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<br />MiImesota Statutes 2005, Chapter 18B. <br /> <br />Page 12 of 42 <br /> <br />through an irrigation system. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Equipment. A chemigation system must be <br />fitted with effective antisiphon devices or check valves that <br />prevent the backflow of pesticides or pesticide-water mixtures <br />into water supplies or other materials during times of <br />irrigation system failure or equipment shutdown. The devices or <br />valves must be installed between: <br /> <br />(1) the irrigation system pump or water source discharge <br />and the point of pesticide injection; and <br /> <br />(2) the point of pesticide injection and the pesticide <br />supply. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. Application fee. A person applying for a <br />chemigation permit must pay a nonrefundable application fee of <br />$250. A person who holds a fertilizer chemigation permit under <br />section 18C.20S, is exempt from the fee in this subdivision. <br /> <br />Subd. 5. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 <br /> <br />HIST: 1987 c 358 s 50; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 25-27; lSp2005 c 1 <br />art 1 s 16 <br /> <br />~~18B.09 <br />18B.09 Pesticide application in cities. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies <br />only to statutory and home rule charter cities that enact <br />ordinances as provided in this section. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Authority. Statutory and home rule charter <br />cities may enact an ordinance containing the pesticide <br />application warning information contained in subdivision 3, <br />including their own licensing, penalty, and enforcement <br />provisions. Statutory and home rule charter cities may not <br />enact an ordinance that contains more restrictive pesticide <br />application warning information than is contained in subdivision <br />3. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Warning signs for pesticide application. (a) <br />All commercial or noncommercial applicators who apply pesticides <br />to turf areas must post or affix warning signs on the property <br />where the pesticides are applied. <br /> <br />(b) Warning signs must project at least 18 inches above the <br />top of the grass line. The warning signs must be of a material <br />that is rain-resistant for at least a 48-hour period and must <br />remain in place up to 48 hours from the time of initial <br />application. <br /> <br />(c) The following information must be printed on the <br />warning sign in contrasting colors and capitalized letters <br />measuring at least one-half inch, or in another format approved <br />by the commissioner. The sign must provide the following <br />information: <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/binlgetpub. php?pubtype=ST A T _CHAP &year=current... <br /> <br />4/21/2006 <br />