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1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide. Amend RSA 430:29 by inserting after paragraph XXXII-a the following new paragraph:
XXXII-aa. "Second generation anticoagulant rodenticide" means any pesticide product containing any of the following active ingredients:
(a) Brodifacoum.
(b) Bromadiolone.
(c) Difenacoum.
(d) Difethialone.
2 New Subparagraph; Pesticides Controls; Prohibited Acts. Amend RSA 430:41, I by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide.
(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply to any of the following:
(A) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide by a state or municipal employee for public health activities, the protection of a drinking water supply, to control vectors for mosquito borne illnesses, or for control of an actual rodent infestation that has been deemed a public health issue where it has been documented that all other rodent control alternatives, including nonchemical alternatives, are inadequate to control the infestation.
(B) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide at a medical waste generator or a facility registered annually and subject to inspection under 21 U.S.C. section 360 et seq. and compliant with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. section 135 et seq.
(C) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide for agricultural activities conducted in the following locations:
(i) A warehouse used to store foods for human or animal consumption.
(ii) An agricultural food production site, including but not limited to a slaughterhouse or cannery.
(iii) A distillery, meadery, brewery, or winery.
(iv) A drug or medical equipment manufacturing facility.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
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1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide. Amend RSA 430:29 by inserting after paragraph XXXII-a the following new paragraph:
XXXII-aa. "Second generation anticoagulant rodenticide" means any pesticide product containing any of the following active ingredients:
(a) Brodifacoum.
(b) Bromadiolone.
(c) Difenacoum.
(d) Difethialone.
2 New Subparagraph; Pesticides Controls; Prohibited Acts. Amend RSA 430:41, I by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide.
(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply to any of the following:
(A) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide by a state or municipal employee for public health activities, the protection of a drinking water supply, to control vectors for mosquito borne illnesses, or for control of an actual rodent infestation that has been deemed a public health issue where it has been documented that all other rodent control alternatives, including nonchemical alternatives, are inadequate to control the infestation.
(B) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide at a medical waste generator or a facility registered annually and subject to inspection under 21 U.S.C. section 360 et seq. and compliant with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. section 135 et seq.
(C) The use of any second generation anticoagulant rodenticide for agricultural activities conducted in the following locations:
(i) A warehouse used to store foods for human or animal consumption.
(ii) An agricultural food production site, including but not limited to a slaughterhouse or cannery.
(iii) A distillery, meadery, brewery, or winery.
(iv) A drug or medical equipment manufacturing facility.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.