There is a newer version of the New York Consolidated Laws
2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 33 - PESTICIDES
Title 12 - (33-1201 - 33-1207) PESTICIDE SALES AND USE DATA BASE AND RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING
33-1205 - Recordkeeping and reporting.
§ 33-1205. Recordkeeping and reporting. 1. All commercial applicators shall maintain pesticide use records for each pesticide application containing the following: a. EPA registration number; b. product name; c. quantity of each pesticide used; d. date applied; e. location of application by address (including five-digit zip code). Such records shall be maintained for a period of not less than three years. All commercial applicators shall file, at least annually, a report or reports containing such information with the department on computer diskette or in printed form on or before February first for the prior calendar year. All commercial applicators shall also maintain corresponding records of the dosage rates, methods of application and target organisms for each pesticide application. These records shall be maintained on an annual basis and retained for a period of not less than three years and shall be available for inspection upon request by the department. 2. a. Every person who sells or offers for sale restricted use pesticides to private applicators shall issue a record to the private applicator of each sale of a restricted use pesticide or a general use pesticide used in agricultural crop production to such applicator. Such record of each sale shall include the following: 1. EPA registration number; 2. product name of the pesticide purchased; 3. quantity of the pesticide purchased; 4. date purchased; 5. location of intended application by address (including five-digit zip code) or if address is unavailable by town or city (including five-digit zip code) if the location of intended application differs from the billing address that appears on the record. Every person who sells or offers for sale restricted use pesticides to private applicators shall file, at least annually, a report or reports containing such information with the department on computer diskette or in printed form on or before February first for the prior calendar year. The department shall not use the reports filed pursuant to this paragraph for enforcement purposes. b. All private applicators shall maintain, at a minimum, records of the restricted pesticides purchased, crop treated by such, method of application, and date of application or applications. This information shall be maintained on an annual basis and retained for a minimum of three years, and shall be available for inspection upon request by the department. c. A private applicator shall, upon request, within six months, provide site-specific information relating to pesticide applications to any researcher entitled to receive information pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section twenty-four hundred eleven of the public health law, provided, however, such request shall not be granted during planting and harvesting unless at a time and in a manner that is mutually convenient.
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