PURPOSE: This rule specifies the federal and state laws that pertain to the wood preservative chemicals as pesticides and clarifies that label directions for these chemicals must be followed in accordance with these laws.

All treated timber producers who treat wood products with a registered pesticide and/or wood preservative, must comply with the directions for use provided by the pesticide label as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Missouri Pesticide Use Act, sections 281.010– 281.115, RSMo (1986) and/or by the standards set by 2 CSR 70-40.015.

AUTHORITY: section 280.050, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed Dec. 16, 1985, effective May 15, 1986.

*Original authority: 280.050, RSMo 1961, amended 1979, 1984, 1993, 1995.