RCW 15.54.330
Commercial fertilizer registration—Application review—Labels and guarantees.
(1) The department shall examine the commercial fertilizer product registration application form and labels for conformance with the requirements of this chapter. If the application and appropriate labels are in proper form and contain the required information, the particular commercial fertilizer products shall be registered by the department and a certificate of registration shall be issued to the applicant.
(2) In reviewing the commercial fertilizer product registration application, the department may consider experimental data, manufacturers' evaluations, data from agricultural experiment stations, product review evaluations, or other authoritative sources to substantiate labeling claims. The data shall be from statistically designed and analyzed trials representative of the soil, crops, and climatic conditions found in the northwestern area of the United States.
(3) In determining whether approval of a labeling statement or guarantee of an ingredient is appropriate, the department may require the submission of a written statement describing the methodology of laboratory analysis utilized, the source of the ingredient material, and any reference material relied upon to support the label statement or guarantee of ingredient.
(4) Before registering a waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer, the department shall obtain written approval from the department of ecology as provided in RCW 15.54.820. Once a waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer has been approved by the department of ecology, its subsequent use in another product during that registration cycle shall not require department of ecology review. This subsection shall apply to new and renewal registration applications for periods beginning July 1, 1999, and thereafter.
[ 1999 c 383 § 2; 1998 c 36 § 5; 1993 c 183 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 22 § 21.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1999 c 383: See note following RCW 15.54.325.
Short title—1998 c 36: See note following RCW 15.54.265.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing
Chapter 15.54 - Fertilizers, Minerals, and Limes.
15.54.275 - Bulk fertilizer distribution license—Fee.
15.54.325 - Commercial fertilizer registration—Required for distribution—Application—Fees.
15.54.330 - Commercial fertilizer registration—Application review—Labels and guarantees.
15.54.340 - Labeling requirements.
15.54.362 - Reports—Inspection fees—Late fees—Confidentiality—Penalty—Exception.
15.54.370 - Official samples—Inspection, analysis, testing—Right of entry.
15.54.400 - Restrictions on sale—Minimum percentages.
15.54.430 - Publication of distribution information, analyses results.
15.54.433 - Fertilizer database—Public availability—Biennial report to legislature.
15.54.450 - Noncompliance—Seizure—Disposition—Associated costs.
15.54.460 - Damages from administrative action, stop sales or seizures.
15.54.470 - Violations—Department discretion—Duty of prosecuting attorney—Injunctions.
15.54.474 - Penalty—Failure to comply with chapter or rule.
15.54.480 - Disposition of moneys.
15.54.490 - Cooperation with other entities.
15.54.500 - Turf fertilizer—Prohibitions on application, sales, and retail display.
15.54.800 - Enforcement of chapter—Adoption of rules.
15.54.910 - Prior liability preserved.
15.54.940 - Continuation of rules adopted pursuant to repealed sections.