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NH Rev Stat § 430:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:49 - Preemption of Local Regulation.

    430:49 Preemption of Local Regulation. –||I. Administration and enforcement of this subdivision shall be implemented in an equitable manner throughout the state. This subdivision is of statewide concern and occupies the whole field of regulation regarding the registration, sale, transportation, or use of pesticides to the exclusion of all local regulation. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subdivision, no ordinance or regulation of local government, including but not limited to, an action by a local governmental agency or department, a county board of commissioners or a city council, or a local regulation adopted by the use of an initiative measure, may prohibit or in any way attempt to regulate any matter relating to the registration, sale, transportation, or use of pesticides, and any of those ordinances, laws or regulations are void and of no force or effect.||II. This section shall not be construed to invalidate any ordinance or regulation of a local government in effect on the effective date of this section.|||Source. 1993, 279:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:50 - Program Established.

    430:50 Program Established. –||I. The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food shall establish an integrated pest management program. "Integrated pest management" means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining the use of biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tactics in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. The purpose of the program shall be to bring about the broadest possible application of the principles of integrated pest management to agriculture, horticulture, arborculture, landscape and building maintenance, and any other areas in which economic poisons are employed. To this end, the commissioner shall work cooperatively with the university of New Hampshire agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension, and college of life sciences and agriculture; other educational institutions with competence in relevant disciplines; commodity and trade organizations; conservation groups; other governmental agencies; and private sector individuals and corporations. Wherever possible, such research, education, and evaluation endeavors shall be conducted cooperatively by 2 or more supporting entities.||II. There is established a nonlapsing fund to be known as the integrated pest management fund. Twenty-five percent of the pesticide registration fees collected under RSA 430:38, III shall be deposited in the fund. The fund shall only be used to support the purposes of the integrated pest management program and the division of pesticide control. The state treasurer may invest moneys in the fund as provided by law and all interest received on such investment shall be credited to the fund. The commissioner shall be authorized to accept grants, gifts, and donations from any public or private sources for deposit in the fund.||III. The commissioner shall report by October 1 of each year to the house environment and agriculture committee and the senate environment committee concerning the use of the fund, the work accomplished, and the effectiveness of efforts to broaden application of integrated pest management principles throughout the state.|||Source. 1998, 323:1, eff. July 1, 1999. 2015, 229:23, eff. July 1, 2015. 2021, 91:64, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:51 - Declaration of Purpose.

    430:51 Declaration of Purpose. –||The purpose of this subdivision is to recognize the adverse environmental and economic effects of invasive plant, insect, and fungal species upon the state; to establish the means by which the state shall address and minimize such adverse effects; to promote research and educational activities dealing with invasive species so as to achieve the best possible protection of agricultural, forest, wildlife, and other natural resources of the state and of human health; and to prevent and control the spread of invasive species in the state.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:52 - Definitions.

    430:52 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Alien species" means with respect to a particular ecosystem, any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating or reproducing that species, that is not native to that ecosystem.||II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.||III. "Committee" means the invasive species committee as established by this subdivision.||IV. "Control" means, as appropriate, eradicating, suppressing, reducing, or managing invasive species populations, preventing spread of invasive species from areas where they are present, and taking steps such as restoration of native species and habitats to reduce the effects of invasive species and to prevent further invasions.||V. "Fungi" means all non-chlorophyll-bearing thallophytes (that is, all non-chlorophyll-bearing plants of a lower order than mosses and liverworts) as, for example, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, yeasts, and bacteria, except those on or in living man or other animals.||VI. "Insect" means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising 6-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees, flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than 6 legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice.||VII. "Invasive species" means an alien species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.||VIII. "Native species" means with respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of an introduction, historically occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem.||IX. "Person" means any individual, governmental entity, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:53 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

    430:53 Powers and Duties of the Commissioner. –||I. The commissioner shall conduct research and educational activities which address the environmental and economic effects of invasive species upon the state. The commissioner shall solicit support for and participation by other state and federal government entities, the University of New Hampshire and private entities in such activities.||II. The commissioner shall disseminate information on and make recommendations for control of invasive species.||III. The commissioner shall consult with the invasive species committee and prepare and publish by April 1 annually a list of invasive species deemed to present an immediate danger to the health of native species, to the environment, to commercial agricultural or forest crop production, or to human health. The commissioner shall have authority to prohibit collection possession, importation, transportation, sale, propagation, transplantation or cultivation by any person of any species so listed. Such list shall be known as the "New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list."||IV. The commissioner shall consult with the invasive species committee and prepare and publish by April 1 annually a list of species which present the potential for environmental or economic harm but for which such potential may be reduced or eliminated by cultural or biological practices. Such list shall be known as the "New Hampshire restricted invasive species list."||V. The commissioner shall apply for and accept grants, gifts, bequests and donations which support the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:54 - Committee Established.

    430:54 Committee Established. –||I. The invasive species committee is hereby established to advise the commissioner on matters relating to invasive species in the state. It shall consist of the following 11 members:||(a) The state entomologist.||(b) The commissioner of environmental services, or designee.||(c) The commissioner of natural and cultural resources, or designee.||(d) The commissioner of transportation, or designee.||(e) The executive director of fish and game, or designee.||(f) The dean of the college of life sciences and agriculture of the University of New Hampshire, or designee.||(g) The director of the University of New Hampshire cooperative extension, or designee.||(h) Four persons appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the executive council who shall each serve for a term of 3 years. One shall represent horticultural interests, one shall represent environmental interests, one shall represent livestock owners' and feed growers' interests, and one shall represent the general public.||II. The committee shall annually choose one of its members to serve as chairperson.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000. 2003, 36:1, eff. July 1, 2003. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:55 - Administrative Authority; Inspection; Rulemaking.

    430:55 Administrative Authority;  Inspection;  Rulemaking. –||I. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall adopt rules, in accordance with RSA 541-A, for carrying out provisions of this subdivision. For the purpose of inspecting for, or eradicating prohibited species, the commissioner shall, in person or by deputy or agent, have access to:||(a) Land, places, buildings, or vehicles of a licensed or certified plant dealer or nursery, at all reasonable hours.||(b) Land not posted pursuant to RSA 635:4 at any time, but unposted land shall not include buildings, vehicles, or areas considered to be curtilage.||(c) Land posted pursuant to RSA 635:4, places, buildings, or vehicles at such time and under such conditions as the owner may consent to.||(d) Land posted pursuant to RSA 635:4, places, buildings, or vehicles upon obtaining a search warrant pursuant to RSA 595-A, if the owner does not consent.||II. The commissioner shall have general authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this subdivision and the rules adopted under this subdivision, and to prosecute violations thereof.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. Apr. 27, 2000. 2002, 131:1, eff. July 8, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:56 - Hearings.

    430:56 Hearings. –||When the commissioner learns of any violation of any provision of this subdivision, notice of such violation, together with a copy of the findings, shall be given to the person or persons concerned. Persons so notified shall be afforded a hearing under rules adopted by the commissioner. Affidavits under oath may be received by the commissioner.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 430:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 430 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases|Section 430:57 - Penalties.

    430:57 Penalties. –||I. Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of this subdivision or rule adopted under this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted or order issued under this subdivision shall, in addition, be liable for a civil forfeiture not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for each day of a continuing violation, which may be collected in a civil action or in connection with an action for injunctive relief brought by the attorney general.||III. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision, or any rule or order of the commissioner, shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 2000, 88:1, eff. April 27, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:1 - Title.

    431:1 Title. –||This subdivision shall be known as the New Hampshire Fertilizer Law.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:2 - Administration.

    431:2 Administration. –||This subdivision shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5; 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:4 - Registration.

    431:4 Registration. –||I. Each brand and grade of fertilizer shall be registered in the name of that person whose name appears upon the label before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner on a form furnished by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of $75 per grade of each brand sold.||II. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer into the general fund as unrestricted revenue.||III. Upon approval by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations expire on December 31 of each year. The application shall include the following information:||(a) The brand and grade.||(b) The guaranteed analysis.||(c) The name and address of the registrant.||(d) Net weight.||IV. A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which is already registered under this section by another person, providing the label does not differ in any respect.||V. A distributor shall not be required to register each grade of fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing, but shall be required to label such fertilizer as provided in RSA 431:5, III.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2003, 229:2, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:4-a - Nitrogen Content of Fertilizer.

    431:4-a Nitrogen Content of Fertilizer. –||I. No turf fertilizer sold at retail shall exceed 0.7 pounds per 1,000 square feet of soluble nitrogen per application when applied according to the instructions on the label.||II. No turf fertilizer sold at retail shall exceed 0.9 pounds per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen per application when applied according to the instructions on the label.||III. No turf fertilizer shall exceed an annual application of 3.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen when applied according to the instructions on the label.||IV. No enhanced efficiency fertilizer shall exceed a single application rate of 2.5 lbs. per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen and an annual application rate of 3.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen nor release at greater than 0.7 pounds per 1,000 square feet per month when applied according to the instructions on the label.|||Source. 2013, 42:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:4-b - Phosphorus Content of Fertilizer.

    431:4-b Phosphorus Content of Fertilizer. –||I. No fertilizer sold at retail that is intended for use on turf shall exceed a content level of 0.67% available phosphate unless specifically labeled for establishing new lawns, for repairing a lawn, for seeding, or for use when a soil test indicates a phosphorus deficiency.||II. No fertilizer sold at retail that is intended for use on newly established or repaired lawns, or for lawns testing deficient in phosphorus shall exceed an application rate of one pound per 1,000 square feet annually of available phosphate.||III. No natural organic turf fertilizer shall exceed a per application rate of one pound of available phosphate per 1,000 square feet when applied according to the instructions on the label.|||Source. 2013, 42:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:4-c - Existing Inventories.

    431:4-c Existing Inventories. –||No provision of RSA 431:4-a or RSA 431:4-b shall restrict the continued sale by retailers of any fertilizer from any existing inventories in stock on December 31, 2013.|||Source. 2013, 42:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:4-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:4-d - Preemption of Local Regulation.

    431:4-d Preemption of Local Regulation. –||Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subdivision, no ordinance or regulation of local government, including but not limited to, an action by a local governmental agency or department, a county board of commissioners or a city council, or a local regulation adopted by the use of an initiative measure, may prohibit or in any way attempt to regulate any matter relating to the registration, sale, formulation, or transportation of fertilizer. Additionally, no local regulation shall regulate the type of fertilizer when used for agricultural purposes as defined by RSA 21:34-a.|||Source. 2013, 42:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2018, 169:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:5 - Labels.

    431:5 Labels. –||I. Any fertilizer distributed in this state in containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:||(a) Net weight.||(b) Brand and grade, provided that the grade shall not be required when no primary nutrients are claimed.||(c) Guaranteed analysis in the following order and form:||Total Nitrogen (N) _______ %| Available Phosphate (P2O5) _______ %| Soluble Potash (K2O) _______ %| |||(1) For unacidulated mineral phosphatic material and basic slag, bone, tankage, and other organic phosphatic materials, the total phosphate and or degree of fineness may also be guaranteed.||(2) Guarantees for plant nutrients, other than nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, may be permitted or required by rule by the commissioner. The guarantees for such other nutrients shall be expressed in the form of the element. The source (oxides, salts, chelates, etc.) of such other nutrients may be required to be stated on the application for registration and may be included on the label. Other beneficial substances or compounds, determinable by laboratory methods, also may be guaranteed by permission of the commissioner and with the advice of the director of the agricultural experiment station. When any plant nutrients or other substances or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accord with the methods and rules adopted by the commissioner.||(d) Name and address of the registrant.||II. In the case of bulk shipments, the information required in paragraph I in written or printed form shall accompany delivery and be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.||III. A fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing shall be labeled to show the net weight, the guaranteed analysis, and the name and address of the distributor or registrant.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:6 - Inspection Fees and Tonnage Reports.

    431:6 Inspection Fees and Tonnage Reports. –||I. There shall be paid to the commissioner for all fertilizers distributed in this state to nonregistrants an inspection fee on each ton of fertilizer sold in a manner and at a fee prescribed by the commissioner by rules; provided, that sales or exchanges between importers, manufacturers, distributors, or registrants are exempted.||II. Every registrant who distributes fertilizer in the state shall file with the commissioner a semiannual statement for the reporting period setting forth the number of net tons of each fertilizer so distributed in this state during such period. The report shall be due on or before 30 days following the close of the filing period and upon filing such statement the registrant shall pay an inspection fee. If the tonnage report is not filed and the payment of inspection fees is not made within 30 days after the end of the specified filing period, a collection fee, amounting to 10 percent (minimum $10) of the amount due, shall be assessed against the registrant and added to the amount due.||III. When more than one person is involved in the distribution of a fertilizer, the last person who has the fertilizer registered and who distributed to a nonregistrant dealer or consumer is responsible for reporting the tonnage and paying the inspection fee, unless the report and payment is made by a prior distributor of the fertilizer.||IV. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer into the general fund as unrestricted revenue.||V. No information furnished the commissioner under this section shall be disclosed in such a way as to divulge the operation of any person.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|