2001 Minnesota Statutes

     18B.065 Waste pesticide collection program. 

    Subdivision 1.    Collection and disposal.  The 
 commissioner of agriculture shall establish and operate a 
 program to collect waste pesticides.  The program shall be made 
 available to pesticide end users whose waste generating activity 
 occurs in this state. 

    Subd. 2.    Implementation.  (a) The commissioner may 
 obtain a United States Environmental Protection Agency hazardous 
 waste identification number to manage the waste pesticides 
 collected.  

    (b) The commissioner may limit the type and quantity of 
 waste pesticides accepted for collection and may assess 
 pesticide end users for portions of the costs incurred. 

    Subd. 2a.    Disposal site requirement.  The 
 commissioner must designate a place that is available at least 
 every other year for the residents of each county in the state 
 to dispose of unused portions of pesticides. 

    Subd. 3.    Information and education.  The commissioner 
 shall provide informational and educational materials regarding 
 waste pesticides and the proper management of waste pesticides 
 to the public. 

    Subd. 4.    Consultation with pollution control agency.  
 The commissioner shall develop the program in this section in 
 consultation and cooperation with the pollution control agency. 

    Subd. 5.    Waste pesticide collection account; 
 appropriation.  A waste pesticide account is established in 
 the agricultural fund.  Assessments collected under subdivision 
 2 shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 waste pesticide account.  Money in the account is appropriated 
 to the commissioner to pay for costs incurred to implement the 
 waste pesticide collection program. 

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 7.    Cooperative agreements.  The commissioner 
 may enter into cooperative agreements with state agencies and 
 local units of government for administration of the waste 
 pesticide collection program. 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 20; 1993 c 367 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 35