Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Every pesticide
or device which is distributed, sold, offered for sale, delivered, or
transported within this state shall be registered with the Alabama Department
of Agriculture and Industries in accordance with registration and registration
requirements of Code of Ala. 1975, §
2-27-9 as follows:
(a) The biennial registration fee
for a pesticide or device shall not exceed six hundred ($600). The fee
structure shall be paid according to the following schedule:
1. All registrations issued to registrants
whose names begin with the letters A through M shall expire on December 31,
2013. Upon expiration of registration on December 31, 2013, a registrant whose
name begins with letters A through M may renew a registration for a period of
two years upon payment of a fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per product. The
registration shall be valid until December 31, 2015. The registrant may renew
every two years thereafter upon payment of the fee of six hundred dollars
($600).
2. All registrations issued
to registrants whose names begin with the letters N through Z shall expire on
December 31, 2012. Upon expiration of the registration on December 31, 2012, a
registrant whose name begins with letters N through Z may renew a registration
for a period of two years upon payment of a fee of five hundred dollars ($500)
per product. The registration shall be valid until December 31, 2014. After
December 31, 2014, the registrant may renew a registration for a period of two
years upon payment of a fee of six hundred dollars ($600) per
product.
3. Registrants whose names
begin with a numeric character shall follow the schedule for the first letter
of the alphabetic spelling of said numeric character.
4. All registrations issued by the department
to a registrant who is applying to register an additional pesticide during the
second year of the registrant's registration period shall expire December 31 of
that year.
5. An application for
registration shall be accompanied by a fee of six hundred dollars ($600) for
each pesticide except as provided in 80-1-13-.04(1) and 80-1-13-.04(1) (a)2 above."
(b)
Registrations fees not paid by March 1, or within 60 days following its due
date will pay a delinquency penalty of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per
product in addition to the required registration fee.
(2) Pesticides sold, offered for sale, or
distributed in the state under a federal and state experimental pesticide label
must be labeled For experimental use only. Such label must be
affixed to the container so as to be conspicuous, and easily read under normal
conditions and circumstances. Persons selling, distributing, or otherwise
supplying pesticides to users for experimental purposes and provide the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries with the following information:
(a) Quantity of the pesticide to be used in
the state.
(b) The chemical and
common name of the pesticide.
(c)
The established tolerance levels for the pesticide as determined by the federal
government where required.
(d)
Company personnel responsible for the experiment.
(3) After the conclusion of the experiment,
experimental information gathered during the experiment shall be supplied the
Commissioner, which will justify the manufacturer's contention that the
pesticides were for experimental purposes under actual commercial use
conditions.
Authors: Charles H. Barnes, John P. Hagood,
Robert J. Russell, Patrick B. Moody
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §§
2-27-8,
2-27-9,
2-27-57.
