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RI Gen L § 23-25-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-29 - Protection of trade secrets and other information.

§ 23-25-29. Protection of trade secrets and other information.(a) In submitting data required by this chapter, the applicant may:(1) Clearly mark any portion of it which in his or her opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; and(2) Submit that marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this chapter.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director shall not make public information which in his or her judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained from a person as privileged or confidential, except that, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, information relating to formulas of products acquired by authorization of this chapter may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted, or as required by law, and may be revealed at a public hearing or in findings of fact issued by the director.(c) If the director proposes to release for inspection information which the applicant or registrant believes to be protected from disclosure under subsection (b) of this section, he or she shall notify the applicant or registrant in writing by certified mail. The director shall not after this make available for inspection that data until thirty (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 subsection (b) of this section.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-29; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-30 - Delegation of director's duties.

§ 23-25-30. Delegation of director's duties.The functions vested in the director may be delegated by the director to any employees of the department of environmental management as may be found desirable or necessary from time to time to carry out the responsibilities of this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-30; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-31 - Reciprocal agreements.

§ 23-25-31. Reciprocal agreements.(a) The director may waive all or part of the examination requirements prescribed in §§ 23-25-12, 23-25-13 and 23-25-14 on a reciprocal basis with any other state which has substantially the same examination requirements and standards of competency, and for federal employees qualified under substantially the same examination requirements and standards of competency.(b) The director is authorized to adopt regulations, including, but not limited to, regulations establishing procedures for establishing and implementing reciprocal agreements, providing verifying credentials to out-of-state applicators, and assuring compliance.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-31; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-32 - Budget - Receipt and disposition of funds.

§ 23-25-32. Budget — Receipt and disposition of funds.(a) The director shall include in the annual budget sums of money necessary: to carry out the pesticide control program as required by this chapter and the EPA approved plan for certifying applicators, for the registration of pesticides, for office and other expenses including travel necessary for inspection and enforcement, and to employ sufficient employees to effectively carry out the provisions of this chapter.(b) All money received by the director under the provisions of this chapter, 23-25-12(b)(2), 23-25-13(b)(3), 23-25-14(b)(3), and 23-25-15(c)(5) shall be deposited into the general treasury as general revenues.(c) All money received by the director as federal grants-in-aid, contracts, and the like, to assist the state in carrying out a certification program shall be deposited into the general treasury to the credit of a special fund to be used only for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.(d) All money appropriated for the pesticide enforcement and certification program shall be made available immediately and are specifically appropriated to the director for the following purposes:(1) To support the pesticide enforcement and certification program;(2) For payment of ancillary services, personnel, and equipment incurred to carry out the purposes of pesticide enforcement and certification.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-32; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 22, § 3; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 71.
RI Gen L § 23-25-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-33 - Severability.

§ 23-25-33. Severability.If any provisions of this chapter are declared unconstitutional or the applicability of these provisions to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this chapter and applicability of this chapter to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected by this invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-33; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-34 - Prior liability.

§ 23-25-34. Prior liability.The enactment of this chapter shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence on May 28, 1976.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-34; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-35 - Repeal of inconsistent acts.

§ 23-25-35. Repeal of inconsistent acts.Jurisdiction in all matters pertaining to the registration, sale, distribution, transportation, storage, use and application, disposal of pesticides and devices, and licensing and certification of applicators is, by this chapter, vested exclusively in the director, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this chapter are expressly repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-35; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-36 - Protective clothing and equipment.

§ 23-25-36. Protective clothing and equipment.The director may promulgate rules and regulations requiring the use of protective clothing and equipment by any person operating equipment for the application of any pesticide, insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, and rodenticide.History of Section.P.L. 1986, ch. 339, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-38 - Pesticide applications and notification of pesticide applications at pre-schools and child care centers.

§ 23-25-38. Pesticide applications and notification of pesticide applications at pre-schools and child care centers.(a) On and after July 1, 2003, no application of pesticide may be made by any person other than a certified or licensed commercial applicator as defined in § 23-25-4 in any building or on the grounds of any pre-school, child day care center, group/family day care home or family day care home, during regular business hours. No child enrolled at such center or home may enter an area where pesticides have been applied until it is safe to do so according to the provisions on the pesticide label. For purposes of this section, emergency shall mean a sudden need to mitigate or eliminate a pest which threatens the health or safety of a student or staff member. This section shall not apply to the use of germicides, disinfectants, sanitizers, deodorizers, antimicrobal agents, insecticidal gels, non-volatile insect or rodent bait in a tamper resistant container, insect repellants, insecticidal disks, or the application of a pesticide classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an exempt material under 40 CFR part 152.25.(b) On and after July 1, 2002, notice of any pesticide application at any such center or home shall be given, by any means practicable, to the parents or guardians of any child enrolled at the center or home not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the application. The notice shall include: (1) the common or trade name and the name of the active ingredient; (2) the EPA registration number as listed on the pesticide label; (3) the target pest; (4) the exact location of the application on the property; (5) the date of the application; and (6) the name of the pre-school or child care center owner/operator or their designee.History of Section.P.L. 2001, ch. 293, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 418, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25-39 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25 - Pesticide Control|Section 23-25-39 - Report on lawn care pesticide use.

§ 23-25-39. Report on lawn care pesticide use.(a) The department of environmental management shall report to the governor, the speaker of the house and the president of the senate on or before November 1, 2007, with regard to:(1) Health risks, especially in children, associated with lawn care pesticides, as such risks have been established in the literature, based on the best available scientific information and health data studies;(2) Currently recognized best practices for the use and/or control of lawn care pesticides at schools and child daycare facilities;(3) How other jurisdictions have managed lawn care pesticides used at school facilities, including school facilities that have two (2) or more of the following functions at the same location, child daycare facilities, preschools, elementary and secondary schools;(4) What Rhode Island schools are currently doing to manage, decrease or eliminate the use of lawn care pesticides on school grounds and to implement alternative methods of pest management in lawn care;(5) A recommended lawn care pesticide use and control program for public and private child daycare centers, preschools and elementary schools located in Rhode Island; and(6) The enforcement activities required to implement the lawn care use and control program and the fiscal impact this program may have on state agencies and school departments.(b) The department of environmental management shall establish a working group, including, but not limited to: the department of health, the department of elementary and secondary education and the association of school committees, to assist with the report required in subsection (a). The department of health and the department of elementary and secondary education are hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with the department of environmental management in the preparation of the report required by this section.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 421, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.1-1 - 23-25.1-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.1 - Hazardous Pesticides, Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, and Rodenticides|Section 23-25.1-1 - 23-25.1-13 - Repealed.

§ 23-25.1-1 — 23-25.1-13. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-1 - Legislative findings - Purpose of chapter.

§ 23-25.2-1. Legislative findings — Purpose of chapter.The general assembly finds: that the public health, safety, and welfare are being jeopardized by the contamination of drinking water by pesticides; that suitable remedies may be beyond the immediate financial resources of the persons affected; and that the public interest would be served by a reduction in the quantity of chemical pesticides used in this state. The purposes of this chapter are: (1) to establish a fund to provide both emergency relief for pesticide contamination and financial support for pest control methods that reduce or eliminate reliance upon chemical pesticides, and (2) to establish a pesticide relief advisory board to make recommendations to the director of the department of environmental management regarding the fund, and to advise the director on pesticides and public health dangers associated with their use in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-25.2-2. Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings:(1) "Board" means the pesticide relief advisory board.(2) "Contaminated domestic water supply" means the primary source of drinking and household water for a residence when the primary source fails to meet generally accepted drinking water standards due to pesticide contamination or when the department of health has certified it as undrinkable due to pesticide contamination.(3) "Director" means the director of the department of environmental management.(4) "Fund" means the pesticide relief fund.(5) "Integrated pest management" ("IPM") refers to a method of pest control that uses a systems approach to reduce pest damage to tolerable levels through a variety of techniques, including natural predators and parasites, genetically resistant hosts, environmental modifications and, when necessary and appropriate, chemical pesticides. IPM strategies rely upon non-chemical defenses first and chemical pesticides second.(6) "Multiple contaminated domestic water supply" means a number of contaminated domestic water supplies in close proximity to each other.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-3 - Pesticide relief advisory board established - Appointment of members.

§ 23-25.2-3. Pesticide relief advisory board established — Appointment of members.(a) There is created a pesticide relief advisory board consisting of eleven (11) members: one member shall be the chairperson of the joint committee on the environment or his or her designee, ex officio, and is referred to as the legislative member; the other ten (10) members shall be referred to as public members, and shall be appointed as follows: one public member shall be a faculty member in the department of plant pathology and entomology at the University of Rhode Island, to be appointed by the governor; the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, and the president of the senate shall each appoint one public member; the lieutenant governor shall appoint a public member who shall be a person engaged in full time vocation as an agricultural farmer; one public member shall be a professional toxicologist or a physician with sufficient experience in public health as it relates to pesticides or toxicology, to be appointed by the governor; one public member shall be a faculty member in environmental studies at a Rhode Island college or university, to be appointed by the governor; and one public member shall be a representative of the urban pest control industry or the chemical or pesticide industry, to be appointed by the governor and two (2) public members shall be representatives of the community at large, to be appointed by the governor.(b) The terms of office of the members of the board shall be as follows: the legislative member shall serve until the end of his or her legislative term; the governor shall appoint faculty members to succeed faculty members whose terms expire to hold office for a term of two (2) years commencing on the first day of February next following. In the month of January in any year in which a public member's term of office expires, the appointing authority shall appoint a successor to the member whose term shall expire in that year, to hold office for a term of two (2) years commencing on the first day of February next following. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Any vacancy other than by expiration shall be filled in like manner as the original appointment, but only for the unexpired portion of the term. All appointments shall be made in a timely manner.(c) Immediately upon the completion of the initial appointments, the board shall meet at the call of the director and shall elect from among themselves a chairperson.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 86, § 84; P.L. 2001, ch. 180, § 52.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-4 - Pesticide relief advisory board - Powers and duties - No compensation - Legal and clerical assistance.

§ 23-25.2-4. Pesticide relief advisory board — Powers and duties — No compensation — Legal and clerical assistance.The board shall make recommendations to the director concerning emergency responses to pesticide contamination and grants for IPM projects as provided in this chapter. In making these recommendations, the board shall seek the most efficient measure to remedy or ameliorate the effects of pesticide contamination of wells or private water supplies. The board shall also advise the director concerning the policies, plans, and goals to be attained in the administration of this chapter and chapter 25 of this title and shall make annual recommendations to the director; shall make comments and recommendations (prior to a public hearing or before these rules and regulations go into effect) on any rules and regulations relative to chapter 25 of this title and those promulgated by the director; shall review, comment on, and provide additional data to any monitoring program carried out under the provisions of § 23-25-16; shall advise the director on pesticides currently in use which might pose health hazards; shall advise the director regarding the least hazardous means of controlling pests; shall review new pesticide applications and advise the director on possible health hazards posed by the pesticides; shall review any compilations of pesticides currently in use in this state to determine which chemicals and pesticides, if any, should be tested for in the periodic sampling of public water supplies, and to make recommendations to the director to that effect; shall evaluate and make recommendations to the director regarding chemicals and pesticides which require greater control than required by the federal label; shall evaluate and make recommendations to the director regarding chemicals and pesticides which require application setbacks from domestic water wells; and shall perform any other advisory functions as may be assigned to it by the director. The board shall meet at least four (4) times per year. The members shall receive no compensation for their services. The board may request, through the department of environmental management, any clerical, technical, and legal assistance as it may deem necessary to accomplish its purpose.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-6 - Rules and regulations.

§ 23-25.2-6. Rules and regulations.(a) The director shall:(1) Develop by rule and regulation the criteria necessary for defining eligible recipients of emergency relief, eligible IPM projects, and eligible recipients of IPM grants; and(2) Establish procedures consistent with the purposes of this chapter.(b) In adopting rules and regulations, the director shall comply with §§ 42-35-3(a), 42-35-3(b), and 42-35-4.(c) In adopting rules and regulations, the director shall allow for judicial review pursuant to § 42-35-15 upon denials by the director for emergency relief under § 23-25.2-5(b)(1).History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-7 - No waiver or enlargement of rights - Subrogation.

§ 23-25.2-7. No waiver or enlargement of rights — Subrogation.(a) An award of relief under this chapter to any person shall not constitute a waiver of any common law or statutory claim for damages or other relief that the person may have against any pesticide manufacturer, pesticide applicator, or other responsible party nor shall the award of relief in any way limit the liability of any responsible party. An award of relief under this chapter shall not be construed or found to be an admission of or finding of liability against the responsible party in a subsequent liability suit or in a subrogation claim filed by the director pursuant to subsection (b). This chapter shall not be construed to enlarge, limit, or abrogate existing substantive rights.(b) The fund shall be subrogated, to the extent of the relief awarded, to the right of the recipient of the relief to recover from the responsible party. The director is empowered to bring suit in superior court in the name of the department of environmental management against the responsible party to enforce its subrogated claim. The director, with the assistance of counsel for the department of environmental management, shall draft appropriate subrogation agreements and shall require applicants for emergency relief to execute the agreements as a condition of receiving relief. The director's action in bringing suit to enforce its subrogated claim shall not deprive the recipient of relief from bringing a separate action or joining in the action of the director.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-8 - Annual report.

§ 23-25.2-8. Annual report.The board shall file an annual report on or before January 30th each year with the governor and the general assembly. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, a detailed accounting of the fund's receipts and disbursements during the preceding calendar year. The report shall also include the recommendation of the board as to whether the allocation of the year's receipts provided for in § 23-25.2-5(c), namely, seventy-five percent (75%) for emergency relief and grants to municipalities and twenty-five percent (25%) for IPM grants, should be retained or altered. The director shall provide the board with information required in order that the board may prepare the annual report.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-25.2-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-25.2 - Pesticide Relief Fund|Section 23-25.2-9 - Severability.

§ 23-25.2-9. Severability.If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part adjudged invalid.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 260, § 1.