2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 6 - Agriculture
Chapter 87 - Control Of Pesticides
§ 1105a Treated articles; powers of Secretary; best management practices
§ 1105a. Treated articles; powers of Secretary; best management practices
(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, upon the recommendation of the Pesticide Advisory Council, may adopt by rule:
(1) best management practices, standards, procedures, and requirements relating to the sale, use, storage, or disposal of treated articles the use of which the Pesticide Advisory Council has determined will have a hazardous or long-term deleterious effect on the environment, presents a likely risk to human health, or is dangerous;
(2) requirements for the response to or corrective actions for exigent circumstances or contamination from a treated article that presents a threat to human health or the environment;
(3) requirements for the examination or inspection of treated articles the use of which the Pesticide Advisory Council has determined will have a hazardous or long-term deleterious effect on the environment, presents a likely risk to human health, or is dangerous;
(4) requirements for persons selling treated articles to keep or make available to the Secretary records of sale of treated articles the use of which the Pesticide Advisory Council has determined will have a hazardous or long-term deleterious effect on the environment, presents a likely risk to human health, or is dangerous; or
(5) requirements for reporting of incidents resulting from accidental contamination from or misuse of treated articles the use of which the Pesticide Advisory Council has determined will have a hazardous or long-term deleterious effect on the environment, presents a likely risk to human health, or is dangerous.
(b) At least 30 days prior to prefiling a rule authorized under subsection (a) of this section with the Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules under 3 V.S.A. § 837, the Secretary shall submit a copy of the draft rule to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry for review. (Added 2015, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2017, No. 74, § 9.)
