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Committee reviews uniform registration for beneficial agricultural products and adds $50 pesticide disposal fee
Summary
The Finance Committee examined H.484 provisions to harmonize registration of ‘beneficial substances’ used on crops and to add $50 to pesticide registration fees to fund disposal of unwanted pesticides; Joint Fiscal Office estimated the fee increase would raise about $615,000 annually.
At a May 16 Finance Committee meeting, legislative counsel Michael O'Grady and Joint Fiscal Office staff outlined provisions in H.484 that would create a uniform registration category for “beneficial substances” used in agriculture and add $50 to existing pesticide registration fees to fund disposal of unwanted or obsolete pesticides.
The committee heard that the bill adopts a model approach developed by national plant-food regulators to reduce inconsistent state-by-state definitions. "Registration. It's $85 per product for any of those fertilizers or beneficial substances," Michael O'Grady said, explaining the proposed per-product fee and that lime products would continue to be charged $50. O'Grady told the…
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