S4522B-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.305
• Jul 20, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 20, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 20, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 20, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.447
• Jun 20, 2012: substituted for a7706b
• Jun 18, 2012: referred to environmental conservation
• Jun 18, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 18, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 11, 2012: AMENDED (T) 4522B
• Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1040
• May 25, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4522A
• May 25, 2012: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 9, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 4, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 3, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.437
• Apr 8, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S4522B-2011 Calendars

S4522B-2011 Votes

S4522B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4522B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to mini-
mum risk pesticides

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation allows the commissioner the authority to adopt regu-
lations pursuant to pesticides classified as a minimum risk pesticides
as defined by the EPA.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill would authorize the commissioner to promulgate
rules and regulations as related to minimal risk pesticides.
Section 2 is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) requires all commercial appli-
cations of pesticides to be conducted by a certified applicator, regard-
less of whether the pesticides are safe for the environment. This
imposes an unnecessary burden on producers and commercial applicators of
environmentally safe products.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) defines
certain pesticides as "minimal risk pesticides" because their ingredi-
ents, both active and inert, are demonstrably safe for the intended use.
As such, they are exempt from USEPA registration under FIFRA Section
25(b). The Department has held a long-standing policy that pesticides
exempt from registration by USEPA do not have to be registered in New
York state. This legislation would further exempt minimal risk pesti-
cides from the certification requirements provided in ECL 33-905. Doing
so will promote the commercial use of environmentally safe products.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 120 days.

S4522B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 4522--B
 Cal. No. 1040
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 April 8, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  GRISANTI,  DeFRANCISCO, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
 Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on Environ
 mental  Conservation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
 recommitted  to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit
 tee, ordered to first and second report,  amended  on  second  report,
 ordered  to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading
 

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to mini
 mum risk pesticides
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  

Section 33-0905 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:

 2-A. THE COMMISSIONER MAY, PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  E  OF  SUBDIVISION
 THREE  OF  SECTION 33-0303 OF THIS ARTICLE, ADOPT REGULATIONS ON THE USE
 OF PESTICIDES INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE METHOD AND SETTING FOR  THE  USE
 OF  PESTICIDES  CLASSIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
 AGENCY AS AN EXEMPT MATERIAL UNDER 40  CFR  PART  152.25,  OFTEN  CALLED
 MINIMUM  RISK  PESTICIDES, WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
 FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND  RODENTICIDE  ACT.  SUCH  REGULATIONS
 SHALL  ENCOMPASS  ALL  FACTORS  NECESSARY TO PREVENT DAMAGE OR INJURY TO
 HEALTH, PROPERTY AND WILDLIFE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend
 ment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulations necessary for the imple
 mentation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made  on
 or before such effective date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10768-05-2

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