Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 370
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 6 Sec. 370
- Fertilizer: means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients that is used for its plant nutrient content and that is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth or health, except unprocessed animal or vegetable manures and other products exempted by the Secretary. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- lime: means one or more of the following:
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Use: includes all purposes for which a fertilizer, plant amendment, plant biostimulant, soil amendment, or lime is applied. See
§ 370. Publication; consumer information regarding use on nonagricultural turf of fertilizer, plant amendments, plant biostimulants, and soil amendments
(a) The Secretary shall publish on an annual basis:
(1) information concerning the distribution of fertilizers, plant amendments, plant biostimulants, soil amendments, and limes; and
(2) results of analyses based on official samples of fertilizers, plant amendments, plant biostimulants, soil amendments, and lime distributed within the State as compared with guaranteed analyses required pursuant to the terms of this chapter.
(b)(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the University of Vermont Extension, fertilizer industry representatives, lake groups, and other interested or affected parties, shall produce information for distribution to the general public with respect to the following:
(A) problems faced by the waters of the State because of discharges of phosphorus;
(B) an explanation of the extent to which phosphorus exists naturally in the soil;
(C) voluntary best management practices for the use of fertilizers containing phosphorus on nonagricultural turf; and
(D) best management practices for residential sources of phosphorus.
(2) The Secretary shall develop the information required under this subsection and make it available to the general public in the manner deemed most effective, which may include:
(A) conspicuous posting at the point of retail sale of fertilizer containing phosphorus, according to recommendations for how that conspicuous posting may best take place;
(B) public service announcements by means of electronic media; or
(C) other methods deemed by the Secretary to be likely to be effective.
(3) [Repealed.] (Added 1985, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 77d; 2021, No. 41, § 10; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 62, eff. July 1, 2022.)