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Committee reviews $50 pesticide registration fee proposal and orders DEC study on long-term funding
Summary
Sun, a member of the Natural Resources & Energy Committee, opened the May 1 meeting by identifying a provision in a draft amendment to the miscellaneous agricultural bill (H.4) that would affect pesticide waste collection.
Sun, a member of the Natural Resources & Energy Committee, opened the May 1 meeting by identifying a provision in a draft amendment to the miscellaneous agricultural bill (H.4) that would affect pesticide waste collection.
Mr. Grady, a staff member, told the committee that “all pesticides in the state are required to register annually in order to be sold in the state, and there is a revolving fund in which the registration fees are deposited.” He said one purpose of that fund is to cover the cost of collecting obsolete and unwanted pesticides through municipal hazardous-waste collection events and permanent facilities. “However, the agency hasn't been paying for fully for the cost that municipalities…
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