NY State Senate Bill 2009-S1737

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to environmental conservation
Jun 04, 2009	print number 1737a
Jun 04, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
Feb 05, 2009	referred to environmental conservation

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2009-S1737 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-0301, En Con L; add §409-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S1787

2009-S1737 - Summary

Regulates use of pesticides on public and private school grounds for aesthetic purposes.

2009-S1737 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1737

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the education
law, in relation to regulating the use of pesticides on public and
private school grounds and daycare facilities


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To prohibit the use of pesticides on public and private school grounds
and on the grounds of daycare facilities.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation law
is amended by adding a new paragraph kk.  The education law is amended
by adding a new section 409-j.

Gives a short title allowing the act to be known as "The New York
Pesticides-Free Schools Act."

Requires the department of environmental conservation to cooperate
with the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this act.

Defines "pesticide," "school," "facilities," daycare facility," and
"integrated pest management," and "IPM."

Requires that by the first of September after the section becomes
law,all schools and daycare facilities must have an IPM program in
place.

Prohibits the application of pesticides on school and daycare grounds
after the first of September in the year after the section becomes law
except for when an application is necessary to protect the public
health, safety, or welfare or to protect the structural integrity of a
building or if the application is of bacillus papillae spores.
Requires that necessary applications be made outside of business
hours, employ the least toxic alternative, and not involve a
restricted use pesticide.

Prohibits any child enrolled in the school or daycare to enter an area
with a necessary pesticide application until it is safe to do so.

Allows a school district to petition the department of environmental
conservation to extend the deadline for pesticide abatement.  Requires
the department of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and
regulations to implement this section within twelve months of the
effective date of this section.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Children are particularly susceptible to the negative effects of
pesticides because of their rapid growth and decreased ability to
detoxify toxins. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency
and the National Academy of Sciences of the 30 most commonly used lawn
pesticides, 19 have studies that link them with certain cancers, 13
with birth defects, 21 with reproductive effects, and 15 with
neurotoxicity or abnormal brain development. A 2003 study on human
exposure to toxic chemicals by the Center for Disease Control found
that the highest residue levels of pesticides that are commonly used
in schools were found in children aged 6-11.

Pesticides can provide public health benefits, but those benefits must
be evaluated in the context of the risks to health that they pose.
Children spend most of their waking hours in a school setting and the
school environment has the potential to affect the long-term health
and welfare of our children. The recent prohibition of pesticides on
school and daycare grounds in Connecticut has demonstrated that
natural pest control methods can be both economical and efficient.

It is wrong to continue to unnecessarily expose New York's children to
toxic chemicals where there is no public health or environmental
benefit and only a major risk to public health.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
Unknown.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The first of September after it becomes law.

2009-S1737 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1737

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HUNTLEY, C. JOHNSON,
  KRUEGER, MONSERRATE,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,  SERRANO  --  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  and  the  education
  law,  in  relation  to  regulating the use of pesticides on public and
  private school grounds and daycare facilities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "New York pesticides-free schools act".
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph kk to read as follows:
  KK. CONSULT AND CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE
RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE  ABATEMENT  OF  HARMFUL
PESTICIDES  USED  ON  SCHOOL  AND DAYCARE PREMISES AS DEFINED IN SECTION
FOUR HUNDRED NINE-J OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 3. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  409-j  to
read as follows:
  S  409-J.  PROHIBITION  OF  PESTICIDES  ON  PUBLIC  AND PRIVATE SCHOOL
GROUNDS AND DAYCARE FACILITY PREMISES.   1. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH BELOW:
  (A) "PESTICIDE" SHALL MEAN A FUNGICIDE USED ON PLANTS, AN INSECTICIDE,
A  HERBICIDE  OR  A RODENTICIDE BUT DOES NOT MEAN A SANITIZER, DISINFEC-
TANT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT OR A PESTICIDE BAIT, AND "LAWN CARE PESTICIDE"
MEANS  A  PESTICIDE  REGISTERED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES   ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION  AGENCY  AND  LABELED  PURSUANT  TO  THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE,
FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT FOR USE IN  LAWN,  GARDEN  AND  ORNAMENTAL
SITES OR AREAS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00009-01-9

S. 1737                             2

  (B) "SCHOOL" MEANS ALL FACILITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS,  FOR  GRADES  KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE OPERATED IN THIS
STATE.
  (C)  "FACILITIES" MEANS SCHOOL BUILDINGS, LAND AND OTHER APPURTENANCES
OF ALL PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OPERATED  IN
THIS STATE.
  (D)  "DAYCARE  FACILITY"  SHALL  MEAN  LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED CHILD
DAYCARE HOMES, PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.
  (E) "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT"  AND  "IPM"  MEAN  A  DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS  FOR  PEST CONTROL THAT UTILIZES REGULAR MONITORING TO DETERMINE
IF AND WHEN CONTROLS ARE NEEDED; EMPLOYS PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, CULTURAL,
BIOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TACTICS TO CONTROL  CONDITIONS  THAT  PROMOTE
PEST  INFESTATIONS  AND  TO KEEP PEST POPULATIONS AT TOLERABLE DAMAGE OR
ANNOYANCE LEVELS; AND ONLY AS A LAST RESORT, UTILIZES LEAST TOXIC PESTI-
CIDE CONTROLS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF IPM IS TO ELIMINATE  THE  UNNECESSARY
USE OF PESTICIDES AND REDUCE THE USE OF ALL PESTICIDES.
  2. BY THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
ALL SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE FACILITIES SHALL HAVE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
PLANS FOR ALL PEST CONTROL ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO PUBLIC
REVIEW  AND  APPROVED  BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. SUCH PLANS SHALL UTILIZE IPM
TECHNIQUES TO MANAGE AND CONTROL PESTS AND PROBLEMS. ALL IPM PLANS SHALL
INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR PUBLIC  ACCESS  TO  ALL  INFORMATION  ABOUT  THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY CREATE ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEES  TO  ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IPM PLANS, AND TO MONITOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH  PLANS.  NO  SCHOOL  OR  DAYCARE  FACILITY  SHALL
CONDUCT OR HAVE CONDUCTED ANY PESTICIDE APPLICATION TO SCHOOL OR DAYCARE
FACILITIES WHICH IS PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE AND WHICH DOES NOT RESPOND TO
VERIFIABLE PEST PROBLEMS.
  3. BY THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, ALL APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES MADE ON THE GROUNDS
OF  ANY  PUBLIC  OR PRIVATE SCHOOL FACILITY PREMISES OR DAYCARE FACILITY
PREMISES SHALL BE PROHIBITED.  SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  ANY
APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON-
MENTAL  CONSERVATION  TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE,
PESTICIDES NEEDED TO PROTECT THE BUILDING AND  STRUCTURAL  INTEGRITY  OF
SUCH  FACILITY  OR  SUCH  APPLICATION  OF  PESTICIDES INCLUDING BACILLUS
POPILLAE SPORES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-SIX-A
OF TITLE SEVEN OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. SUCH NECESSARY APPLICATION MAY
BE MADE OUTSIDE OF REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS PROVIDED IT IS THE LEAST TOXIC
ALTERNATIVE AND DOES NOT INVOLVE A RESTRICTED  USE PESTICIDE, AS DEFINED
IN  SECTION  33-0101  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION LAW. NO CHILD
ENROLLED AT SUCH SCHOOL OR DAYCARE FACILITY  MAY  ENTER  AN  AREA  WHERE
PESTICIDES HAVE BEEN APPLIED UNTIL  IT IS SAFE TO DO SO ACCORDING TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE PESTICIDE LABEL.
  4.  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MAY  PETITION THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION IN THE EVENT THAT THE DISTRICT DETERMINES AN EXTENSION  FOR
THE  ABATEMENT  OF PESTICIDES IS NEEDED PROVIDED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  5. WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  IN  CO-OPERATION  WITH  THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ISSUE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A
MODEL  PLAN, A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND APPROPRIATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOM-
PLIANCE.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED
TO  STANDARDS  FOR  TECHNICAL  CAPABILITY AND DEFINITIONS FOR "PESTICIDE
APPLICATIONS  NECESSARY  TO  PROTECT  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH,  SAFETY,  AND

S. 1737                             3

WELFARE"  AND  "PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE BUILDING
AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A FACILITY".
  S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
succeeding the date on which it  shall  have  become  a  law;  provided,
however,  that  effective  immediately,  the  addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed on or before such effective date.

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2009-S1737A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3-0301, En Con L; add §409-k, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S1787

2009-S1737A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Regulates use of pesticides on public and private school grounds for aesthetic purposes.

2009-S1737A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1737A

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the education
law, in relation to regulating the use of pesticides for aesthetic
purposes on public and private school grounds


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To prohibit the use of pesticides on public and private school grounds
and on the grounds of daycare facilities.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the amended by adding a new
paragraph kk. The education law is amended by adding a new section
409-j.

Gives a short title allowing the act to be known as "The New York
Pesticides-Free Schools Act."

Requires the department of environmental conservation to cooperate
with the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this act.

Defines "pesticide," "school," "facilities," daycare facility," and
"integrated peat management," and "IPM."

Requires that by the first of September after the section becomes law,
all schools and daycare facilities must have an IPM program in place.

Prohibits the application of pesticides on school and daycare grounds
after the first of September in the year after the section becomes law
except for when an application is necessary to protect the public
health, safety, or welfare or to protect the structural integrity of a
building or if the application is of bacillus papillae spores.
Requires that necessary applications be made outside of business
hours, employ the least toxic alternative, and not involve a
restricted use pesticide.

Prohibits any child enrolled in the school or daycare to enter an area
with a necessary pesticide application until it is safe to do so.

Allows a school district to petition the department of environmental
conservation to extend the deadline for pesticide abatement. Requires
the department of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and
regulations.to implement this section within twelve months of the
effective date of this section.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Children are particularly Susceptible to the negative effects of
pesticides because of their rapid growth and decreased ability to
detoxify toxins. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency
and the National Academy of Sciences of the 30 most commonly used lawn
pesticides, 19 have studies that link them with certain cancers, 13
with birth defects, 21 with reproductive effects, and 15 with
neurotoxicity or abnormal brain development. A 2003 study on human
exposure to toxic chemicals by the Center for Disease Control found
that the highest residue levels of pesticides that are commonly used
in schools were found in children aged 6-11.

Pesticides can provide public health benefits, but those benefits must
be evaluated in the context of the risks to health that they pose.
Children spend most of their waking hours in a school setting and the
school environment has the potential to affect the long-term health
and welfare of our children. The recent prohibition of pesticides on

school and daycare grounds in Connecticut has demonstrated that
natural pest control methods can be both economical and efficient.

It is wrong to continue to unnecessarily expose New York's children to
toxic chemicals where there is no public health or environmental
benefit and only a major risk to public health.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
Unknown.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
The first of September after it becomes law.

2009-S1737A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1737--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, ADAMS, DIAZ, DUANE, HUNTLEY, C. JOHNSON,
  KRUEGER, MONSERRATE,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,  SERRANO  --  read  twice  and
  ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
  Environmental Conservation  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the environmental conservation law and the education
  law, in relation to regulating the use  of  pesticides  for  aesthetic
  purposes on public and private school grounds

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "New York pesticides-free schools act".
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environmental conservation
law is amended by adding a new paragraph kk to read as follows:
  KK. CONSULT AND CO-OPERATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PROMULGATE
RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE ABATEMENT OF HARMFUL
PESTICIDES USED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED
NINE-K OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S  3.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 409-k to
read as follows:
  S 409-K. PROHIBITION OF PESTICIDES FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSE ON PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SCHOOL GROUNDS.  1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOW-
ING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS SET FORTH BELOW:
  (A) "PESTICIDE" SHALL MEAN A FUNGICIDE USED ON PLANTS, AN INSECTICIDE,
A HERBICIDE OR A RODENTICIDE BUT DOES NOT MEAN  A  SANITIZER,  DISINFEC-
TANT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT OR A PESTICIDE BAIT, AND "LAWN CARE PESTICIDE"
MEANS   A  PESTICIDE  REGISTERED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY AND  LABELED  PURSUANT  TO  THE  FEDERAL  INSECTICIDE,
FUNGICIDE  AND  RODENTICIDE  ACT  FOR USE IN LAWN, GARDEN AND ORNAMENTAL
SITES OR AREAS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00009-05-9

S. 1737--A                          2

  (B) "SCHOOL" MEANS ALL FACILITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE  OPERATED  IN  THIS
STATE.
  (C)  "GROUNDS"  MEANS  SCHOOL LAND, INCLUDING PLAYING FIELDS AND GREEN
SPACES OF ALL PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OPER-
ATED IN THIS STATE.
  (D) "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT"  AND  "IPM"  MEAN  A  DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS  FOR  PEST CONTROL THAT UTILIZES REGULAR MONITORING TO DETERMINE
IF AND WHEN CONTROLS ARE NEEDED; EMPLOYS PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, CULTURAL,
BIOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TACTICS TO CONTROL  CONDITIONS  THAT  PROMOTE
PEST  INFESTATIONS  AND  TO KEEP PEST POPULATIONS AT TOLERABLE DAMAGE OR
ANNOYANCE LEVELS; AND ONLY AS A LAST RESORT, UTILIZES LEAST TOXIC PESTI-
CIDE CONTROLS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF IPM IS TO ELIMINATE  THE  UNNECESSARY
USE OF PESTICIDES AND REDUCE THE USE OF ALL PESTICIDES.
  2. BY THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
ALL  SCHOOLS  SHALL  HAVE  INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR ALL PEST
CONTROL ACTIVITIES,  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  SUBJECT  TO  PUBLIC  REVIEW  AND
APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. SUCH PLANS SHALL UTILIZE IPM TECHNIQUES TO
MANAGE  AND  CONTROL  PESTS  AND PROBLEMS. ALL IPM PLANS SHALL INCLUDE A
PROVISION FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE  IMPLEMENTATION
OF  THE  PLAN. SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY CREATE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO ASSIST
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IPM PLANS, AND TO MONITOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION
OF  SUCH  PLANS. NO SCHOOL SHALL CONDUCT OR HAVE CONDUCTED ANY PESTICIDE
APPLICATION TO SCHOOL GROUNDS WHICH APPLICATION IS SOLELY FOR  AESTHETIC
PURPOSES  OR  WHICH IS PREVENTATIVE IN NATURE AND WHICH DOES NOT RESPOND
TO VERIFIABLE PEST PROBLEMS.
  3. BY THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR NEXT SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, ALL APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDES MADE ON THE GROUNDS
OF ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL SOLELY FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSES  SHALL  BE
PROHIBITED. SUCH PROHIBITION SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY APPLICATION OF PESTI-
CIDES  DEEMED  NECESSARY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PESTICIDES NEEDED  TO
PROTECT  THE BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SCHOOL FACILITY OR
SUCH APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES INCLUDING BACILLUS POPILLAE SPORES REGIS-
TERED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX-A OF TITLE SEVEN OF THE
UNITED STATES CODE. SUCH NECESSARY APPLICATION MAY BE  MADE  OUTSIDE  OF
REGULAR  BUSINESS  HOURS  PROVIDED IT IS THE LEAST TOXIC ALTERNATIVE AND
DOES NOT INVOLVE A RESTRICTED   USE PESTICIDE,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
33-0101 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW. NO CHILD ENROLLED AT SUCH
SCHOOL MAY ENTER AN AREA WHERE PESTICIDES HAVE BEEN APPLIED UNTIL  IT IS
SAFE TO DO SO ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PESTICIDE LABEL.
  4.  A  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MAY  PETITION THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION IN THE EVENT THAT THE DISTRICT DETERMINES AN EXTENSION  FOR
THE  ABATEMENT  OF PESTICIDES IS NEEDED PROVIDED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  5. WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  IN  CO-OPERATION  WITH  THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL ISSUE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A
MODEL  PLAN, A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND APPROPRIATE PENALTIES FOR NONCOM-
PLIANCE.  SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED
TO  STANDARDS  FOR  TECHNICAL  CAPABILITY AND DEFINITIONS FOR "PESTICIDE
APPLICATIONS  NECESSARY  TO  PROTECT  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH,  SAFETY,  AND
WELFARE"  AND  "PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE BUILDING
AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF A FACILITY".

S. 1737--A                          3

  S 4. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding  the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law; provided,
however, that effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed on or before such effective date.

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