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SF 3513 Senate Long Description

Prohibiting the application of fertilizers containing the plant food phosphorus to turf or to impervious sites in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott or Washington (the metropolitan area) counties under the fertilizer, soil amendment and plant amendment law, exceptions, placing certain restrictions on the exceptions and defining turf; requiring certain consumer information relating to fertilizers containing phosphorus at points of sale after a certain date; requiring the commissioner of agriculture in consultation with the university of Minnesota extension service, fertilizer industry representatives and other interested or affected parties to produce the consumer information for posting and distribution at retail points of sale and placing responsibility on the commissioner for implementation of a training program on proper posting and distribution; modifying a certain factor causing adulteration of fertilizers relating to composition; authorizing the commissioner after a certain date to assess an administrative penalty for violation of the prohibition or the information requirements (je)