Report Title:

Pesticides; Public Notice

Description:

Requires all state and county agencies applying pesticides to public places to post public notice at least 48 hours prior to, and after, application of pesticide.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2263

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PESTICIDES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Although pesticides can help limit the environmental and economic damage that can be caused by insects, weeds, and plant diseases, they can also pose tremendous risks to human health and the environment. Pesticides can cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment because they are designed to kill, or adversely affect, living organisms. Children and infants are particularly susceptible to pesticide exposure.

The purpose of this Act is to help reduce the opportunity of harm to humans, animals, and the environment by requiring adequate public notice of spraying or application of any type of pesticides by all state and county agencies.

SECTION 2. Chapter 149A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§149A-   Public notice. (a) All state and county agencies spraying or applying any type of pesticide on state or county-owned property shall provide public notice of such application in the form of warning signs posted:

(1) Forty-eight hours prior to spraying or application of pesticide, to remain posted forty-eight hours after conclusion of spraying or application; and

(2) In highly visible locations around the perimeter of the property, and at the entrance and exit of the area where pesticide will be sprayed or applied.

(b) The public notice required under subsection (a) shall contain the following information:

(1) Method and locations of pesticide spraying or application;

(2) Dates and times on which such spraying or application will commence and conclude;

(3) Type of pesticide to be used and a copy of all information relating to the pesticide supplied by the manufacturer of the pesticide; and

(4) United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number for each pesticide used."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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