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Committee amends pesticide rule change to let handlers mix, load and transport under supervision
Summary
Representative Nelson's House File 2667 would narrow a recent federal-conformity change so persons defined as "handlers" may mix, load and transport restricted-use pesticides under the supervision of a licensed applicator; the committee adopted an A1 amendment adding 'transporting' and laid the bill over.
House File 2667, carried by Representative Rick Nelson, would revise language adopted last year that had required assistants who mix and load restricted-use pesticides to hold the same license as the applicator.
Nelson told the Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee the earlier federal-conformity bill unintentionally expanded licensing requirements so that anyone assisting with mixing and loading had to hold applicator credentials. "House file 2,667 changes this requirement as long as the assistant is working directly under the supervision of the…
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