15.58.010 – Short title.
RCW 15.58.010 Short title. This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington Pesticide Control Act. [ 1971 ex.s. c 190 § 1.]
15.58.020 – Declaration of public interest.
RCW 15.58.020 Declaration of public interest. The formulation, distribution, storage, transportation, and disposal of any pesticide and the dissemination of accurate scientific information as to the proper use, or nonuse, of any pesticide, is important and vital to the maintenance of a high level of public health and welfare both immediate and future, and is […]
15.58.030 – Definitions.
RCW 15.58.030 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Active ingredient” means any ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, control, or mitigate pests, or which will act as a plant regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or spray adjuvant. (2) “Antidote” means the most practical immediate treatment in […]
15.58.040 – Director’s authority—Rules.
RCW 15.58.040 Director’s authority—Rules. (1) The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. All the authority and requirements provided for in chapter 34.05 RCW (Administrative Procedure Act) and chapter 42.30 RCW shall apply to this chapter in the adoption of rules including those requiring due notice […]
15.58.045 – Disposal of unusable pesticides—Rules.
RCW 15.58.045 Disposal of unusable pesticides—Rules. The director of agriculture may adopt rules to allow the department of agriculture to take possession and dispose of canceled, suspended, or otherwise unusable pesticides held by persons licensed under chapter 15.58 RCW or regulated under chapter 17.21 RCW. For purposes of this section, the department may become licensed […]
15.58.050 – Registration of pesticides—Generally.
RCW 15.58.050 Registration of pesticides—Generally. Every pesticide which is distributed within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state shall be registered with the director subject to the provisions of this chapter. However, registration is not required if: A pesticide […]
15.58.060 – Statement for registration—Contents.
RCW 15.58.060 Statement for registration—Contents. (1) The applicant for registration shall file a statement with the department which shall include: (a) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the applicant’s; (b) The name of the pesticide; (c) […]
15.58.065 – Protection of privileged or confidential information.
RCW 15.58.065 Protection of privileged or confidential information. (1) In submitting data required by this chapter, the applicant may: (a) Mark clearly any portions which in the applicant’s opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; and (b) Submit such marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this chapter. (2) […]
15.58.070 – Pesticide annual registration fee—Expiration of registrations—Deposit in agricultural local fund.
RCW 15.58.070 Pesticide annual registration fee—Expiration of registrations—Deposit in agricultural local fund. (1) All registrations issued by the department expire December 31st of the following year except that registrations issued by the department to a registrant who is applying to register an additional pesticide during the second year of the registrant’s registration period shall expire […]
15.58.080 – Additional fee for late registration renewal.
RCW 15.58.080 Additional fee for late registration renewal. If the renewal of a pesticide registration or special needs registration is not filed by the day the registration expires, an additional fee of fifty dollars shall be assessed and added to the original fee. The additional fee shall be paid by the applicant before the registration […]
15.58.090 – Certain agencies may register without fee—Not subject to RCW 15.58.180.
RCW 15.58.090 Certain agencies may register without fee—Not subject to RCW 15.58.180. All federal, state, and county agencies shall register without fee all pesticides sold by them and they shall not be subject to the license provisions of RCW 15.58.180. [ 1971 ex.s. c 190 § 9.]
15.58.100 – Criterion for registering.
RCW 15.58.100 Criterion for registering. (1) The director shall require the information required under RCW 15.58.060 and shall register the label or labeling for such pesticide if he or she determines that: (a) Its composition is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it; (b) Its labeling and other material required to be submitted […]
15.58.110 – Refusing or canceling registration—Procedure.
RCW 15.58.110 Refusing or canceling registration—Procedure. (1) If it does not appear to the director that the pesticide is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it or if the pesticide and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under […]
15.58.120 – Suspension of registration when hazard to public health.
RCW 15.58.120 Suspension of registration when hazard to public health. The director may, when the director determines that there is or may be an imminent hazard to the public health and welfare, suspend on the director’s own motion, the registration of a pesticide in conformance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW. [ 1989 c […]
15.58.130 – “Misbranded” as applicable to pesticides, devices, or spray adjuvants.
RCW 15.58.130 “Misbranded” as applicable to pesticides, devices, or spray adjuvants. The term “misbranded” shall apply: (1) To any pesticide or device if its labeling bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading in any particular; (2) To any pesticide: (a) If it is an […]
15.58.140 – “Adulterated” as applicable to pesticides.
RCW 15.58.140 “Adulterated” as applicable to pesticides. The term “adulterated” shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity deviates from the professed standard or quality as expressed on its labeling or under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any […]
15.58.150 – Unlawful practices.
RCW 15.58.150 Unlawful practices. (1) It is unlawful for any person to distribute within the state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any of the following: (a) Any pesticide which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of this […]
15.58.160 – Violations of chapter—”Stop sale, use or removal” order.
RCW 15.58.160 Violations of chapter—”Stop sale, use or removal” order. When the director has reasonable cause to believe a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, or transported in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any of the prescribed rules under this chapter, the director may issue and serve a […]
15.58.170 – “Stop sale, use or removal” order—Adjudication.
RCW 15.58.170 “Stop sale, use or removal” order—Adjudication. (1) After service of a “stop sale, use or removal” order is made upon any person, either that person or the director may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this […]
15.58.180 – Pesticide dealer license—Generally.
RCW 15.58.180 Pesticide dealer license—Generally. (1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, it is unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or advertise as or assume to act as a pesticide dealer without first having obtained an annual license from the director. The license […]