The department may cooperate, receive grants-in-aid and enter into cooperative agreements with any agency of the federal government, of this state or its subdivisions, or with any agency of another state, in order to:
A. secure uniformity of regulations;
B. enter into cooperative agreements with the United States environmental protection agency to register pesticides under the authority of the Pesticide Control Act and the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act;
C. cooperate in the enforcement of the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act and regulations through the use of state or federal personnel and facilities or both and to implement cooperative enforcement programs including but not limited to the registration of pesticides, collection and analysis of pesticides and devices, inspection of storage facilities and certification of applicators;
D. enter into contracts with other agencies including federal agencies for the purpose of training pesticide dealers, pesticide management consultants, pesticide applicators or operators;
E. publish information and conduct short courses on the storage, transportation, distribution, application, use, registration and disposal of pesticides and devices and environmental implications thereof;
F. enter into contracts for either monitoring pesticides, or analyzing land, including agricultural products that will be consumed by any living organism other than plants, for pesticide residues, or both;
G. prepare and submit a state plan to meet federal certification standards including issuing experimental use permits; and
H. regulate pesticide applicators and operators.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-25-38, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 366, § 38.
Cross references. — For the federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act, see 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture §§ 22 to 37, 43.
3 C.J.S. Agriculture §§ 25 to 56.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 76-4-2 - Enforcing agency.
Section 76-4-5 - Prohibited acts.
Section 76-4-6 - Registration.
Section 76-4-7 - Experimental use permits.
Section 76-4-8 - Refusal to register; cancellation; suspension.
Section 76-4-9.1 - State preemption.
Section 76-4-10 - Sampling and examination of pesticides or devices; residue analysis.
Section 76-4-11 - "Stop sale, use or removal" order.
Section 76-4-12 - Judicial action after "stop sale, use or removal" order.
Section 76-4-13 - Pesticide dealer license.
Section 76-4-14 - Pest management consultant.
Section 76-4-15 - Public pest management consultant.
Section 76-4-16 - Examinations for pest management consultant license.
Section 76-4-17 - Commercial pesticide applicator license.
Section 76-4-18 - Operator license.
Section 76-4-19 - Application of act to governmental entities; public applicator's license required.
Section 76-4-20 - Private applicators.
Section 76-4-20.1 - Noncommercial applicator license.
Section 76-4-21 - Expiration date of licenses.
Section 76-4-24 - Surety bond or insurance required of commercial pesticide applicators.
Section 76-4-26 - Inspection of equipment.
Section 76-4-27 - License plates or decals for apparatus.
Section 76-4-28 - Farmer or rancher exemption.
Section 76-4-30 - Discarding and storing of pesticides and pesticide containers.
Section 76-4-31 - Access to public or private premises.
Section 76-4-32 - Classification of licenses.
Section 76-4-35 - Persons exempted from certain penalties.
Section 76-4-37 - Publication of information.