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According to the governor’s official website, Justice’s companies farm more than 50,000 acres (20,200 hectares) of corn, wheat, and soybeans in West Virginia and three other states.
In 1988, Congress amended the pesticide registration provisions requiring re-registration of many pesticides that had been registered before 1984. [7] The act was amended again in 1996 by the Food Quality Protection Act. [9] More recently the act was amended in 2012 by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. [10]
The Pesticide Registration Fund is used to help finance practices and studies for new products of active ingredients (AI) pesticides. To register new pesticides, there are about 140 categories that are split into three major sections: new AI, maintenance/product use, and reassessment of current pesticides.
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture is managed by the agriculture commissioner, an elected official operating independently of the governor's authority. Kent Leonhardt has served as the commissioner of the department since January 2017. Previous commissioners have included Walt Helmick, Gus Douglass, and Cleve Benedict.
If you plan to use a Restricted Use Pesticide on land or sites for the production of agricultural commodities, reside in the state of Minnesota, and your private pesticide applicator certification ...
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), or H.R.1627, was passed unanimously by Congress in 1996 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 3, 1996. [1] The FQPA standardized the way the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would manage the use of pesticides and amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. Departments and agencies. West Virginia Department of Administration;
Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act: To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to renew and amend the provisions for the enhanced review of covered pesticide products, to authorize fees for certain pesticide products, to extend and improve the collection of maintenance fees, and for other purposes.