return all three rows even if you access the manifest multiple times" do
-      expect(revs.manifest_rows.size).to eq 3
-      expect(described_class).not_to receive(:import_csv)
-      revs.manifest_rows
-    end
-  end
-
   describe '#validate_files' do
     it "returns expected tally if all images are valid" do
       skip "validate_files has depedencies on exiftool, making it sometimes incorrectly fail...it basically exercises methods already adequately tested in the assembly-objectfile gem"
diff --git a/spec/models/bundle_context_spec.rb b/spec/models/bundle_context_spec.rb
index f2a1bb9c..1a005c7b 100644
--- a/spec/models/bundle_context_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/bundle_context_spec.rb
@@ -117,31 +117,14 @@
     skip("Need to figure out where to set this path via planning meeting 9/10/18")
   end
 
-  describe '#import_csv' do
-    let(:manifest) do
-      described_class.import_csv("#{Rails.root}/spec/test_data/bundle_input_a/manifest.csv")
-    end
-
-    it "loads a CSV as a hash with indifferent access" do
-      expect(manifest).to be_an(Array)
-      expect(manifest.size).to eq(3)
-      headers = %w{format sourceid filename label year inst_notes prod_notes has_more_metadata description}
-      expect(manifest).to all(be_an(ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess)) # accessible w/ string and symbols
-      expect(manifest).to all(include(*headers))
-      expect(manifest[0][:description]).to be_nil
-      expect(manifest[1][:description]).to eq('')
-      expect(manifest[2][:description]).to eq('yo, this is a description')
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "manifest_rows" do
     it "loads the manifest CSV" do
-      expect(described_class).to receive(:import_csv).with("spec/test_data/bundle_input_g/manifest.csv")
+      expect(CsvImporter).to receive(:parse_to_hash).with("spec/test_data/bundle_input_g/manifest.csv")
       bc.manifest_rows
     end
 
     it "memoizes the manifest rows" do
-      expect(described_class).to receive(:import_csv).once.with("spec/test_data/bundle_input_g/manifest.csv").and_call_original
+      expect(CsvImporter).to receive(:parse_to_hash).once.with("spec/test_data/bundle_input_g/manifest.csv").and_call_original
       2.times { bc.manifest_rows }
     end