Source: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/905
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(A) "Distributor" means a person who offers for sale, sells, trades, or supplies an agricultural additive.
(B) "Manufacturer" means a person who mines, extracts, processes, refines, blends, or mixes an agricultural additive.
(C) "Registrant" means the manufacturer who registers an agricultural additive under sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Agricultural additive" means any substance or mixture that is intended to improve for agricultural production purposes the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of soil or other growth medium or to improve otherwise crop production, plant growth, product quality, or yield prior to harvest, but excludes fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, pesticides, fertilizer pesticide mixtures, rhizobial inoculants, peat, peat moss, pine bark, gypsum, perlite, sand, unmanipulated animal or vegetable manures, mulches, and any other substances or mixtures that are excluded from this definition by rule of the director of agriculture.
(E) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient from which an agricultural additive derives all or part of its value or effectiveness and that is defined in the current edition of Merck's Chemical Index or recorded in Chemical Abstracts.
(F) "Inert ingredient" means an ingredient that is not active.
905.02 Selling or exchanging unregistered agricultural additive.
No distributor or manufacturer shall sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute for sale or exchange in this state any agricultural additive unless it has been registered by the manufacturer with the department of agriculture. Registration of an agricultural additive does not constitute a warranty by the department or the state.
905.03 Application for registration of agricultural additive.
(b) If a microbiological product, the number and kind of viable microorganisms per milliliter or, if the product is other than a liquid, per gram.
The registrant shall notify the director of any change of address within thirty days of the change; failure to notify the director constitutes grounds sufficient for the director to revoke the registration.
(B) If the director determines that the evidence submitted under division (A)(6) of this section is not sufficient proof of the additive's usefulness for agricultural production in this state, he may require the applicant to submit samples, conduct tests, or submit additional information, including conditions affecting performance, in order to evaluate its performance and usefulness.
(3) The additive is not useful for agricultural production in this state.
(D) All registrations shall expire on the thirty-first day of December and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) If a microbiological product, the number and kind of viable microorganisms per milliliter or, if the product is other than a liquid, per gram.
(H) The additive's registration number provided by the director of agriculture.
The information on the label shall correspond to the information included in the application for registration required under sections 905.02 and 905.03 of the Revised Code. The information on the label constitutes an express warranty of the results or effects shown on the label when used as directed.
The director of agriculture may adopt, modify, or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.
905.06 Information duties - investigations.
(C) Provide for the prompt and thorough investigation of written complaints received concerning agricultural additives.
905.07 Suspending or revoking of registration.
The director of agriculture or his duly authorized representative may enter any property, public or private, in order to make inspections to determine whether or not there is compliance with sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code or if any agricultural additive is useful for agricultural production in this state. If refused entry he may apply for and the court of common pleas may issue an appropriate warrant.
The director may suspend or revoke the registration of an agricultural additive if he finds that the additive does not produce the results or effects shown on its label or that the distributor or manufacturer has violated any provision of sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder. Before he suspends or revokes the registration of an agricultural additive, he shall afford the registrant the opportunity of an adjudication hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. However he may suspend the registration before such a hearing if he believes that the use of the additive in this state endangers the public health or safety or constitutes an imminent and substantial threat to agricultural production or the public welfare.
905.08 Holding additives during period of suspension or revocation.
The director of agriculture may issue an order to the owner or custodian of any package or lot of an agricultural additive requiring it to be held at a designated place during the period the director has suspended or revoked the product's registration under section 905.07 of the Revised Code. The agricultural additive shall be held until the director issues a release in writing. A release shall not be issued until the suspension or revocation of registration is terminated. No person shall violate an order to hold. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
The director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for an injunction against any person who continues to sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute for sale or exchange an agricultural additive for which an order to hold has been issued under section 905.08 of the Revised Code or that is not registered with the department of agriculture under section 905.02 of the Revised Code. Each package, container, or lot of an agricultural additive sold, exchanged, offered for sale or exchange, or distributed for sale or exchange in violation of section 905.02, 905.04, or 905.11 of the Revised Code constitutes a separate offense.
Upon written request by the director of agriculture, the attorney general may join or bring class actions on behalf of persons who are adversely affected by the purchase of agricultural additives or who are injured by violation of sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.
(H) Product has no harmful or potentially harmful side effects.
(A) "Brand name" means a name or expression, design, or trademark used in connection with one or several grades of any type of fertilizer.
(B) "Bulk fertilizer" means any type of fertilizer in solid, liquid, or gaseous state, or any combination thereof, in a nonpackaged form.
(C) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply fertilizer for other than manufacturing purposes.
(D) "Fertilizer" means any substance containing nitrogen, phosphorus, or potassium or any recognized plant nutrient element or compound that is used for its plant nutrient content or for compounding mixed fertilizers. "Fertilizer" does not include lime, limestone, marl, unground bone, water, residual farm products, and animal and vegetable manures unless mixed with fertilizer materials or distributed with a guaranteed analysis.
(E) "Grade" means the percentages of total nitrogen, available phosphorus or available phosphate (P2 O5 ), and soluble potassium or soluble potash (K2O) stated in the same terms, order, and percentage as in guaranteed analysis.
(G) "Label" means any written or printed matter on the package or tag attached to it or on the pertinent delivery and billing invoice.
(H) "Manufacture" means to process, granulate, blend, mix, or alter the composition of fertilizers for distribution.
(I) "Mixed fertilizer" means any combination or mixture of fertilizer designed for use, or claimed to have value, in promoting plant growth, including fertilizer pesticide mixtures.
(J) "Net weight" means the weight of a commodity excluding any packaging in pounds or metric equivalent, as determined by a sealed weighing device or other means prescribed by rules adopted by the director.
(K) "Packaged fertilizer" means any type of fertilizer in closed containers of not over one hundred pounds or metric equivalent.
(L) "Per cent" or "percentage" means the percentage of weight.
(M) "Person" includes any partnership, association, firm, corporation, company, society, individual or combination of individuals, institution, park, or public agency administered by the state or any subdivision of the state.
(N) "Product name" means a coined or specific designation applied to an individual fertilizer material or mixture of a fixed composition and derivation.
(O) "Sale" means exchange of ownership or transfer of custody.
(P) "Official sample" means the sample of fertilizer taken and designated as official by the director.
(Q) "Specialty fertilizer" means any fertilizer designed, labeled, and distributed for uses other than the production of commercial crops.
(R) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds.
(T) "Custom mixed fertilizer" means a fertilizer that is not premixed, but that is blended specifically to meet the nutrient needs of one specific customer.
(U) "Director" or "director of agriculture" means the director of agriculture or the director's designee.
(V) "Lot" means an identifiable quantity of fertilizer that may be used as an official sample.
(W) "Unit" means twenty pounds of fertilizer or one per cent of a ton.
(X) "Anhydrous ammonia equipment" means, with regard to the handling or storage of anhydrous ammonia, a container or containers with a maximum capacity of not more than four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine gallons or any appurtenances, pumps, compressors, or interconnecting pipes associated with such a container or containers. "Anhydrous ammonia equipment" does not include equipment for the manufacture of anhydrous ammonia or the storage of anhydrous ammonia either underground or in refrigerated structures.
(Y) "Anhydrous ammonia system" or "system" means, with regard to the handling or storage of anhydrous ammonia, a container or containers with a minimum capacity of not less than five thousand gallons or any appurtenances, pumps, compressors, or interconnecting pipes associated with such a container or containers. "Anhydrous ammonia system" does not include equipment for the manufacture of anhydrous ammonia or the storage of anhydrous ammonia either underground or in refrigerated structures.
(CC) "Residual farm products" has the same meaning as in section 939.01 of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.191, HB 420, §1, eff. 3/27/2013.
(A) Beginning September thirtieth of the third year after the effective date of this section, no person shall apply fertilizer for the purposes of agricultural production unless that person has been certified to do so by the director of agriculture under this section and rules or is acting under the instructions and control of a person who is so certified.
905.322 Rules and regulations regarding fertilizer application.
905.323 Voluntary nutrient management plans.
(c) Request the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district organized in accordance with Chapter 940. of the Revised Code to develop a voluntary nutrient management plan on the person's behalf.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the director of agriculture, an employee of the department of agriculture, the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, an employee of a district, and a contractor of the department or a district shall not disclose information, including data from geographic information systems and global positioning systems, used in the development or approval of or contained in a voluntary nutrient management plan.
905.325 Civil actions; affirmative defenses.
905.326 Application of fertilizer in western basin.
(b) When the top two inches of soil are saturated from precipitation.
(2) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person in the western basin shall surface apply fertilizer in a granular form when the local weather forecast for the application area contains greater than a fifty per cent chance of precipitation exceeding one inch in a twelve-hour period.
(1) The fertilizer is injected into the ground.
(2) The fertilizer is incorporated within twenty-four h ours of surface application.
(3) The fertilizer is applied onto a growing crop.
(1) Upon receiving a complaint by any person or upon receiving information that would indicate a violation of this section, the director or the director's designee may investigate or make inquiries into any alleged failure to comply with this section.
(2) After receiving a complaint by any person or upon receiving information that would indicate a violation of this section, the director or the director's designee may enter at reasonable times on any private or public property to inspect and investigate conditions relating to any such alleged failure to comply with this section.
(3) If an individual denies access to the director or the director's designee, the director may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the premises is located for a search warrant authorizing access to the premises for the purposes of this section.
(11) River Raisin watershed, hydrologic unit code 04100002.
(F) Notwithstanding section 905.31 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, "fertilizer" means nitrogen or phosphorous.
905.327 Penalty for unlawful application of fertilizer.
(A) The director of agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates section 905.326 of the Revised Code. The director may impose a civil penalty only if the director affords the person an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the director's determination that the person violated section 905.326 of the Revised Code. The person may waive the right to an adjudication hearing.
(B) If the opportunity for an adjudication hearing is waived or if, after an adjudication hearing, the director determines that a violation has occurred or is occurring, the director may issue an order requiring compliance with section 905.326 of the Revised Code and assess the civil penalty. The order and the assessment of the civil penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code.
(C) A person that has violated section 905.326 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty in an amount established in rules. Each day during which fertilizer is applied in violation of section 905.326 of the Revised Code constitutes a separate violation.
(D) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the amount of t he civil penalty assessed under this section. The civil penalty shall not be more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
(E) For purposes of this section, "rule" means a rule adopted under division (D) of this section.
905.33 Registering custom mixed fertilizer as a specialty fertilizer.
(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, no person shall distribute in this state a specialty fertilizer until it is registered by the manufacturer or distributor with the department of agriculture. An application, in duplicate, for each brand and product name of each grade of specialty fertilizer shall be made on a form furnished by the director of agriculture and shall be accompanied with a fee of fifty dollars for each brand and product name of each grade. Labels for each brand and product name of each grade shall accompany the application. Upon the approval of an application by the director, a copy of the registration shall be furnished the applicant. All registrations shall be valid for one year beginning on the first day of December of a calendar year through the thirtieth day of November of the following calendar year.
(5) The package sizes for persons that package fertilizers only in containers of ten pounds or less.
(1) No person who engages in the business of applying custom mixed fertilizer to lawns, golf courses, recreation areas, or other real property that is not used for agricultural production shall be required to register the custom mixed fertilizer as a specialty fertilizer in accordance with division (A) of this section if the fertilizer ingredients of the custom mixed fertilizer are registered as specialty fertilizers and the inspection fee described in division (A) of section 905.36 of the Revised Code is paid.
(2) No person who engages in the business of blending custom mixed fertilizer for use on lawns, golf courses, recreation areas, or other real property that is not used for agricultural production shall be required to register the custom mixed fertilizer as a specialty fertilizer in accordance with division (A) of this section if the facility holds a nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender license issued under section 905.331 of the Revised Code.
(D) A person who engages in the business of applying or blending custom mixed fertilizer as described in division (C) of this section shall maintain an original or a copy of an invoice or document of sale for all fertilizer the person applies or distributes for one year following the date of the application or distribution, and, upon the director's request, shall furnish the director with the invoice or document of sale for the director's review.
(E) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code.
905.331 Nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender license.
No person who engages in the business of blending a custom mixed fertilizer for use on lawns, golf courses, recreation areas, or other real property that is not used for agricultural production shall fail to register a specialty fertilizer in accordance with division (A) of section 905.33 of the Revised Code unless the person has obtained an annual nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender license from the director of agriculture.
A license issued under this section shall be valid from the first day of December of a calendar year through the thirtieth day of November of the following calendar year. A renewal application for a nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender license shall be submitted to the director no later than the thirtieth day of November each year and shall include the name and address of the applicant and of the premises where the blending occurs and a one-hundred-dollar fee. A person who submits a renewal application for a license after the thirtieth day of November shall include with the application a late filing fee of ten dollars. All nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender licenses expire on the thirtieth day of November each year.
A person holding a nonagricultural production custom mixed fertilizer blender license shall pay the inspection fees described in division (A) of section 905.36 of the Revised Code for each product being blended.
All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code.
No distributor shall be required to obtain a license under division (A) of section 905.32 of the Revised Code to distribute fertilizer if the fertilizer is registered under division (A) of section 905.33 of the Revised Code.
(6) Grade expressed in whole numbers only for all mixed fertilizers, and other claims, if any. The weight and grade of each material in the mixture and the total weight of the mixture may be stated in lieu of a statement of the grade of the mixture.
(C) No person shall distribute in this state any type of fertilizer in bulk unless the bulk storage is properly labeled with the information required by divisions (B)(1), (4), and (6) of this section. Shipping invoices shall be available for all bulk fertilizer stored at locations other than a place of manufacture.
(D) No person shall manufacture or distribute in this state mixed fertilizer in bulk unless the fertilizers and other materials combined to create the mixed fertilizer are uniformly mixed and present in equal percentages throughout the mixed fertilizer. The director of agriculture may take samples and use the information provided to the purchaser under division (B) of this section to analyze any mixed fertilizer in bulk and determine whether it has been uniformly mixed.
905.36 Inspection fees - annual statement of tonnage.
(B) Every licensee or registrant shall file with the director an annual tonnage report in accordance with rules. The report shall be filed on or before the date specified in rules. The licensee or registrant shall include with the report the inspection fee at the rate stated in division (A) of this section. For a tonnage report that is not filed or payment of inspection fees that is not made on or before the date specified in rules, a penalty of fifty dollars or ten per cent of the amount due, whichever is greater, shall be assessed against the licensee or registrant. The amount of fees due, plus penalty, shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the licensee or registrant. For tonnage reports found to be incorrect, a penalty of fifteen per cent of the amount due shall be assessed against the licensee or registrant and shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the licensee or registrant.
(C) No information furnished under this section shall be disclosed by any employee of the department of agriculture in such a way as to divulge the operation of any person required to make such a report. The filing by a licensee or registrant of a tonnage report required by division (B) of this section thereby grants permission to the director to verify the same with the records of the licensee or registrant.
905.37 Statement and reports by director.
(A) The director of agriculture may distribute annual statements of fertilizer sales by grades of materials and mixed fertilizer by counties, in a manner prescribed by the director.
(B) The director may publish annually a report of the analysis of fertilizers inspected.
(C) The director may distribute a state fertilizer usage report by grade of materials and mixed fertilizers for each month.
(A) The director of agriculture shall inspect and sample any fertilizer within the state to such an extent as the director considers necessary and make an analysis where need is indicated to determine whether the fertilizer is in compliance with sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules . The director may enter upon any public or private premises or conveyances during regular business hours in order to have access to fertilizer subject to sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules .
(B) The director shall maintain the services necessary to effectively administer and enforce sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules . The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those adopted by the association of official analytical chemists or other sources prescribed by the director.
(C) The results of official analysis of any sample of fertilizer found to be in violation of any provisions of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule shall be forwarded to the licensee or registrant. A licensee or registrant may request a portion of any such sample, provided that the request is made not more than thirty days after the date of the analysis report.
(D) Analytical tolerances shall be governed by rules .
(C) Requiring that guaranteed analysis be stated in a form other than that defined in section 905.31 of the Revised Code when another form will not impose an economic hardship on manufacturers, distributors, and users of anhydrous ammonia by reason of conflicting labeling requirements among the states.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.144, SB 309, §1, eff. 12/26/2012.
905.41 Design and construction of storage facilities for anhydrous ammonia.
(A) A storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes shall be designed and constructed in accordance with rules . On and after September 10, 2012, no person shall construct a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes without applying for and receiving approval of the design of the facility and approval to construct the facility from the director of agriculture in accordance with rules.
905.411 Orders prohibiting use of anhydrous ammonia equipment or system.
The director of agriculture may issue an order prohibiting the use of anhydrous ammonia equipment or an anhydrous ammonia system found not to comply with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 905.40 of the Revised Code, as applicable. No person shall use the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system until a release in writing is issued by the director.
(A) The director has inspected the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system and has found that the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system complies with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 905.40 of the Revised Code, as applicable.
Renumbered from § 905.461 and amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.125, SB 315, §101.01, eff. 9/10/2012.
905.42 Manufacturing or distributing substance injurious to crop growth or deleterious to soil.
No person shall manufacture or distribute in this state fertilizer containing any substance that is injurious to crop growth or deleterious to soil, provided, that the effects on plants shall not be deemed to be injurious when this is the purpose for which the substance was applied, in accordance with the label claims and recommendations.
905.43 Mislabeled or misrepresented fertilizer.
(A) No person shall distribute mislabeled fertilizer. A fertilizer is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on or is attached to the container or on the pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising material, or if the fertilizer is not uniformly mixed.
(B) No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity of fertilizer that the person represents. No person shall take more than the quantity of fertilizer that the person represents when, as a buyer, the person furnishes the weight or measure by which the quantity is determined.
(C) No person shall misrepresent the price of any fertilizer or related service sold, offered, exposed, or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person.
(D) No person shall distribute any fertilizer or mixed fertilizer other than by net weight, unless the director of agriculture has approved the device that is used to measure the fertilizer or mixed fertilizer.
(E) A meter may be used to deliver fertilizer by quantity if the meter bears a current, valid seal indicating it has been tested and approved by the division of weights and measures in the department of agriculture or by a sealer of weights and measures of a county or municipal corporation.
(B) The rules adopted by the director under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
905.45 Refusing, suspending or revoking of registration or license.
A registrant, licensee, certificate holder, or applicant shall be given an opportunity to appear at an adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
905.46 Holding fertilizer offered or exposed for sale in violation of law.
The director of agriculture may issue an order to the owner or custodian of any lot of fertilizer requiring it to be held at a designated place when the director has found the fertilizer to have been offered or exposed for sale in violation of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule . A fertilizer shall be held until a release in writing is issued by the director. A release shall not be issued until sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules are complied with and until all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the violation have been paid by the manufacturer, distributor, licensee, or registrant.
Renumbered as § 905.411 by 129th General AssemblyFile No.125, SB 315, §101.01, eff. 9/10/2012.
Any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule is subject to seizure on complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the fertilizer is located. The court upon a finding that the fertilizer is in violation of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rule shall order the condemnation of the fertilizer, and it shall be disposed of in a manner consistent with the laws of this state. The court shall not order the condemnation of the fertilizer without first giving the manufacturer or distributor an opportunity to reprocess or relabel the fertilizer to bring it into compliance with sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code and rules .
In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists any adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein any of the provisions of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from the violation.
905.49 Restrictions not applicable to certain importers and manufacturers.
Nothing in sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code shall be considered either to restrict the distribution of fertilizers to each other by importers or manufacturers, who mix fertilizer materials for distribution, or to prevent the free and unrestricted shipment of fertilizer to manufacturers who are licensed or have registered their specialty fertilizer grades and brand names as required by sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code.
If the director of agriculture has taken an official sample of a fertilizer or mixed fertilizer and determined that it constitutes mislabeled fertilizer pursuant to rules , the person who labeled the fertilizer or mixed fertilizer shall pay a penalty to the consumer of the mislabeled fertilizer or, if the consumer cannot be determined with reasonable diligence or is not available, to the director to be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created under section 921.22 of the Revised Code. The amount of the penalty shall be calculated in accordance with either division (A) or (B) of this section, whichever method of calculation yields the largest amount.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever the director of agriculture has cause to believe that a person has violated, or is violating, sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or rules or an order issued under those sections or rules, the director may conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether a violation has occurred. If the director determines that a violation has occurred, the director may require the violator to pay a civil penalty in accordance with the schedule of civil penalties established in rules. Each day of violation constitutes a separate violation.
905.502 Written notice of warning.
Nothing in sections 905.31 to 905.502 of the Revised Code or rules shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to the appropriate prosecuting authority for proceedings in the prosecution of, or issue any order or institute any enforcement procedure for, a violation of sections 905.31 to 905.502 of the Revised Code or rules when the director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable written notice of warning. A person who receives a written notice of warning may respond in writing to the notice.
905.503 No local regulation of fertilizers.
(1) No political subdivision shall regulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, use, or application of fertilizer, or require a person licensed or registered under sections 905.31 to 905.99 of the Revised Code to obtain a license or permit to operate in a manner described in those sections, or to satisfy any other condition except as provided by a statute or rule of this state or of the United States.
Renumbered from § 905.501 by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 150, §1, eff. 8/21/2014.
(B) "Bulk" means in a nonpackaged form.
(C) "Label" means any written or printed matter on the package, or tag attached thereto.
(D) "Manufacture" means to process, crush, grind, pelletize, or blend.
(E) "Person" means any partnership, association, firm, or corporation, company, society, individual or combination of individuals, institution, park, or public agency administered by the state or any subdivision of the state.
(F) "Product name" means a coined or specific designation applied to an individual liming material.
(G) "Sale" means an exchange or offer to exchange ownership, or a transfer or offer to transfer custody.
(H) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds.
(I) "Metric ton" means a measure of weight equal to one thousand kilograms.
(J) "Pelletized lime" means a finely ground limestone product or manufactured material that is held together in a granulated form by a water soluble binding agent and that is capable of neutralizing soil acidity.
(K) "Water treatment lime sludge" means lime sludge generated during the process of treating water supplies having levels of heavy metals at or below the levels permitted in standards adopted by the director of environmental protection governing the land application of lime sludge so generated.
(L) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply liming material in this state.
(M) "Official sample" means any sample of liming material taken and designated as "official" by the director of agriculture or the director's designee.
(N) "Effective neutralizing power" means the neutralizing value of liming material based on the total neutralizing power and fineness that is expressed as a dry weight percentage.
(1) Two-tenths multiplied by the percentage of material passing a number eight United States standard sieve minus the percentage of material passing a number twenty United States standard sieve.
(2) Six-tenths multiplied by the percentage of material passing a number twenty United States standard sieve minus the percentage of material passing a number sixty United States standard sieve.
(3) One multiplied by the percentage of material passing a number sixty United States standard sieve.
(A) Except as provided in section 905.53 of the Revised Code, no person shall manufacture, sell, or distribute in this state liming material without a license to do so issued by the department of agriculture.
(B) Each such license expires on the thirty-first day of December of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(b) For each location out of the state from which liming material is distributed or sold in this state to nonlicensees.
(3) Be accompanied by a label for each product name and grade.
(D) The name and address of the applicant shown on the application shall be shown on all labels, pertinent invoices, and bulk storage for liming material distributed or sold by the licensee in this state.
(E) The licensee shall inform the department in writing of additional distribution points established during the period of the license.
(F) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code.
905.53 Exemption from license requirement.
No person shall be required to obtain a license to sell or distribute liming material under section 905.52 of the Revised Code if the manufacturer of the liming material that the person distributes or sells is licensed under division (A) of section 905.52 of the Revised Code.
No person shall sell or distribute any crushed or ground liming material in this state, except the oxide and hydrate forms, unless it is processed to meet the standard of fineness of one of the grades listed in this section and contains all the fines of fracture.
(A) "Superfine liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than eighty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States standard sieve, not less than ninety-five per cent of weight passes a number sixty United States standard sieve, not less than one hundred per cent of weight passes a number twenty United States standard sieve, and not less than one hundred per cent of weight passes a number eight United States standard sieve.
(B) "Pulverized liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than sixty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States standard sieve, not less than seventy per cent of weight passes a number sixty United States standard sieve, not less than ninety-five per cent of weight passes a number twenty United States standard sieve, and not less than one hundred per cent of weight passes a number eight United States standard sieve.
(C) "Ground liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than forty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States standard sieve, not less than fifty per cent of weight passes a number sixty United States standard sieve, not less than seventy per cent of weight passes a number twenty United States standard sieve, and not less than ninety-five per cent of weight passes a number eight United States standard sieve.
(D) "Meal liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than twenty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States standard sieve, not less than thirty per cent of weight passes a number sixty United States standard sieve, not less than fifty per cent of weight passes a number twenty United States standard sieve, and not less than eighty per cent of weight passes a number eight United States standard sieve.
(E) "Screened liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than five per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States standard sieve, not less than fifteen per cent of weight passes a number sixty United States standard sieve, not less than forty per cent of weight passes a number twenty United States standard sieve, and not less than eighty per cent of weight passes a number eight United States standard sieve.
(F) All liming products intended for pelletization shall show on the label the percentage of material passing the numbers eight, twenty, sixty, and one hundred United States standard sieves before the product is pelletized.
(d) The effective neutralizing power expressed on the basis of pounds per ton as a percentage of the fineness index, multiplied by the total neutralizing power and percentage of dry matter.
(2) The date of sale.
(C) Shipping invoices or notices shall be available for all bulk liming material stored at locations other than a place of manufacture.
905.56 Annual tonnage report - inspection fee.
(A) Each licensee shall file with the department of agriculture an annual tonnage report that includes the number of net tons of liming material sold or distributed to a non-licensee in this state, by county, by oxide and hydrate forms, and by grade as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, within forty days after the thirty-first day of December of each calendar year. The inspection fee at the rate stated in division (B) of this section shall accompany this report.
(B) Each licensee who sells or distributes more than twenty-five hundred tons of agricultural liming material in this state shall pay to the department an inspection fee. The inspection fee is one fourth of one cent for each ton in excess of twenty-five hundred tons, as reported in the tonnage report required by division (A) of this section. The maximum inspection fee is three hundred dollars.
(C) If a tonnage report is not filed, or if the inspection fee is not paid within ten days after the due date, a penalty of ten per cent of the amount due, with a minimum penalty of ten dollars, shall be assessed against the licensee. The amount of fee due, plus penalty, shall constitute a debt and shall become the basis of a judgment against the licensee. Such remedy is in addition to the remedy provided in section 905.62 of the Revised Code.
(D) The director of agriculture may inspect the inventories, books, and records of any licensee in order to verify a tonnage report. If the director finds that a tonnage report is erroneous, the director may adjust the inspection fee, may assess any balance due against the licensee, and may impose a penalty not to exceed ten per cent of the balance due, or may refund any overpayment.
(A) All information furnished to or procured by the director of agriculture under section 905.56 of the Revised Code is for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and is not open to the public nor to be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding, but such information may be consolidated in statistical tables and published by the director in statistical form, without disclosing details of information furnished by any particular person.
(B) No person shall willfully divulge any information secured while in the employ of the department of agriculture, with respect to the transactions, property, files, records, or papers of the department, or with respect to the business of any manufacturer, seller, or distributor of agricultural liming material to any person other than the director or the superior of such employee, or when called upon to testify in an action or proceeding to which the director is a party.
905.58 Annual statement of liming material sales.
(A) The director of agriculture shall prepare an annual statement of liming material sales, by county and by grade, as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, in a manner prescribed by the director.
(B) The director shall publish an annual report of the director's analysis of liming material that the director has inspected.
(A) The director of agriculture may inspect, sample, and analyze any liming material utilized within the state to such extent as the director considers necessary to determine whether the liming material is in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections.
(B) The director may enter upon any public or private premises or means of conveyance at any reasonable time to have access to liming material subject to sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections.
(C) The methods of sampling and analysis of liming materials shall be those adopted by the association of official analytical chemists or as prescribed by the director.
(D) The results of the official analysis of any sample of liming material that is found to be in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, or any regulation adopted under such sections, shall be forwarded to the licensee. A licensee may request a portion of any such sample if the request is made not more than thirty days after the date of the analysis report.
(E) Analytical tolerances shall be governed by rules adopted by the director, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(A) No person shall sell or distribute mislabeled liming material.
(B) A liming material is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on its label or its pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, or if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising matter.
The director of agriculture may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulations to implement sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the director pursuant to sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
905.62 Revocation and suspension of license or refusal to license.
The director of agriculture may revoke any license, suspend any license, or refuse to license any applicant for a violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations promulgated under such sections.
905.63 Order to hold material.
(A) The director of agriculture may order the owner or custodian of any lot of liming material to hold it at a designated place when the director has found the liming material to have been offered or exposed for sale in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder.
(B) Such liming material shall be held until the director releases it in writing. A release shall not be issued until sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections are complied with and until all expenses incurred by the department of agriculture in connection with the violation have been paid by the manufacturer, seller, or distributor.
Any lot of liming material not in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted under those sections, is subject to seizure on the complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the liming material is located. If the court finds that the liming material is in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, it shall order the condemnation of the liming material. The court shall not order the condemnation of the liming material without first giving the manufacturer, seller, or distributor an opportunity to reprocess or relabel the liming material to bring it into compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections.
In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists any adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from such violation.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense. , a misdemeanor of the second degree on a second offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a third or subsequent offense.

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