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NH Rev Stat § 431:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:7 - Inspection, Sampling, and Analysis.

    431:7 Inspection, Sampling, and Analysis. –||I. It shall be the duty of the commissioner to sample, inspect, make analyses of, and test fertilizers distributed within this state at any time and place and to such an extent as the commissioner may deem necessary to determine whether such fertilizers are in compliance with the provisions of this subdivision. The commissioner is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers during regular business hours in order to access fertilizer subject to provisions of this subdivision and the rules adopted pursuant to it, and the records relating to their distribution and storage.||II. The methods of sampling and analysis shall be those adopted by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). In cases not covered by such methods, or in cases where methods are available in which improved applicability has been demonstrated, the commissioner may adopt by rule such appropriate methods from other sources.||III. The commissioner, in determining for administrative purposes whether any fertilizer is deficient in plant food, shall be guided solely by the official sample as defined in RSA 431:3, and obtained and analyzed as provided for in paragraph II of this section.||IV. The results of official analysis of fertilizers and portions of official samples shall be distributed by the commissioner as provided by rule. Official samples establishing a penalty for nutrient deficiency shall be retained for a minimum of 90 days from issuance of a deficiency report.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:8 - Plant Food Deficiency.

    431:8 Plant Food Deficiency. –||I. When the official analysis under RSA 431:7 shall show that a fertilizer is deficient in nitrogen, available phosphate, and/or soluble potash in accordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b), then a penalty payment of 3 times the value of such deficiency shall be assessed. When a fertilizer is subject to a penalty payment under both (a) and (b), the larger penalty payment shall apply. A fertilizer is deficient when:||(a) One or more of its guaranteed primary plant nutrients are beyond the investigational allowances established by rule; or||(b) The overall index value of the fertilizer is below the level established by rule.||II. Penalty payments for deficiencies beyond the investigational allowances as established by rule for any other constituent covered under RSA 431:5, I(c)(2), which the registrant is required to or may guarantee, shall be evaluated and penalty payments prescribed by the commissioner.||III. All penalty payments assessed under this section shall be paid by the registrant to the commissioner within 3 months of receiving written notification from the commissioner of the penalty notice.||IV. Penalty payments received from the registrant shall be refunded to the consumer of the fertilizer which has been analyzed and found deficient, provided that the purchase is of one ton or more. Penalty payments on lots of fertilizer which have been analyzed and found deficient and whose purchaser cannot be found shall be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue.||V. If, upon satisfactory evidence, a person is shown to have altered the content of a fertilizer shipped to such person by a registrant, or to have mixed or commingled fertilizer from 2 or more suppliers such that the result of either alteration changes the analysis of the fertilizer as originally guaranteed, then that person shall become responsible for obtaining a registration and shall be held liable for all penalty payments and be subject to other provisions of this subdivision, including seizure, condemnation, and stop sale.||VI. A deficiency in an official sample of mixed fertilizer resulting from nonuniformity is not distinguishable from a deficiency due to actual plant nutrient shortage and is properly subject to official action.||VII. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from appealing to a court of competent jurisdiction seeking judgment as to the justification of such penalty payments.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:9 - Commercial Value.

    431:9 Commercial Value. –||For the purpose of determining the commercial value to be applied under the provisions of RSA 431:8, the commissioner shall determine and publish annually the values per unit of nitrogen, available phosphate, and soluble potash in fertilizers in this state. The value so determined and published shall be used in determining and assessing penalty payments.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:10 - Misbranding.

    431:10 Misbranding. –||No person shall distribute misbranded fertilizer. A fertilizer shall be deemed to be misbranded if:||I. Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.||II. It is distributed under the name of another fertilizer product.||III. It is not labeled as required in RSA 431:5 and in accordance with rules adopted under this subdivision.||IV. It purports to be or is represented as a fertilizer, or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or fertilizer unless such plant nutrient or fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, prescribed by rule of the commissioner. In adopting such rules, the commissioner shall give due regard to commonly accepted definitions and official fertilizer terms such as those issued by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:11 - Adulteration.

    431:11 Adulteration. –||No person shall distribute an adulterated fertilizer product. A fertilizer shall be deemed to be adulterated if:||I. It contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant, animal, human, or aquatic life or to soil or water when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label, or if adequate warning statements or directions for use which may be necessary to protect plant life, animal, human, or aquatic life or soil or water are not shown upon the label.||II. Its composition falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling.||III. It contains unwanted crop seed or weed seed.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:12 - Publications.

    431:12 Publications. –||The commissioner shall publish in such forms as the commissioner deems proper:||I. Information concerning the distribution of fertilizers.||II. Results of analyses based on official samples of fertilizer distributed within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed under RSA 431:4 and RSA 431:5.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:13 - Rulemaking.

    431:13 Rulemaking. –||For the enforcement of this subdivision, the commissioner shall adopt under RSA 541-A, after public hearing, such rules relating to investigational allowances, definitions, records, distribution, storage, use, and application of fertilizers and plant biostimulants as may be necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2021, 167:7, eff. Sept. 28, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:14 - Shortweight.

    431:14 Shortweight. –||If any fertilizer in the possession of the consumer is found by the commissioner to be short in weight, the registrant of the fertilizer shall within 30 days after official notice from the commissioner submit to the consumer a penalty payment of 4 times the value of the actual shortage.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:15 - Cancellation of Registrations.

    431:15 Cancellation of Registrations. –||The commissioner may cancel the registration of any brand of fertilizer or may refuse to register any brand of fertilizer as provided in this subdivision, upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasion or the attempted evasion of the provisions of this subdivision or any rules adopted thereunder. No registration shall be revoked or refused until the registrant shall have been given the opportunity to appear for a hearing by the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:16 - Stop Sale Orders.

    431:16 Stop Sale Orders. –||The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use, or removal" order to the owner of any lot of fertilizer and hold such fertilizer at a designated place when the commissioner finds the fertilizer is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this subdivision until the law has been complied with and the fertilizer is released in writing by the commissioner, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the fertilizer so withdrawn when this subdivision has been complied with and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:17 - Seizure, Condemnation, and Sale.

    431:17 Seizure, Condemnation, and Sale. –||Any lot of fertilizer not in compliance with the provisions of this subdivision shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the fertilizer is located. In the event the court finds the fertilizer to be in violation of this subdivision and orders the condemnation of the fertilizer, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the fertilizer and the laws of the state. In no instance shall the disposition of the fertilizer be ordered by the court without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the fertilizer or for permission to process or relabel the fertilizer to bring it into compliance with this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:18 - Penalties.

    431:18 Penalties. –||I. Any person who, personally or through an agent, violates any provision of this subdivision or rule adopted under this subdivision 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.||IV. The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this subdivision or any rule adopted hereunder, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:19 - Cooperation with Other Entities.

    431:19 Cooperation with Other Entities. –||The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreement with governmental agencies of this state, other states, and agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:20 - Exchanges Between Manufacturers.

    431:20 Exchanges Between Manufacturers. –||Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to restrict or avoid sale or exchanges of fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale, or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of fertilizer to manufacturers or manipulators who have registered their brands as required by provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:21 - Repealed by 1995, 233:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    431:21 Repealed by 1995, 233:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 431:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:22 - Title.

    431:22 Title. –||This subdivision shall be known as the "New Hampshire Agricultural Liming Materials Act."|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:23 - Administration.

    431:23 Administration. –||This subdivision shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:24 - Definitions.

    431:24 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Agricultural liming materials" means a product whose calcium and magnesium compounds are capable of neutralizing soil acidity.||II. "Limestone" means a material consisting essentially of calcium carbonate or a combination of calcium carbonate with magnesium carbonate capable of neutralizing soil acidity.||III. "Burnt lime" means a material made from limestone which consists essentially of calcium oxide or a combination of calcium oxide with magnesium oxide.||IV. "Hydrated lime" means a material, made from burnt lime, which consists of calcium hydroxide or a combination of calcium hydroxide with magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide or both.||V. "Marl" means a granular or loosely consolidated earthy material composed largely of seashell fragments, eggshell fragments, and calcium carbonate.||VI. "Industrial byproduct" means any industrial waste or byproduct containing calcium or calcium and magnesium in forms that will neutralize soil acidity.||VII. "Brand" means the term, designation, trademark, product name or other specific designation under which individual agricultural liming material is offered for sale.||VIII. "Fineness" means the percentage by weight of the material which will pass U.S. Standard sieves of specified sizes.||IX. "Ton" means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois.||X. "Percent" or "percentage" means by weight.||XI. "Bulk" means in nonpackaged form.||XII. "Label" means any written or printed matter on or attached to the package or on the delivery ticket which accompanies bulk shipments.||XIII. "Person" means individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation.||XIV. "Calcium carbonate equivalent" means the acid-neutralizing capacity of an agricultural liming material expressed as weight percentage of calcium carbonate.||XV. "Weight" means the weight of undried material as offered for sale.||XVI. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food or authorized agent.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5; 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2003, 181:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:25 - Labeling.

    431:25 Labeling. –||I. Agricultural liming materials sold, offered, or exposed for sale in the state shall have affixed to the outside of each package in a conspicuous manner, a plainly printed, stamped, or otherwise marked label, tag or statement, or in the case of bulk sales, a delivery slip, setting forth at least the following information:||(a) The name and principal office address of the manufacturer or distributor.||(b) The brand or trade name of the material.||(c) The identification of the product as to the type of the agricultural liming material.||(d) The net weight of the agricultural liming material.||(e) The minimum percentage of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide and/or calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.||(f) The calcium carbonate equivalent as determined by methods prescribed by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) International. Minimum calcium carbonate equivalents shall be as prescribed by rule.||(g) The minimum percent by weight passing through U.S. Standards sieves as prescribed by rule.||II. No information or statement shall appear on any package, label, delivery slip, or advertising matter which is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the quality, analysis, type, or composition of the agricultural liming material.||III. In the case of any material which has been adulterated subsequent to packaging, labeling or loading and before delivery to the consumer, a plainly marked notice to that effect shall be affixed by the vendor to the package or delivery slip to identify the kind and degree of such adulteration.||IV. At every site from which agricultural liming materials are delivered in bulk and at every place where consumer orders for bulk deliveries are placed, there shall be conspicuously posted a copy of the statement required by this section for each brand of material.||V. When the commissioner finds, after public hearing following due notice under rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, that the requirement for expressing the calcium and magnesium in elemental form would not impose an economic hardship on distributors and users of agricultural liming materials by reason of conflicting label requirements among the states, the commissioner may require by rule that the minimum percentage of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide and/or calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate shall be expressed in the following form:||Total Calcium (Ca) .................. percent| Total Magnesium (Mg) .................. percent| |||The effective date of such a rule shall be not less than 6 months following the adoption of the rule, and for a period of 2 years following the effective date of the rule, the equivalent of calcium and magnesium may also be shown in the form of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide and/or calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:26 - Prohibited Acts.

    431:26 Prohibited Acts. –||I. No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless it complies with the provisions of this subdivision and rules pertaining to this subdivision.||II. No agricultural liming material shall be sold or offered for sale in this state which contains toxic materials in quantities injurious to plant, animal, human, or aquatic life or to soil or water.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:27 - Registration.

    431:27 Registration. –||I. Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the commissioner on a form furnished or approved by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of $50 per product. The fees collected under this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer into the general fund as unrestricted revenue. Upon approval by the commissioner, a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations expire on January 1 of the following year.||II. A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of agricultural liming material which is already registered under this act by another person, providing the label does not differ in any respect.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 431:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 431 - Soil Conditioners|Section 431:28 - Report of Tonnage.

    431:28 Report of Tonnage. –||I. Within 30 days following the expiration of registration, each registrant shall submit, on a form approved by the commissioner, an annual statement setting forth the number of net tons of each agricultural liming material sold by such registrant for use in the state during the previous 12-month period.||II. The commissioner shall publish in such forms as the commissioner deems proper a composite report showing the tons of agricultural liming material sold in the state. This report shall in no way divulge the operation of any registrant.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 233:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|