Re: State pesticide regulation

From: Cheryl Nyberg (cnyberg@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 07 1998 - 08:20:40 PST


>From Subject Compilations of State Laws:

1995-96 Nyberg 2851.01
Center for Policy Alternatives. "Database of State Alternative Agriculture
Laws." Agriculture Network Information Center URL:
[gopher://gopher.ces.ncsu.edu:70/11/.ftp/pub/docs/ag/sust_ag /state-laws/]
        Summaries. Cites to codes. Covers agriculture laws on pesticide
reduction, soil conservation, water quality, public health, energy
conservation, farmland preservation, financial and technical assistance,
market assistance, sustainable agriculture, organic food production,
research, synthetic nutrient reduction, environmental protection, and
farmer safety. Prepared by Whitney Chamberlin, John Sullivan, and Nan Kim.
Note: Dated Feb. 18, 1994. Accessed
 Dec. 3, 1996.

1994-95 Nyberg 2770.03
Morandi, Larry. Groundwater Protection Legislation: Survey of State
Action, 1988-1992. Denver: National Conference of State Legislatures,
1994. 55 pp. (Item #4340) OCLC 31236569.
        Charts, maps, and summaries. Cites to bills, session laws, and
codes. Covers laws on comprehensive groundwater protection, groundwater
monitoring, wellhead protection, land use management, nonpoint source
pollution, pesticides, and underground storage tanks. Note: Previous
edition published in 1988, <I>Survey of State Groundwater Quality
Protection Legislation Enacted from 1985 Through 1987<D> (1988-90 Nyberg
1674.02).

1991-92 Nyberg 2065.01
Lang, James Ford. "Federal Preemption of Local Pesticide Use Regulation:
The Past, Present and Future of <I>Wisconsin Public Intervenor v.
Mortier<D>." Virginia Environmental Law Journal 11 (1991-92):241-83.
        P. 242, fn. 7. Citations only. Cites to codes and regulations.
Covers the fifteen states that have pesticide laws with provisions on
notification and posting procedures.

1991-92 Nyberg 2065.02
Mertz, Gregory J. "Dead But Not Forgotten: California's Big Green
Initiative and the Need to Restrict State Regulation of Pesticides."
George Washington Law Review 60 (1992):506-35.
        Pp. 520-21, fns. 105 and 109. Citations and summaries. Cites to
codes and regulations. Covers the ten states that have pesticide laws with
"registration, right-to-know, posting and notification" provisions (fn.
105) and the twelve states that have laws on pesticide drift or permit
requirements (fn. 109).

1991-92 Nyberg 2065.03
Pesticides: State and Federal Regulation. Washington: Bureau of National
Affairs, Inc., 1987. 151 pp. (A BNA Special Report) OCLC 17386597.
        Pp. 54-55, "Survey of State Registration Fees." Table. No
citations. Covers annual registration fees.

1988-90 Nyberg 1673.03
Getches, David H. " Groundwater Quality Protection: Setting a National
Goal for State and Federal Programs." Chicago-Kent Law Review 65
(1989):387-427.
        P. 403, fns. 68 and 69. Citations only. Cites to codes. Covers the
five states that have "chemigration" control laws which regulate "the
practice of injecting agricultural chemicals into sprinkler systems which
can be drawn down the well if proper equipment is not used" (fn. 68) and
the seventeen western states that have pesticide laws to protect
groundwater (fn. 69).

Cheryl Nyberg
Compiler, Subject Compilations of State Laws

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Cheryl Rae Nyberg
Reference Librarian
Gallagher Law Library
University of Washington
cnyberg@u.washington.edu
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, O'Mara, Joan wrote:

> Can someone recommend a treatise, etc. that might be helpful in
> preparation for a survey on state pesticide regulation. Specifically in
> relation to interpretation of federal preemption.
>
> We have lots of material on environmental law, but pesticides are not
> well treated in any of them.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Joan O'Mara
> McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore
> Austin, TX
> Jomara@mcginnislaw.com
>
>



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