§149A-32.5  Cancellation or suspension ofpesticide uses.  Notwithstanding any law, rule, or executive order to thecontrary, the chairperson of the board of agriculture, in consultation with theadvisory committee on pesticides and also with the approval of the director ofhealth, shall suspend, cancel, or restrict the use of certain pesticides orspecific uses of certain pesticides when the usage is determined to haveunreasonable adverse effects on the environment.  In addition to othercircumstances which may require a determination as to whether unreasonableadverse effects exist, a determination shall be made:

(1)  When residues of the pesticides are detected indrinking water; or

(2)  When a use under special local needs registrationinvolves a pesticide for which any use has been suspended or canceled by theEPA. [L 1985, c 131, §1; am L 1987, c 310, §16]