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18B - 2016 Minnesota Statutes
2016 Minnesota StatutesAGRICULTUREChapter 18B
This chapter has been affected by law enacted during the 2017 legislative session.
CHAPTER 18B. PESTICIDE CONTROL
18B.01
PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
18B.03
18B.04
PESTICIDE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT.
18B.045
PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
18B.05
PESTICIDE REGULATORY ACCOUNT.
18B.055
COMPENSATION FOR BEES KILLED BY PESTICIDE; APPROPRIATION.
18B.06
18B.063
STATE USES OF PESTICIDES AND NUTRIENTS.
18B.064
PESTICIDE USE INFORMATION.
18B.065
WASTE PESTICIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM.
18B.07
PESTICIDE USE, APPLICATION, AND EQUIPMENT CLEANING.
18B.08
CHEMIGATION.
18B.09
PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN CITIES.
18B.095
PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN SCHOOLS.
18B.10
ACTION TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.
18B.11
SALE OR USE OF TCDD.
18B.115
SALE OR USE OF CHLORDANE OR HEPTACHLOR.
18B.12
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTERATED PESTICIDES.
18B.13
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED PESTICIDES AND DEVICES.
18B.135
SALE OF PESTICIDES IN RETURNABLE CONTAINERS AND MANAGEMENT OF UNUSED PORTIONS.
18B.14
PESTICIDE STORAGE.
18B.15
[Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.16
18B.17
COOPERATIVE INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS.
18B.18
18B.19
18B.20
18B.21
18B.22
18B.23
18B.24
18B.25
18B.26
PESTICIDE REGISTRATION.
18B.27
PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FOR SPECIAL LOCAL NEEDS.
18B.28
EXPERIMENTAL USE PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION.
18B.285
EXPERIMENTAL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION.
18B.29
RECIPROCAL LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS.
18B.30
PESTICIDE USE LICENSE REQUIREMENT; INTERNET SALES PROHIBITED; RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES.
18B.305
PESTICIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
18B.31
PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE.
18B.315
18B.316
AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE AND REPORTING.
18B.32
STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL LICENSE.
18B.33
COMMERCIAL APPLICATOR LICENSE.
18B.34
NONCOMMERCIAL APPLICATOR LICENSE.
18B.345
PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON GOLF COURSES.
18B.346
PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON RAILROAD PROPERTY.
18B.35
APPLICATION CATEGORIES WITHIN APPLICATOR LICENSES.
18B.36
PRIVATE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION.
18B.37
RECORDS; PLANS; INSPECTIONS.
18B.38
18B.39
18B.02 PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW.
Except as specifically provided in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter preempt ordinances by local governments that prohibit or regulate any matter relating to the registration, labeling, distribution, sale, handling, use, application, or disposal of pesticides. It is not the intent of this section to preempt local responsibilities for zoning, fire codes, or hazardous waste disposal.
History: 1987 c 358 s 44
18B.03 POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.
The functions vested in the commissioner by this chapter may be delegated to designated employees or agents of the Department of Agriculture.
The commissioner may, by written agreements, delegate specific inspection, enforcement, and other regulatory duties of this chapter to officials of approved agencies.
Subd. 4.Pollinator enforcement.
The commissioner may take enforcement action under chapter 18D for a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter, that results in harm to pollinators, including but not limited to applying a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling and resulting in pollinator death or willfully applying pesticide in a manner inconsistent with the pesticide product's label or labeling. The commissioner must deposit any penalty collected under this subdivision in the pesticide regulatory account in section 18B.05.
History: 1987 c 358 s 45; 2011 c 14 s 7; 2011 c 107 s 2; 2014 c 312 art 13 s 9
18B.04 PESTICIDE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT.
(1) determine the impact of pesticides on the environment, including the impacts on surface water and groundwater in this state;
(2) develop best management practices involving pesticide distribution, storage, handling, use, and disposal; and
(3) cooperate with and assist other state agencies and local governments to protect public health, pollinators, and the environment from harmful exposure to pesticides.
(b) The commissioner may assemble a group of experts under section 16C.10, subdivision 2, to consult in the investigation of pollinator deaths or illnesses. The group of experts may include representatives from local, state, and federal agencies; academia, including the University of Minnesota; the state pollinator bank; or other professionals as deemed necessary by the commissioner. The amount necessary for the purposes of this paragraph, not to exceed $100,000 per fiscal year, is appropriated from the pesticide regulatory account in section 18B.05.
History: 1987 c 358 s 46; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 16; 2014 c 312 art 13 s 10
18B.045 PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
The commissioner shall develop a pesticide management plan for the prevention, evaluation, and mitigation of occurrences of pesticides or pesticide breakdown products in groundwaters and surface waters of the state. The pesticide management plan must include components promoting prevention, developing appropriate responses to the detection of pesticides or pesticide breakdown products in groundwater and surface waters, and providing responses to reduce or eliminate continued pesticide movement to groundwater and surface water. By September 1 of each even-numbered year, the commissioner must submit a status report on the plan to the Environmental Quality Board for review and then to the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, and agriculture.
The pesticide management plan shall be coordinated and developed with other state agency plans and with other state agencies through the Environmental Quality Board. In addition, the University of Minnesota Extension Service, farm organizations, farmers, environmental organizations, and industry shall be involved in the pesticide management plan development.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 17; 1994 c 557 s 8; 1999 c 86 art 3 s 5
18B.05 PESTICIDE REGULATORY ACCOUNT.
A pesticide regulatory account is established in the agricultural fund. Fees, assessments, and penalties collected under this chapter must be deposited in the agricultural fund and credited to the pesticide regulatory account. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and up to $20,000 per fiscal year may also be used by the commissioner for purposes of section 18H.14, paragraph (e).
History: 1987 c 358 s 47; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 4; 1993 c 172 s 23; 1999 c 231 s 38; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 15; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 5
History: 2014 c 312 art 13 s 11; 2015 c 44 s 3
18B.06 RULES.
The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this chapter including procedures addressing local control of pesticide regulation. Rules adopted under this chapter are part of this chapter and a violation of the rules is a violation of a provision of this chapter.
Subd. 2.Conformity with FIFRA.
Rules adopted under this chapter:
(1) may not allow pesticide use that is prohibited by FIFRA; or
(2) relating to private applicators of restricted use pesticides and special local needs registrations, may not be inconsistent with the requirements of FIFRA.
Subd. 3.Pesticide use, handling, and disposal.
The commissioner shall adopt rules to govern the distribution, use, storage, handling, and disposal of pesticides, rinsates, and pesticide containers.
History: 1987 c 358 s 48; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56
18B.063 STATE USES OF PESTICIDES AND NUTRIENTS.
The state shall use integrated pest management techniques in its management of public lands, including roadside rights-of-way, parks, and forests; and shall use planting regimes that minimize the need for pesticides and added nutrients.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 18
18B.064 PESTICIDE USE INFORMATION.
The commissioner shall monitor urban and rural pesticide use on a biennial basis. Information shall be collected and automated consistent with section 103B.151, subdivision 1.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 19; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 20; 1993 c 367 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 35; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 22,23; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 2-5; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 48-54; 2012 c 244 art 1 s 4,5; 2015 c 44 s 4,5
Subd. 2.Prohibited pesticide use.
Subd. 4.Pesticide storage safeguards.
A person may not allow a pesticide, rinsate, or unrinsed pesticide container to be stored, kept, or to remain in or on any site without safeguards adequate to prevent an incident. Pesticides may not be stored in an area with access to an open drain, unless a safeguard is provided.
Subd. 5.Use of water supplies for filling application equipment.
(a) A person may not fill pesticide application equipment directly from a public water supply, as defined in section 144.382, or from public waters, as defined in section 103G.005, subdivision 15, unless the equipment or water supply is equipped with a backflow prevention device that complies with the Minnesota Plumbing Code under Minnesota Rules, parts 4715.2000 to 4715.2280.
(b) Cross connections between a water supply used for filling pesticide application equipment are prohibited.
(c) This subdivision does not apply to permitted applications of aquatic pesticides to public waters.
Subd. 7.Pesticide handling restrictions.
(2) fill or clean pesticide application equipment adjacent to surface waters, ditches, or wells where, because of the slope or other conditions, pesticides or materials contaminated with pesticides could enter or contaminate the surface waters, groundwater, or wells, as a result of overflow, leakage, or other causes.
History: 1987 c 358 s 49; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 21-24; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 4; 1994 c 482 s 1; 1994 c 619 s 4; 1995 c 95 s 1; 2002 c 369 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 13 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 21 art 11 s 5; 2004 c 254 s 3; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 6; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 29-31
History: 1987 c 358 s 50; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 25-27; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 16
18B.09 PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN CITIES.
This section applies only to statutory and home rule charter cities that enact ordinances as provided in this section.
Statutory and home rule charter cities may enact an ordinance containing the pesticide application warning information contained in subdivision 3, including their own licensing, penalty, and enforcement provisions. Statutory and home rule charter cities may not enact an ordinance that contains more restrictive pesticide application warning information than is contained in subdivision 3.
Subd. 3.Warning signs for pesticide application.
(a) All commercial or noncommercial applicators who apply pesticides to turf areas must post or affix warning signs on the property where the pesticides are applied.
(b) Warning signs must project at least 18 inches above the top of the grass line. The warning signs must be of a material that is rain-resistant for at least a 48-hour period and must remain in place up to 48 hours from the time of initial application.
(c) The following information must be printed on the warning sign in contrasting colors and capitalized letters measuring at least one-half inch, or in another format approved by the commissioner. The sign must provide the following information:
(1) the name of the business organization, entity, or person applying the pesticide; and
(2) the following language: "This area chemically treated. Keep children and pets off until ...(date of safe entry)..." or a universally accepted symbol and text approved by the commissioner that is recognized as having the same meaning or intent as specified in this paragraph. The warning sign may include the name of the pesticide used.
(d) The warning sign must be posted on a lawn or yard between two feet and five feet from the sidewalk or street. For parks, golf courses, athletic fields, playgrounds, or other similar recreational property, the warning signs must be posted immediately adjacent to areas within the property where pesticides have been applied and at or near the entrances to the property.
History: 1987 c 358 s 51
18B.095 PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN SCHOOLS.
Subdivision 1.Authorized applicators.
To the extent authorized under this chapter, application of a pesticide to the inside or outdoor property of a Minnesota kindergarten through 12th grade public school must be performed by a:
(1) structural pest control applicator;
(2) commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator with appropriate use category certification; or
(3) school pest management coordinator or a school employee with school pest management knowledge.
Pesticides determined by the commissioner to be sanitizers or disinfectants are exempt from subdivision 1.
Subd. 3.Registry and information.
The commissioner, in consultation with the Departments of Health; Administration; and Education; the University of Minnesota Extension Service; the Minnesota School Boards Association; and other persons as necessary and appropriate, must:
(1) establish and maintain a registry of school pest management coordinators; and
(2) provide information on a regular and periodic basis to school pest management coordinators on pest management techniques and programs, including model school policies; proper pesticide use, storage, handling, and disposal; and other relevant pesticide and pest management information.
History: 1Sp2001 c 2 s 36; 2003 c 130 s 12
18B.10 ACTION TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.
(a) The commissioner may, by rule, special order, or delegation through written regulatory agreement with officials of other approved agencies, take action necessary to prevent the contamination of groundwater resulting from leaching of pesticides through the soil, from the backsiphoning or backflowing of pesticides through water wells, or from the direct flowage of pesticides to groundwater.
(b) With owner consent, the commissioner may use private water wells throughout the state to monitor for the presence of agricultural pesticides and other industrial chemicals in groundwater. The specific locations and land owners shall not be identifiable. The owner or user of a private water well sampled by the commissioner must be given access to test results.
History: 1987 c 358 s 52; 2003 c 128 art 3 s 25
18B.11 SALE OR USE OF TCDD.
A person may not sell, offer for sale, or use a pesticide containing in excess of 0.1 parts per million of 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD).
History: 1987 c 358 s 53
18B.115 SALE OR USE OF CHLORDANE OR HEPTACHLOR.
The state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, a person, or other legal entity may not sell, use, or apply the pesticide chlordane or its derivative heptachlor within the state.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 28
18B.12 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTERATED PESTICIDES.
A person may not offer for sale or distribute a pesticide that is determined by the commissioner to be adulterated, including a pesticide that has:
(1) a strength or purity that does not meet the standard of quality expressed on its label;
(2) a constituent entirely or partially substituted; or
(3) an important or necessary constituent entirely or partially removed.
History: 1987 c 358 s 54
18B.13 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED PESTICIDES AND DEVICES.
A person may not offer for sale or distribute a pesticide or device determined by the commissioner to be misbranded, including a pesticide or device that:
(1) is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the name of another pesticide or device; or
(2) does not comply with the labeling requirements under this chapter or FIFRA.
History: 1987 c 358 s 55
18B.135 SALE OF PESTICIDES IN RETURNABLE CONTAINERS AND MANAGEMENT OF UNUSED PORTIONS.
Subdivision 1.Acceptance of pesticide containers.
(a) A person distributing, offering for sale, or selling a pesticide must accept empty pesticide containers from a pesticide end user if:
(1) the person does not participate in a designated collection program for pesticide containers after July 1, 1994;
(2) the empty container is prepared for disposal in accordance with label instructions and is returned to the place of purchase within the state; and
(3) a collection site that is seasonably accessible on multiple days has not been designated either by the county board or by agreement with other counties, the agricultural chemical dealer(s) in their respective counties, or the commissioner for the public to return empty pesticide containers for the purpose of reuse or recycling or following other approved management practices for pesticide containers in the order of preference established in section 115A.02, paragraph (b), and the county or counties have notified the commissioner of their intentions annually by February 1, in writing, to manage the empty pesticide containers.
(b) This subdivision does not prohibit the use of refillable and reusable pesticide containers.
(c) A person who has been notified by the county or counties of the designated collection site and who sells pesticides to a pesticide end user must notify purchasers of pesticides at the time of sale of the date and location designated for disposal of empty containers.
(d) For purposes of this section, pesticide containers do not include containers that have held sanitizers and disinfectants, containers made of metal or paper, plastic bags, bag-in-a-box, water soluble bags, and aerosol packaging, pesticides labeled primarily for use on humans or pets, or pesticides not requiring dilution or mixing.
The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this section, including procedures and standards prescribing the exemption of certain pesticide products and pesticide containers.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 29; 1993 c 367 s 4; 1994 c 557 s 9
18B.15 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.16 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.17 COOPERATIVE INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.Cooperative agreements.
The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with federal and state agencies for training, certification, inspection, and enforcement programs and may make reports to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies as required or requested. The commissioner may adopt and enforce federal standards, regulations, or orders relating to pesticide regulation when determined to be in the best interest of citizens of the state.
Subd. 2.Training agreements.
For purposes of training only, the commissioner may enter into agreements with qualified public or private organizations that wish to offer training programs.
History: 1987 c 358 s 59
18B.18 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.19 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.20 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.21 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.22 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.23 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
18B.24 UNSATISFIED JUDGMENTS.
(a) An applicant for a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control license and a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control applicator may not allow a final judgment against the applicant or applicator for damages arising from a violation of a provision of this chapter to remain unsatisfied for a period of more than 30 days.
(b) Failure to satisfy within 30 days a final judgment resulting from these pest control activities will result in automatic suspension of the applicator license.
History: 1987 c 358 s 66
18B.25 [Repealed, 1989 c 326 art 5 s 53]
(f) It is unlawful for a person to distribute or use a pesticide in the state, or to sell into the state for use in the state, any pesticide product that has not been registered by the commissioner and for which the applicable pesticide registration application fee, gross sales fee, or waste pesticide program surcharge is not paid pursuant to subdivisions 3 and 4.
(g) Every person who sells for use in the state a pesticide product that has been registered by the commissioner shall pay to the commissioner the applicable registration application fees, sales fees, and waste pesticide program surcharges. These sales expressly include all sales made electronically, telephonically, or by any other means that result in a pesticide product being shipped to or used in the state. There is a rebuttable presumption that pesticide products that are sold or distributed in or into the state by any person are sold or distributed for use in the state.
Subd. 3.Registration application and gross sales fee.
(a) For an agricultural pesticide, a registrant shall pay an annual registration application fee for each agricultural pesticide of $350. The fee is due by December 31 preceding the year for which the application for registration is made. The fee is nonrefundable.
(b) For a nonagricultural pesticide, a registrant shall pay a minimum annual registration application fee for each nonagricultural pesticide of $350. The fee is due by December 31 preceding the year for which the application for registration is made. The fee is nonrefundable. If the registrant's annual gross sales of the nonagricultural pesticide exceeded $70,000 in the previous calendar year, the registrant shall pay, in addition to the $350 minimum fee, a fee equal to 0.5 percent of that portion of the annual gross sales over $70,000. For purposes of this subdivision, gross sales includes both nonagricultural pesticide sold in the state and nonagricultural pesticide sold into the state for use in this state. No additional fee is required if the fee due amount based on percent of annual gross sales of a nonagricultural pesticide is less than $10. The registrant shall secure sufficient sales information of nonagricultural pesticides distributed into this state from distributors and dealers, regardless of distributor location, to make a determination. Sales of nonagricultural pesticides in this state and sales of nonagricultural pesticides for use in this state by out-of-state distributors are not exempt and must be included in the registrant's annual report, as required under paragraph (g), and fees shall be paid by the registrant based upon those reported sales. Sales of nonagricultural pesticides in the state for use outside of the state are exempt from the gross sales fee in this paragraph if the registrant properly documents the sale location and distributors. A registrant paying more than the minimum fee shall pay the balance due by March 1 based on the gross sales of the nonagricultural pesticide by the registrant for the preceding calendar year. A pesticide determined by the commissioner to be a sanitizer or disinfectant is exempt from the gross sales fee.
(c) For agricultural pesticides, a licensed agricultural pesticide dealer or licensed pesticide dealer shall pay a gross sales fee of 0.55 percent of annual gross sales of the agricultural pesticide in the state and the annual gross sales of the agricultural pesticide sold into the state for use in this state.
(d) In those cases where a registrant first sells an agricultural pesticide in or into the state to a pesticide end user, the registrant must first obtain an agricultural pesticide dealer license and is responsible for payment of the annual gross sales fee under paragraph (c), record keeping under paragraph (i), and all other requirements of section 18B.316.
(e) If the total annual revenue from fees collected in fiscal year 2011, 2012, or 2013, by the commissioner on the registration and sale of pesticides is less than $6,600,000, the commissioner, after a public hearing, may increase proportionally the pesticide sales and product registration fees under this chapter by the amount necessary to ensure this level of revenue is achieved. The authority under this section expires on June 30, 2014. The commissioner shall report any fee increases under this paragraph 60 days before the fee change is effective to the senate and house of representatives agriculture budget divisions.
(f) An additional fee of 50 percent of the registration application fee must be paid by the applicant for each pesticide to be registered if the application is a renewal application that is submitted after December 31.
(g) A registrant must annually report to the commissioner the amount, type and annual gross sales of each registered nonagricultural pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state. The report shall be filed by March 1 for the previous year's registration. The commissioner shall specify the form of the report or approve the method for submittal of the report and may require additional information deemed necessary to determine the amount and type of nonagricultural pesticide annually distributed in the state. The information required shall include the brand name, United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number, and amount of each nonagricultural pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state, but the information collected, if made public, shall be reported in a manner which does not identify a specific brand name in the report.
(h) A licensed agricultural pesticide dealer or licensed pesticide dealer must annually report to the commissioner the amount, type, and annual gross sales of each registered agricultural pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state or into the state for use in the state. The report must be filed by January 31 for the previous year's sales. The commissioner shall specify the form, contents, and approved electronic method for submittal of the report and may require additional information deemed necessary to determine the amount and type of agricultural pesticide annually distributed within the state or into the state. The information required must include the brand name, United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number, and amount of each agricultural pesticide sold, offered for sale, or otherwise distributed in the state or into the state.
(i) A person who registers a pesticide with the commissioner under paragraph (b), or a registrant under paragraph (d), shall keep accurate records for five years detailing all distribution or sales transactions into the state or in the state and subject to a fee and surcharge under this section.
(j) The records are subject to inspection, copying, and audit by the commissioner and must clearly demonstrate proof of payment of all applicable fees and surcharges for each registered pesticide product sold for use in this state. A person who is located outside of this state must maintain and make available records required by this subdivision in this state or pay all costs incurred by the commissioner in the inspecting, copying, or auditing of the records.
(k) The commissioner may adopt by rule regulations that require persons subject to audit under this section to provide information determined by the commissioner to be necessary to enable the commissioner to perform the audit.
(l) A registrant who is required to pay more than the minimum fee for any pesticide under paragraph (b) must pay a late fee penalty of $100 for each pesticide application fee paid after March 1 in the year for which the license is to be issued.
History: 1987 c 358 s 68; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 30-33; 1990 c 597 s 2; 1991 c 309 s 11; 1992 c 439 s 1; 1992 c 513 art 2 s 15; 1992 c 603 s 22; 1993 c 226 s 15; 1993 c 367 s 6,7; 1999 c 6 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 39; 2003 c 128 art 3 s 26; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 17; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 24; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 7; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 55,56; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 32; 2016 c 189 art 2 s 9
18B.27 PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FOR SPECIAL LOCAL NEEDS.
(a) A person must file an application for a special local need application with the commissioner. The application must meet the requirements of section 18B.26, subdivision 2, and the commissioner may require other relevant information.
(b) The commissioner may require a full description of tests and test results upon which claims are based for:
(1) a pesticide use that is not registered under section 18B.26 or FIFRA; or
(2) a pesticide on which restrictions are being considered.
(c) The applicant may request in writing privacy of information submitted as provided in section 18B.38.
Subd. 2.Application review.
(a) After reviewing the application accompanied by the application fee, the commissioner shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the authorization by the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to register pesticides to meet special local needs, register pesticides if the commissioner determines that:
(1) the pesticide's composition warrants the proposed claims for the pesticide;
(2) the pesticide's label and other material required to be submitted comply with this chapter;
(3) the pesticide will perform its intended function without unreasonable adverse effect on the environment;
(4) the pesticide will not generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment when used in accordance with label directions; and
(5) a special local need for the pesticide exists.
(b) The commissioner may revoke or modify a special local need registration if the commissioner determines that the terms or conditions of the registration do not comply with paragraph (a).
An application fee for a special local need registration must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $150.
History: 1987 c 358 s 69; 1990 c 597 s 3
A person may not use or distribute an experimental use pesticide product in the state until it is registered with the commissioner. Experimental use pesticide product registrations expire on December 31 of each year and may be renewed on or before that date.
(2) a federal Environmental Protection Agency approval document;
(3) the purpose or objectives of the experimental use product;
(4) an accepted experimental use pesticide product label;
History: 1987 c 358 s 70; 1990 c 597 s 4
18B.285 EXPERIMENTAL GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION.
(a) A person may not use, distribute, or conduct release experiments with a genetically engineered pesticide in any amount in the state until it is registered under this section or section 18B.26. Use, distribution, or release of a genetically engineered pesticide must be registered under this section until the commissioner determines by rule or order that the genetically engineered pesticide may be subject to section 18B.26. Experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registrations expire on December 31 of each year and may be renewed on or before that date.
(b) After reviewing a completed application, the commissioner may issue an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registration if the commissioner determines that the applicant has adequately demonstrated that the proposed release does not have the potential for unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. The commissioner may prescribe terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, the period for the experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registration, the amount or number of genetically engineered pesticide product to be used, monitoring activities, department inspection schedules, reporting of experiment results, and experiment termination procedures. A person may not violate terms or conditions of a registration issued under this section. After an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registration is issued, the commissioner may revoke or change the registration at any time if the commissioner finds that its terms or conditions are being violated or are inadequate to avoid unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
(c) The commissioner may deny issuance of an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registration if the commissioner determines that the use to be made of the pesticide under the proposed terms and conditions may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
A person must file an application for experimental genetically engineered pesticide product registration with the commissioner. An application to register an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product must include:
(2) any United States Environmental Protection Agency regulatory application or approval document required under federal law or rule;
(4) an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product use label;
An application for registration of an experimental genetically engineered pesticide product must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $125.
History: 1991 c 250 s 10
18B.29 RECIPROCAL LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS.
The commissioner may waive all or part of the examination requirements provided for in sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 on a reciprocal basis with any other jurisdiction which has substantially the same requirements. Licenses or certificates issued under sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 may be suspended or revoked upon suspension or revocation of the license or certificate of another jurisdiction supporting the issuance of a Minnesota license or certificate and in the same manner as other licenses and certificates.
History: 1987 c 358 s 71
History: 1987 c 358 s 72; 1997 c 131 s 2; 2015 c 44 s 6
(9) relevant laws including pesticide labels and labeling and state and federal rules and regulations; and
(10) current science and technology updates.
The commissioner, in consultation with University of Minnesota Extension and other higher education institutions, shall continually revise and update pesticide applicator training manuals and examinations. The manuals and examinations must be written to meet or exceed the minimum standards required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and pertinent state specific information. Questions in the examinations must be determined by the commissioner in consultation with other responsible agencies. Manuals and examinations must include pesticide management practices that discuss prevention of pesticide occurrence in groundwater and surface water of the state.
History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 34; 1997 c 192 s 13; 2001 c 161 s 8; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 33
History: 1987 c 358 s 73; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 35-37; 1993 c 367 s 8; 1995 c 95 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 18; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 57,58; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 6
18B.315 [Repealed, 2007 c 45 art 1 s 66]
18B.316 AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE AND REPORTING.
(a) A person must not offer for sale or sell an agricultural pesticide in the state or into the state without first obtaining an agricultural pesticide dealer license.
(b) Each location or place of business from which an agricultural pesticide is offered for sale or sold in the state or into the state is required to have a separate agricultural pesticide dealer license.
(c) A person who is a licensed pesticide dealer under section 18B.31 is not required to also be licensed under this subdivision.
A person who is a pesticide registrant under provisions of this chapter is exempt from the requirement of subdivision 1, except in those cases where a registrant first sells an agricultural pesticide in or into the state to a pesticide end user, the registrant must first obtain an agricultural pesticide dealer license.
Subd. 3.Resident agent.
A person required to be licensed under subdivisions 1 and 2, or a person licensed as a pesticide dealer pursuant to section 18B.31 and who operates from a location or place of business outside the state and who offers for sale or sells an agricultural pesticide into the state, must continuously maintain in this state the following:
(1) a registered office; and
(2) a registered agent, who may be either a resident of this state whose business office or residence is identical with the registered office under clause (1), a domestic corporation or limited liability company, or a foreign corporation of limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state and having a business office identical with the registered office.
A person licensed under this section or section 18B.31 shall annually file with the commissioner, either at the time of initial licensing or as part of license renewal, the name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the licensee's registered agent.
For licensees under section 18B.31 who are located in the state, the licensee is the registered agent.
Subd. 4.Responsibility.
The resident agent is responsible for the acts of a licensed agricultural pesticide dealer, or of a licensed pesticide dealer under section 18B.31 who operates from a location or place of business outside the state and who offers for sale or sells an agricultural pesticide into the state, as well as the acts of the employees of those licensees.
A person licensed as an agricultural pesticide dealer, or a person licensed as a pesticide dealer pursuant to section 18B.31, must maintain for five years at the person's principal place of business accurate records of purchases, sales, and distributions of agricultural pesticides in and into this state, including those of its branch locations. The records shall be made available for audit under provisions of this chapter and chapter 18D.
Subd. 6.Agricultural pesticide sales invoices.
An agricultural pesticide dealer license:
(2) is valid for one year and expires on January 31 of each year;
(3) is not transferable from one location or place of business to another location or place of business; and
(4) must be prominently displayed to the public in the agricultural pesticide dealer's place of business and in the registered office of the resident agent.
Subd. 8.Report of sales and payment to commissioner.
A person who is an agricultural pesticide dealer, or is a licensed pesticide dealer under section 18B.31, who offers for sale or sells an agricultural pesticide in or into the state, and a pesticide registrant pursuant to section 18B.26, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), shall no later than January 31 of each year report and pay applicable fees on annual gross sales of agricultural pesticides to the commissioner pursuant to requirements under section 18B.26, subdivision 3, paragraphs (c) and (h).
(a) A person must apply to the commissioner for an agricultural pesticide dealer license on forms and in a manner approved by the commissioner.
(b) The applicant must be the person in charge of each location or place of business from which agricultural pesticides are offered for sale or sold in or into the state.
(c) The commissioner may require that the applicant provide information regarding the applicant's proposed operations and other information considered pertinent by the commissioner.
(d) The commissioner may require additional demonstration of licensee qualification if the licensee has had a license suspended or revoked, or has otherwise had a history of violations in another state or violations of this chapter.
(e) A licensed agricultural pesticide dealer who changes the dealer's address or place of business must immediately notify the commissioner of the change.
(f) Beginning January 1, 2011, an application for renewal of an agricultural pesticide dealer license is complete only when a report and any applicable payment of fees under subdivision 8 are received by the commissioner.
Subd. 10.Application fee.
(a) An application for an agricultural pesticide dealer license, or a renewal of an agricultural pesticide dealer license, must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $150.
(b) If an application for renewal of an agricultural pesticide dealer license is not filed before the license expires, an additional fee of 50 percent of the application fee must be paid by the applicant before the commissioner may issue the license.
History: 2009 c 94 art 1 s 59; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 7; 2012 c 244 art 1 s 6; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 34-38
History: 1987 c 358 s 74; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 38; 1993 c 283 s 1; 1994 c 623 art 1 s 8; 1996 c 330 s 5; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 20; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 6
History: 1987 c 358 s 75; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 39-41; 1993 c 283 s 2,3; 1996 c 330 s 6; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 8; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 21; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 25; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 7
18B.34 NONCOMMERCIAL APPLICATOR LICENSE.
A noncommercial applicator license:
(1) expires on December 31 of the year for which it is issued unless suspended or revoked before that date;
(3) must be prominently displayed to the public in the noncommercial applicator's place of business.
A person must apply to the commissioner for a noncommercial applicator license on forms and in the manner required by the commissioner. The commissioner must prescribe and administer a closed-book, monitored examination, or equivalent measure to determine if the applicant is eligible to acquire a noncommercial applicator license.
(a) A person must apply to the commissioner to renew a noncommercial applicator license. The commissioner may renew a license subject to reexamination, attendance at workshops approved by the commissioner, or other requirements imposed by the commissioner to provide the applicator with information regarding changing technology and to help assure a continuing level of competence and ability to use pesticides safely and properly. The commissioner may require an additional demonstration of applicator qualification if the applicator has had a license suspended or revoked or has otherwise had a history of violations of this chapter.
(c) An applicant has 12 months to renew the license after expiration without having to meet initial testing requirements.
(a) A person initially applying for or renewing a noncommercial applicator license must pay a nonrefundable application fee of $50, except an applicant who is a government or Conservation Corps Minnesota employee who uses pesticides in the course of performing official duties must pay a nonrefundable application fee of $10.
(c) An application for a duplicate noncommercial applicator license must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $10.
History: 1987 c 358 s 76; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 42-44; 1993 c 283 s 4,5; 1996 c 330 s 7; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 1 s 22; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 26; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 82; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 2 s 8
(2) a commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator.
History: 1Sp2001 c 2 s 37; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 27; 2016 c 184 s 3
18B.346 PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON RAILROAD PROPERTY.
This section applies only to common carrier railroads.
Subd. 2.Safety information.
(a) In coordination with common carrier railroad companies operating in this state, the commissioner shall provide annual pesticide safety outreach opportunities for railroad employees.
(b) A common carrier railroad that operates in this state must provide annual employee pesticide safety training opportunities.
Subd. 3.Pesticide applications.
(a) A person may not directly apply a restricted use pesticide to occupied or unoccupied locomotives, track repair equipment, or on-track housing units unless the pesticide is specifically labeled for that use.
(b) Employees of common carrier railroads must not be required to work in affected areas in a manner that is inconsistent with the pesticide label.
Subd. 4.Misuse reporting.
A common carrier railroad or a commercial applicator hired by the common carrier railroad to apply pesticide must report to the commissioner within four hours, or as soon as practicable, any pesticide misuse known to the railroad company or commercial applicator that occurred on railroad property or to other property under the control of the railroad company. For the purposes of this section, "misuse" means a pesticide application that violates subdivision 3 or any provision in section 18B.07.
History: 2009 c 94 art 1 s 60
18B.35 APPLICATION CATEGORIES WITHIN APPLICATOR LICENSES.
(a) The commissioner may establish categories of structural pest control, commercial applicator, and noncommercial applicator licenses for administering and enforcing this chapter. The categories may include pest control operators and ornamental, agricultural, aquatic, forest, and right-of-way pesticide applicators. Separate subclassifications of categories may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods to apply pesticides or to the use of pesticides to control insects, plant diseases, rodents, or weeds.
(b) Each category is subject to separate testing procedures and requirements.
Subd. 2.No additional fee.
A person may not be required to pay an additional fee for a category or subclassification of a category of a license.
History: 1987 c 358 s 77
18B.36 PRIVATE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION.
(a) Except for a licensed commercial or noncommercial applicator, only a certified private applicator may use a restricted use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity:
(1) as a traditional exchange of services without financial compensation;
(2) on a site owned, rented, or managed by the person or the person's employees; or
(3) when the private applicator is one of two or fewer employees and the owner or operator is a certified private applicator or is licensed as a noncommercial applicator.
(b) A person may not purchase a restricted use pesticide without presenting a license card, certified private applicator card, or the card number.
(a) The commissioner shall prescribe certification requirements and provide training that meets or exceeds United States Environmental Protection Agency standards to certify private applicators and provide information relating to changing technology to help ensure a continuing level of competency and ability to use pesticides properly and safely. The training may be done through cooperation with other government agencies and must be a minimum of three hours in duration.
(b) A person must apply to the commissioner for certification as a private applicator. After completing the certification requirements, which must include an examination as determined by the commissioner, an applicant must be certified as a private applicator to use restricted use pesticides. The certification shall expire March 1 of the third calendar year after the initial year of certification.
(c) The commissioner shall issue a private applicator card to a private applicator.
(a) A person applying to be certified as a private applicator must pay a nonrefundable $10 application fee for the certification period.
(b) A $5 fee must be paid for the issuance of a duplicate private applicator card.
History: 1987 c 358 s 78; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 45,46; 1993 c 367 s 9; 1995 c 95 s 3; 1997 c 131 s 3; 2001 c 7 s 12; 2002 c 373 s 8; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 8
History: 1987 c 358 s 79; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 47-50; 1993 c 367 s 10; 2003 c 128 art 3 s 27; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 61; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 9; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 39; 2015 c 44 s 7-9
18B.38 PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS.
(1) clearly mark any portions that in the applicant's opinion are trade secrets, commercial, or financial information; and
Subd. 2.Information revealed.
After consideration of the applicant's request submitted under subdivision 1, the commissioner shall not make any information public that in the commissioner's judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or to commercial or financial information obtained from an applicant. When necessary, information relating to formulas of products may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted with similar protection of trade secret authority and may be revealed at a public hearing or in findings of facts issued by the commissioner.
If the commissioner proposes to release information that the applicant or registrant believes to be protected from disclosure under subdivision 2, the commissioner shall notify the applicant or registrant by certified mail. The commissioner shall not make the information available for inspection until 30 days after receipt of the notice by the applicant or registrant. During this period the applicant or registrant may institute an action in an appropriate court for a declaratory judgment as to whether the information is subject to protection under this section.
History: 1987 c 358 s 80
18B.39 EXISTING RULES.
Rules of the commissioner of agriculture in effect on July 1, 1987, relating to the distribution, use, storage, handling, and disposal of pesticides, rinsates, and pesticide containers remain in effect until they are superseded by new rules.
History: 1987 c 358 s 81; 1996 c 305 art 2 s 2