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Senate Bill S1603
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §33-1205, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S6022
2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1603 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This legislation seeks to clarify the information that is necessary for pesticide applicators to submit under the pesticide notification law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill states that commercial applicators must submit information such as EPA registration number, product name, quantity of each pesticide used, as well as the County and Zip Code where the product was applied. This section does not require the date of application, and the full street address to be provided. Section 2 is the effective date. JUSTIFICATION: Currently applicators have to submit daily reports of every pesticide applied to aid in cancer research. This information is supposed to be contained in a report issued annually by the Department, however this
2013-S1603 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1603 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to reporting requirements for commercial pesticide applicators THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 33-1205 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 279 of the laws of 1996, the closing paragraph of para- graph a of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 260 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: S 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)] COUNTY AND 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04646-01-3
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