Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

18B.045 PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN. § Subdivision 1.Development. The commissioner shall develop a pesticide management plan for the prevention, evaluation, and mitigation of occurrences of pesticides or pesticide breakdown products in groundwaters and surface waters of the state. …

18B.05 PESTICIDE REGULATORY ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. A pesticide regulatory account is established in the agricultural fund. Fees, assessments, and penalties collected under this chapter must be deposited in the agricultural fund and credited to the pesticide regul…

18B.051 POLLINATOR RESEARCH ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Account established. A pollinator research account is established in the agricultural fund. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for pollinator researc…

18B.055 COMPENSATION FOR BEES KILLED BY PESTICIDE; APPROPRIATION. § Subdivision 1.Compensation required. (a) The commissioner must compensate a bee owner for an acute pesticide poisoning resulting in the death of bees or loss of bee colonies owned by the bee owner. (b) Except as …

18B.06 RULES. § Subdivision 1.Authority. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this chapter including procedures addressing local control of pesticide regulation. Rules adopted under this chapter are part of this chapter and a violation of the rules is a vio…

18B.063 STATE USES OF PESTICIDES AND NUTRIENTS. The state shall use integrated pest management techniques in its management of public lands, including roadside rights-of-way, parks, and forests; and shall use planting regimes that minimize the need for pesticides and added nutrie…

18B.064 PESTICIDE USE INFORMATION. The commissioner shall monitor urban and rural pesticide use on a biennial basis. Information shall be collected and automated consistent with section 103B.151, subdivision 1. History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 19; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3

18B.065 WASTE PESTICIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Collection and disposal. The commissioner of agriculture shall establish and operate a program to collect and dispose of waste pesticides. The program must be made available to agricultural and nonagricultural pesticide …

18B.07 PESTICIDE USE, APPLICATION, AND EQUIPMENT CLEANING. § Subdivision 1.Pesticide use. Pesticides must be applied in accordance with the product label or labeling and in a manner that will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment within limits prescribed by th…

18B.075 PESTICIDE-TREATED SEED. A person may not use, store, handle, distribute, or dispose of seed treated with pesticide in a manner that: (1) endangers humans, food, livestock, fish, or wildlife; or (2) will cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. History: 2023 …

18B.08 CHEMIGATION. § Subdivision 1.Permit required. (a) A person may not apply pesticides through an irrigation system without a chemigation permit from the commissioner. A chemigation permit is required for one or more wells or other sources of irrigation water that are protect…

18B.09 PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN CITIES. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies only to statutory and home rule charter cities that enact ordinances as provided in this section. § Subd. 2.Authority. (a) Statutory and home rule charter cities may enact an ordinance, wh…

18B.091 PESTICIDES ON MEDICAL CANNABIS. A person working on behalf of an approved medical cannabis manufacturer may apply minimum risk pesticide for growing medical cannabis as defined in section 152.22, subdivision 6, unless: (1) the commissioner determines that the product labe…

18B.095 PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN SCHOOLS. § Subdivision 1.Authorized applicators. To the extent authorized under this chapter, application of a pesticide to the inside or outdoor property of a Minnesota kindergarten through 12th grade public school must be performed by a: (1) str…

18B.10 ACTION TO PREVENT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION. (a) The commissioner may, by rule, special order, or delegation through written regulatory agreement with officials of other approved agencies, take action necessary to prevent the contamination of groundwater resulting from lea…

18B.11 SALE OR USE OF TCDD. A person may not sell, offer for sale, or use a pesticide containing in excess of 0.1 parts per million of 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD). History: 1987 c 358 s 53

18B.115 SALE OR USE OF CHLORDANE OR HEPTACHLOR. The state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, a person, or other legal entity may not sell, use, or apply the pesticide chlordane or its derivative heptachlor within the state. History: 1989 c 326 art 5 s 28

18B.12 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTERATED PESTICIDES. A person may not offer for sale or distribute a pesticide that is determined by the commissioner to be adulterated, including a pesticide that has: (1) a strength or purity that does not meet the standard of quality expresse…

18B.13 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MISBRANDED PESTICIDES AND DEVICES. A person may not offer for sale or distribute a pesticide or device determined by the commissioner to be misbranded, including a pesticide or device that: (1) is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the na…

18B.135 SALE OF PESTICIDES IN RETURNABLE CONTAINERS AND MANAGEMENT OF UNUSED PORTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Acceptance of pesticide containers. (a) A person distributing, offering for sale, or selling a pesticide must accept empty pesticide containers from a pesticide end user if: (1)…

18B.14 PESTICIDE STORAGE. § Subdivision 1.Display and storage. (a) A person may store or display pesticides and their containers only in the original container and separated from food, feed, seed, livestock remedies, drugs, plants, and other products or materials stored, displaye…

18B.17 COOPERATIVE INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Cooperative agreements. The commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with federal and state agencies for training, certification, inspection, and enforcement programs and may make reports to the U…

18B.24 UNSATISFIED JUDGMENTS. (a) An applicant for a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control license and a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control applicator may not allow a final judgment against the applicant or applicator for damages arising from a …

18B.26 PESTICIDE REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) to (e), a person may not use or distribute a pesticide in this state unless it is registered with the commissioner. Pesticide registrations expire on December 31 of each year and …

18B.27 PESTICIDE REGISTRATION FOR SPECIAL LOCAL NEEDS. § Subdivision 1.Application. (a) A person must file an application for a special local need application with the commissioner. The application must meet the requirements of section 18B.26, subdivision 2, and the commissioner …

18B.28 EXPERIMENTAL USE PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. A person may not use or distribute an experimental use pesticide product in the state until it is registered with the commissioner. Experimental use pesticide product registrations expire on Dece…

18B.29 RECIPROCAL LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION AGREEMENTS. The commissioner may waive all or part of the examination requirements provided for in sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 on a reciprocal basis with any other jurisdiction which has substantially the same requirements. Licenses or …

18B.30 PESTICIDE USE LICENSE REQUIREMENT; INTERNET SALES PROHIBITED; RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES. (a) A person may not use a restricted use pesticide without a license or certification required under sections 18B.29 to 18B.35 and the use may only be done under conditions prescribed…

18B.305 PESTICIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. § Subdivision 1.Education and training. (a) The commissioner, as the lead agency, shall develop, implement or approve, and evaluate, in consultation with University of Minnesota Extension, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities sys…

18B.31 PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), no fixed location may offer for sale or sell a restricted use or bulk pesticide to a pesticide end user without a pesticide dealer license. (b) A pesticide dealer license is not…

18B.316 AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE AND REPORTING. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) A person must not offer for sale or sell an agricultural pesticide in the state or into the state without first obtaining an agricultural pesticide dealer license. (b) Each location or p…

18B.32 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) A person may not engage in structural pest control applications: (1) for hire without a structural pest control license; (2) as a sole proprietorship, company, partnership, or corporation unless the person i…

18B.33 COMMERCIAL APPLICATOR LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) A person may not apply a pesticide for hire without a commercial applicator license for the appropriate use categories or a structural pest control license. (b) A commercial applicator licensee must have a val…

18B.34 NONCOMMERCIAL APPLICATOR LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) Except for a licensed commercial applicator, certified private applicator, or licensed structural pest control applicator, a person, including a government employee, may not purchase or use a restricted use…

18B.345 PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON GOLF COURSES. (a) Application of a pesticide to the property of a golf course must be performed by: (1) a structural pest control applicator; or (2) a commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator. (b) Pesticides determined by the commissioner …

18B.346 PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON RAILROAD PROPERTY. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies only to common carrier railroads. § Subd. 2.Safety information. (a) In coordination with common carrier railroad companies operating in this state, the commissioner shall provi…

18B.35 APPLICATION CATEGORIES WITHIN APPLICATOR LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner may establish categories of structural pest control, commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator licenses, and private applicator certification consistent with federa…

18B.36 PRIVATE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. (a) Except for a licensed commercial or noncommercial applicator, only a certified private applicator may use a restricted use pesticide to produce an agricultural commodity: (1) as a traditional exchange of se…

18B.37 RECORDS; PLANS; INSPECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Pesticide dealer. (a) A pesticide dealer must maintain records of all sales of restricted use pesticides as required by the commissioner. Records must be kept at the time of sale on forms supplied by the commissioner or on the p…

18B.38 PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. In submitting data required by this chapter, the applicant may: (1) clearly mark any portions that in the applicant's opinion are trade secrets, commercial, or financial information; and (2) submit the marked mater…

18B.39 EXISTING RULES. Rules of the commissioner of agriculture in effect on July 1, 1987, relating to the distribution, use, storage, handling, and disposal of pesticides, rinsates, and pesticide containers remain in effect until they are superseded by new rules. History: 1987 c…