(1) The Department of Agriculture shall have the following powers and duties:(1) To identify any abandoned pesticides which shall be excluded from the collection and disposal program;(2) To advise and make recommendations to the State Plant Board regarding projects for collecting and disposing of abandoned pesticides;(3) To advise and make recommendations to the board on the issuance of requests for proposals from contractors;(4) To review and evaluate proposals for the collection and disposal of abandoned pesticides;(5) To select proposals for the collection and disposal of abandoned pesticides to be implemented; and(6) To approve payments from the Abandoned Agricultural Pesticide and Plant Regulator Disposal Trust Fund for collection and disposal projects.
(1) To identify any abandoned pesticides which shall be excluded from the collection and disposal program;
(2) To advise and make recommendations to the State Plant Board regarding projects for collecting and disposing of abandoned pesticides;
(3) To advise and make recommendations to the board on the issuance of requests for proposals from contractors;
(4) To review and evaluate proposals for the collection and disposal of abandoned pesticides;
(5) To select proposals for the collection and disposal of abandoned pesticides to be implemented; and
(6) To approve payments from the Abandoned Agricultural Pesticide and Plant Regulator Disposal Trust Fund for collection and disposal projects.