(a) The provisions of subsection (f) of section 22a-471 shall apply to any person engaged in agriculture on May 26, 1988, who makes an application or arranges for the application of a general use or restricted use pesticide to agricultural or horticultural products or to the land, provided such person (1) maintains the records specified in subsection (d) of this section, and (2) develops and implements by July 1, 1989, the plan specified in subsection (e) of this section.
(b) On and after July 1, 1989, the provisions of subsection (f) of section 22a-471 shall not apply to any person engaged in agriculture who (1) fails to maintain the records specified in subsection (d) of this section, or (2) has not developed and implemented the plan specified in subsection (e) of this section when such records have been maintained for less than three years.
(c) The provisions of subsection (f) of section 22a-471 shall apply to any person beginning agricultural activities on or after July 1, 1989, who makes an application or arranges for the application of a general use or restricted use pesticide to agricultural or horticultural products or to the land, provided such person (1) maintains the records specified in subsection (d) of this section, and (2) develops and implements the plan specified in subsection (e) of this section.
(d) The records required under subsection (a) of this section shall include a record of the following information for each application of a general or restricted use pesticide to an agricultural or horticultural product or to the land: (1) The name of the applicator; (2) the kind and amount of the pesticide used; (3) the date and place of application; (4) the crop and amount of acreage treated; (5) the name of the manufacturer and the product registration number assigned by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of each pesticide; and (6) the invoice or purchase receipt of the pesticide. Such records shall be maintained by the person engaged in agriculture for not less than twenty years after the date of application.
(e) Any plan prepared under subsection (a) of this section shall be appropriate for the agricultural activities conducted on the land and shall minimize the potential for groundwater contamination from pesticides. Such plan shall include provisions for integrated pest management, if available, proper amounts and rates of pesticide applications, calibration of equipment and timing and frequency of pesticide application. The plan shall be prepared and revised as necessary in accordance with guidelines issued or approved by the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at The University of Connecticut.
(P.A. 88-211, S. 2, 4; 88-364, S. 119, 123; P.A. 05-288, S. 110.)
History: P.A. 88-364 made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-422. (Formerly Sec. 25-54a). - Declaration of policy.
Section 22a-423. (Formerly Sec. 25-54b). - Definitions.
Section 22a-424. (Formerly Sec. 25-54c). - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 22a-425. (Formerly Sec. 25-54d). - Records.
Section 22a-426. (Formerly Sec. 25-54e). - Standards of water quality.
Section 22a-427. (Formerly Sec. 25-54f). - Pollution or discharge of wastes prohibited.
Section 22a-428. (Formerly Sec. 25-54g). - Orders to municipalities to abate pollution.
Section 22a-428a. - State-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters.
Section 22a-429. (Formerly Sec. 25-54h). - Order to person to abate pollution.
Section 22a-430b. - General permits. Certifications by qualified professionals. Regulations.
Section 22a-430c. - Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance.
Section 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). - Order to correct potential sources of pollution.
Section 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). - Order to landowner.
Section 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). - Filing of order on land records.
Section 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). - Injunction.
Section 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). - Hearing on order to abate.
Section 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). - Appeal.
Section 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). - Forfeiture for violations. Penalties.
Section 22a-439a. - Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies.
Section 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). - Grants for prior construction.
Section 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). - Bond issue.
Section 22a-446a. - Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings.
Section 22a-449a. - Definitions.
Section 22a-449f. - Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum.
Section 22a-449h. - Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems.
Section 22a-449i. - Authority of commissioners unaffected.
Section 22a-449o. - Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks.
Section 22a-449p. - Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release.
Section 22a-449q. - Storage of underground storage tank system records.
Section 22a-449u. - Bond authorization for underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program.
Section 22a-450a. - Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive.
Section 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). - Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency.
Section 22a-451a. - Annual report.
Section 22a-451b. - Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account.
Section 22a-452b. - Exemptions.
Section 22a-452c. - Definition of “spill”.
Section 22a-452d. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions.
Section 22a-452e. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners.
Section 22a-452f. - Exemption from liability for certain lenders.
Section 22a-453a. - Oil spill contingency planning and coordination.
Section 22a-454a. - Closure plans. Fees. Regulations.
Section 22a-454b. - Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations.
Section 22a-454c. - Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities.
Section 22a-457a. - Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations.
Section 22a-457b. - Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills.
Section 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). - Detergents: Definitions.
Section 22a-462a. - Microbead prohibitions. Regulations. Study. Penalty.
Section 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB - Definitions.
Section 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). - Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB.
Section 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). - Exemptions.
Section 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). - Disposition of PCB regulated.
Section 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). - Regulations.
Section 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). - Penalty.
Section 22a-469a. - Incineration of PCB by public service companies.
Section 22a-471a. - Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture.
Section 22a-471b. - “Person engaged in agriculture” defined.
Section 22a-473. - Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted.
Section 22a-474. - Regulations re storage of road salt.
Section 22a-475. - Clean Water Fund: Definitions.
Section 22a-476. - Legislative finding.
Section 22a-477. - Clean Water Fund: Accounts and subaccounts.
Section 22a-480. - Construction of provisions.
Section 22a-481. - Projects with prior funding.
Section 22a-482. - Regulations.
Section 22a-483f. - Public water system improvement program.
Section 22a-484. - Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations.
Section 22a-485. - Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound.
Section 22a-498. - Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers.
Section 22a-498a. - Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers.
Section 22a-498b. - Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens.
Section 22a-499. - Joint report re pilot program.
Section 22a-501. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers.
Section 22a-502. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets.
Section 22a-503. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits.
Section 22a-507. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds.
Section 22a-508. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds.
Section 22a-509. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations.
Section 22a-514. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption.
Section 22a-518. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction.
Section 22a-521. - Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions.
Section 22a-522. - General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen.
Section 22a-523. - Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board.
Section 22a-524. - Nitrogen credit exchange program.
Section 22a-525. - Audit of annual operating data.
Section 22a-526. - Regulations.
Section 22a-527. - Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits.