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Committee approves temporary rule implementing chemigation licensing changes from House Bill 549
Summary
The House Agriculture Affairs Committee approved a temporary rule to implement House Bill 549 by creating a separate chemigation license category, simplifying options for growers to obtain a license through training or on-site verification instead of an exam.
The House Agriculture Affairs Committee approved a temporary rule that implements changes from House Bill 549 to create a separate chemigation applicator license and simplify how growers obtain that license.
Brian Slabaugh, administrator for the Division of Agricultural Resources at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA), told the committee the temporary rule separates chemigation from pesticide licensing and "recategorize[s] chemigation no longer as a pesticide license category, but its own license," a change he said was intended to make the process easier for growers who inject fertilizer through irrigation systems.
"We developed the process for chemigator licensing," Slabaugh said, summarizing section 151 of the draft rule. He described multiple paths…
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