2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 49 - The Environment › § 49-309 - Cancellation of pesticide registration; hearing for reconsideration and continued use

49-309.
Cancellation of pesticide registration;  hearing for reconsideration and continued use
A. If the director determines the pesticide which meets any of the conditions specified in section 49-308 is carcinogenic,  mutagenic,  teratogenic or toxic to humans in concentrations found at depths prescribed in section 49-308,  subsection A and the pesticide label cannot be modified to change the approved use and application of the active ingredient to ensure that it does not threaten to pollute the groundwaters of this state,  the director shall notify the Arizona department of agriculture to cancel the registration of the pesticide.
B. For any other pesticide which meets any of the conditions specified in section 49-308 the registrant may request a hearing within forty-five days of notification that the director has made a determination pursuant to section 49-308,  subsection B. At the same time the registrant shall submit a report and documented evidence which demonstrates either of the following:
1. The presence in the soil of any active ingredient,  other specified ingredient or degradation product does not threaten to pollute the groundwaters of this state in any region in this state or that the pesticide label can be modified to change the approved use and application of the active ingredient to ensure that it does not threaten to pollute the groundwaters of this state.
2. Any active ingredient,  other specified ingredient or degradation product that has been found in groundwater has not polluted,  and does not threaten to pollute,  the groundwater of this state in any region in this state in which the pesticide may be used according to the terms under which it is registered or that the pesticide label can be modified to change the approved use and application of the active ingredient to ensure that it does not threaten to pollute the groundwater of this state.
C. The director of environmental quality,  after a public hearing and in consultation with the director of water resources,  the director of the department of health services and the director of the Arizona department of agriculture,  may allow the continued registration,  sale and use of a pesticide,  other than those identified in subsection A of this section,  which meets any of the conditions specified in section 49-308 if the director determines any of the following:
1. Either of the conditions prescribed in subsection B of this section exist and apply to the pesticide.
2. There are no alternative products or practices that can be effectively used in substitution for the pesticide and the cancellation or modification will cause severe economic hardship on one or more segments of the agricultural industry in this state.
D. Notwithstanding subsection C of this section,  the director shall not allow the continued registration,  sale or use of a pesticide if it would cause a violation of water quality standards at the applicable point of compliance.
E. The Arizona department of agriculture shall cancel the registration of any pesticide identified pursuant to section 49-308 unless continued under subsection C of this section.