- A. A pesticide formulator may rely upon the data generated by another person to meet the requirements in R18-6-102.
B. The pesticide formulator shall submit to the Department the name of every third-party person who is a source of each agricultural use pesticide active ingredient, including evidence of the formulator’s business relationship with each third party by way of:
- 1. A signed contract, or
- 2. Any other documentation of a business arrangement, endorsed by each party.
- C. If the pesticide formulator does not produce acceptable documentation of a business relationship under subsection (B) or if a person identified by the pesticide formulator is not a data generator for the active ingredient in question, the Director shall find that a groundwater protection data gap exists for the agricultural use pesticide, and the formulator is subject to the provisions in A.R.S. § 49-304.
- D. Any pesticide formulator who relies on data submitted by a person identified as a source under subsection (B) shall notify the Department of any change in the source within 60 days of a similar notification to the EPA.
Historical Note
Adopted effective September 23, 1992 (Supp. 92-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 3949, effective November 22, 2005 (Supp. 05-3). Amended by final expedited rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 2341 (October 6, 2023), with an immediate effective date of September 22, 2023 (Supp. 23-3).