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Committee reviews proposed pesticide take-back plan that would add $50 registration fee per product
Summary
Legislative counsel described draft language requiring pesticide registrants to pay an additional $50 per product into a special fund to support an extended producer-responsibility (EPR) program for collection and disposal of unwanted pesticides and containers.
A committee briefing described draft language to create a funded collection program for obsolete or unwanted pesticides by requiring registrants to pay an additional fee of $50 per registered product into a special fund. The fee would seed an extended producer-responsibility (EPR) program and support a study on how to implement producer-funded collection of pesticides and pesticide containers.
A legislative counsel reported the language came from representatives of municipal solid-waste management entities and that solid-waste entities were concerned ANR's existing pesticide collection program was not fully reimbursing the costs incurred by collection facilities. The counsel summarized the draft as requiring registrants to pay $50 per product into an already-established special fund tied to an EPR program, then directing a study on implementation.
Committee members said the matter is within Agency of Agriculture jurisdiction because pesticide registration and the agency's pesticide programs are Title 6 matters. The committee asked counsel to circulate a draft and indicated it would review the proposed text when available.
No vote was taken. The committee recorded a direction to await the draft language and to consider the proposal for inclusion in the miscellaneous bill or as a standalone provision.
