2-2472. Pesticide management areas; development by the secretary.
2-2472
2-2472. Pesticide management areas; development by
the secretary.
(a) The secretary of the Kansas department of
agriculture is hereby authorized and may develop pesticide management areas
after receiving notification by the administrator of the United States
environmental protection agency or by the secretary of the Kansas department of
health and environment, that a pesticide poses a serious threat to the public
health, safety and welfare or the natural resources of this state.
(b) The secretary upon the secretary's own investigation may initiate
such proceedings whenever the secretary has reason to believe that a
pesticide poses a serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare
or the natural resources of this state.
History: L. 1989, ch. 6, § 4;
L. 2004, ch. 101, § 51; July 1.