New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 17 - PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL
Part 56 - RESTRICTED-USE PESTICIDES
Section 21.17.56.9 - USE OF PESTICIDE IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH ITS LABELING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
It shall be unlawful to use any pesticide in a manner inconsistent with the directions on its labeling; provided, the term "inconsistent with the directions" shall not include:
A. applying a pesticide at any dosage, concentration, or frequency less than that specified on the labeling, provided this paragraph shall not apply to the use of termiticides;
B. applying a pesticide against any target pest not specified on the labeling if the application is to the crop, animal, or site specified on the labeling, unless the U.S. environmental protection agency has required that the labeling specifically state the pesticide may be used only for the pests specified on the labeling and the U.S. environmental protection agency has determined the use of the pesticide against other pests would cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment;
C. mixing a pesticide or pesticides with a fertilizer when such mixture is not prohibited by the labeling;
D. any use of a pesticide in conformance with sections 5, 18, or 24 of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
