206.21 - SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE -- DUTIES.
206.21 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE -- DUTIES.
1. The secretary is authorized, after public hearing following
due notice, to make appropriate rules for carrying out the provisions
of this chapter, including rules providing for the collection and
chemical examination of samples of pesticides or devices.
2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions and the
requirements of this chapter and the rules made and notices given
pursuant thereto, the secretary or the secretary's authorized agents,
inspectors, or employees may enter into or upon any place during
reasonable business hours in order to take periodic random samples
for chemical examinations of pesticides and devices and to open any
bundle, package or other container containing or believed to contain
a pesticide in order to determine whether the pesticide or device
complies with the requirements of this chapter. Methods of analysis
shall be those currently used by the association of official
agricultural chemists.
3. The secretary of agriculture, in cooperation with the advisory
committee created pursuant to section 206.23, shall designate areas
with a history of concerns regarding nearby pesticide applications as
pesticide management areas. The secretary shall adopt rules for
designating pesticide management areas. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, § 206.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 206.21] Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 225, § 225