Section 18B.28 Experimental Use Pesticide Product Registration

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

Section 18B.28 Experimental Use Pesticide Product Registration

18B.28 EXPERIMENTAL USE PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION.

Subdivision 1.Requirement.

A person may not use or distribute an experimental use pesticide product in the state until it is registered with the commissioner. Experimental use pesticide product registrations expire on December 31 of each year and may be renewed on or before that date.

Subd. 2.Application review and registration.

(a) After reviewing the application accompanied by the application fee, the commissioner may issue an experimental use pesticide product registration if the commissioner determines that the applicant needs the registration to accumulate information necessary to register a pesticide under section 18B.26. The commissioner may prescribe terms, conditions, and a limited period of time for the experimental use product registration. After an experimental use pesticide product registration is issued, the commissioner may revoke or modify the registration at any time if the commissioner finds that its terms or conditions are being violated or are inadequate to avoid unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.

(b) The commissioner may deny issuance of an experimental use pesticide product registration permit if the commissioner determines that issuance of a registration is not warranted or that the use to be made of the pesticide under the proposed terms and conditions may cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.

Subd. 3.Application.

A person must file an application for experimental use pesticide product registration with the commissioner. An application to register an experimental use pesticide product must include:

(1) the name and address of the applicant;

(2) a federal Environmental Protection Agency approval document;

(3) the purpose or objectives of the experimental use product;

(4) an accepted experimental use pesticide product label;

(5) the name, address, and telephone number of cooperators or participants in this state;

(6) the amount of material to be shipped or used in this state; and

(7) other information requested by the commissioner.

Subd. 4.Application fee.

(a) An application for registration of an experimental use pesticide product must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $150.

(b) An additional fee of $200 must be paid by the applicant for each pesticide distributed or used in the state before an initial experimental use pesticide product registration was issued for the pesticide.