2005 Minnesota Statutes - 18B.045 — Pesticide management plan.

     18B.045 Pesticide management plan. 


    Subdivision 1.    Development.  The commissioner shall 
 develop a pesticide management plan for the prevention, 
 evaluation, and mitigation of occurrences of pesticides or 
 pesticide breakdown products in groundwaters and surface waters 
 of the state.  The pesticide management plan must include 
 components promoting prevention, developing appropriate 
 responses to the detection of pesticides or pesticide breakdown 
 products in groundwater and surface waters, and providing 
 responses to reduce or eliminate continued pesticide movement to 
 groundwater and surface water.  By September 1 of each 
 even-numbered year, the commissioner must submit a status report 
 on the plan to the Environmental Quality Board for review and 
 then to the house of representatives and senate committees with 
 jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, and 
 agriculture. 


    Subd. 2.    Coordination.  The pesticide management plan 
 shall be coordinated and developed with other state agency plans 
 and with other state agencies through the Environmental Quality 
 Board.  In addition, the University of Minnesota Extension 
 Service, farm organizations, farmers, environmental 
 organizations, and industry shall be involved in the pesticide 
 management plan development.  


    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 17; 1994 c 557 s 8; 1999 c 86 art 3 s 
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