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<br />Minnesota Statutes 2005, Chapter 18B. <br /> <br />Page 9 of 42 <br /> <br />Subd. 6. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 <br /> <br />Subd. 7. Cooperative agreements. The commissioner <br />may enter into cooperative agreements with state agencies and <br />local units of government for administration of the waste <br />pesticide collection program. <br /> <br />HIST: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 20; 1993 c 367 s 3; lSp2001 c 2 s 35 <br /> <br />~~18B.07 <br />l8B.O? Pesticide use, application, and equipment <br />cleaning. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Pesticide use. Pesticides must be <br />applied in accordance with the product label or labeling and in <br />a manner that will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on the <br />environment within limits prescribed by this chapter and FIFRA. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Prohibited pesticide use. (a) A person may <br />not use, store, handle, distribute, or dispose of a pesticide, <br />rinsate, pesticide container, or pesticide application equipment <br />in a manner: <br /> <br />(1) that is inconsistent with a label or labeling as <br />defined by FIFRA; <br /> <br />(2) that endangers humans, damages agricultural products, <br />food, livestock, fish, or wildlife; or <br /> <br />(3) that will cause unreasonable adverse effects on the <br />environment. <br /> <br />(b) A person may not direct a pesticide onto property <br />beyond the boundaries of the target site. A person may not <br />apply a pesticide resulting in damage to adjacent property. <br /> <br />(c) A person may not directly apply a pesticide on a human <br />by overspray or target site spray, except when: <br /> <br />(1) the pesticide is intended for use on a human; <br /> <br />(2) the pesticide application is for mosquito control <br />operations; <br /> <br />(3) the pesticide application is for control of gypsy moth, <br />forest tent caterpillar, or other pest species, as determined by <br />the commissioner, and the pesticide used is a biological agent; <br />or <br /> <br />(4) the pesticide application is for a public health risk, <br />as determined by the commissioner of health, and the <br />commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioner of <br />agriculture, determines that the application is warranted based <br />on the commissioner's balancing of the public health risk with <br />the risk that the pesticide application poses to the health of <br />the general population, with special attention to the health of <br />children. <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/ getpub. php?pubtype=ST AT_CHAP &year=current... <br /> <br />4/21/2006 <br />