RCW 15.92.060
Laboratory responsibilities.
The responsibilities of the laboratory shall include:
(1) Evaluating regional requirements for minor crop registration through the federal IR-4 program;
(2) Providing a program for tracking the availability of effective pesticides for minor crops, minor uses, and emergency uses in this state;
(3) Conducting studies on the fate of pesticides on crops and in the environment, including soil, air, and water;
(4) Improving pesticide information and education programs;
(5) Assisting federal and state agencies with questions regarding registration of pesticides which are deemed critical to crop production, consistent with priorities established in RCW 15.92.070; and
(6) Assisting in the registration of biopesticides, pheromones, and other alternative chemical and biological methods.
[ 1995 c 390 § 5; 1991 c 341 § 7.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing
Chapter 15.92 - Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources.
15.92.020 - Center established.
15.92.030 - Primary activities—Cooperative with University of Washington.
15.92.050 - Food and environmental quality laboratory.
15.92.060 - Laboratory responsibilities.
15.92.070 - Board to advise laboratory.
15.92.080 - Annual report—Acceptable risk of human and environmental exposure.
15.92.100 - Commission on pesticide registration—Duties.
15.92.105 - Commission on pesticide registration—Report on activities—Review by legislature.
15.92.110 - Commission on pesticide registration—Receipt of gifts, grants, and endowments.