(a) Beginning January 1, 2019, every user of restricted use pesticides shall be subject to the requirement to submit to the department, for departmental use, an annual report of all use of restricted use pesticides as provided in this section.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-26

  • Department: means department of agriculture. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2
  • Pesticide: means :

    (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

    (2) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

  • Restricted use pesticide: means :

    (1) A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the Administrator, EPA, for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision and so designated on its label; or

    (2) A pesticide or pesticide use classified by the board for use by certified applicators or competent persons under their direct supervision. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 149A-2

(b) No later than thirty days following the end of each calendar year, every entity that uses restricted use pesticides shall provide to the department a report of all restricted use pesticides used during the preceding calendar year.
(c) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 requiring that the annual reports include the following information:

(1) A listing, by federal and state registrations or permit numbers, commercial product names, and active ingredients, of all restricted use pesticides used;
(2) The total quantities used for each restricted use pesticide;
(3) A general description of the geographic location, including, at a minimum, the tax map key number, at which the restricted use pesticides were used; and
(4) The date on which the restricted use pesticide application occurred.