94.707 Distribution and sale of certain pesticides. - Wisconsin Statutes

94.707

94.707 Distribution and sale of certain pesticides.

94.707(1)

(1) Prohibition. No person may distribute, sell, offer for sale or use any pesticide product containing any of the following active ingredients:

94.707(1)(a)

(a) 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T).

94.707(1)(b)

(b) 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy) propionic acid (silvex).

94.707(1)(c)

(c) Aldrin.

94.707(1)(d)

(d) Chlordane.

94.707(1)(e)

(e) Dieldrin.

94.707(1)(f)

(f) Heptachlor.

94.707(1m)

(1m) Use of daminozide on food-producing plants prohibited. No person may distribute, sell, offer for sale or use any pesticide product containing daminozide as an active ingredient and intended for use on a food-producing plant.

94.707(2)

(2) Exemption. The prohibition under sub. (1) does not apply to a person using or possessing a pesticide product containing any active ingredient under sub. (1) (a) to (f) according to the terms and conditions of an experimental use permit issued under the federal act or rules of the department.

94.707(3)

(3) Existing stocks.

94.707(3)(a)

(a) No later than 6 months after the applicable date under par. (d), any person, except a dealer or distributor, who owned any quantity of a pesticide listed in sub. (1m) or containing an active ingredient listed in sub. (1) (c) to (f) on the applicable date under par. (d) shall return or deliver all of that pesticide to the manufacturer or to the dealer or distributor from whom he or she purchased the pesticide.

94.707(3)(b)

(b) No later than one year after the applicable date under par. (d), any dealer or distributor who owned any amount of a pesticide listed in sub. (1m) or containing an active ingredient listed in sub. (1) (c) to (f) on the applicable date under par. (d) or who received any such pesticide under par. (a) shall return or deliver all of that pesticide to the manufacturer.

94.707(3)(c)

(c) Within 30 days after receiving any pesticide under par. (a) or (b), a dealer, distributor or manufacturer shall pay the person from whom the pesticide was received the amount of money which that dealer, distributor or manufacturer charged that person for the quantity of pesticide received. No payment under this paragraph may exceed the fair market value of the pesticide immediately before the applicable date under par. (d).

94.707(3)(d)

(d) The applicable dates for sub. (3) are the following:

94.707(3)(d)1.

1. For pesticide products containing the ingredients under sub. (1) (c) to (f), May 3, 1988.

94.707(3)(d)2.

2. For pesticide products containing the ingredient under sub. (1m), February 15, 1990.

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History: 1983 a. 397; 1987 a. 357; 1989 a. 52.

94.707 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also chs. ATCP 29, 30, and 31 and ss. ATCP 160.19 and 160.21, Wis. adm. code.