Glyphosate Use on State Property

Top Glyphosate Use on State Property

Paragraph 12 of Article 33-1301 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) and the corresponding regulations in Part 325.42 (PDF) of Title 6 New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations (6 NYCRR), make it unlawful for state departments, agencies, public benefit corporations or their contractors, to apply products containing the active ingredient glyphosate on state property. However, the law permits the application of glyphosate for the following uses:

to maintain critical infrastructure;
to maintain roadside vegetation to ensure public safety;
to manage habitat for one of the following purposes:
- control invasive species:
- control pests of significant public health importance;
- control noxious plants injurious to ecosystem health; or
- protect critical native plant species; or
conduct research into the environmental motility of glyphosate or to develop suitable alternatives to glyphosate for agricultural and environmental uses.”

Prior to applying glyphosate on state property, the state department, agency, or public benefit corporation must develop a glyphosate use determination documenting that:

the application falls under the above permitted uses
there will be no actual or significant threat of direct human exposure to glyphosate and
that there are no effective and practicable alternatives to the use of glyphosate.

Paragraph 12 of Article 33-1301 also requires that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) post on its website the amount and location of glyphosate usage on state property by April 1^st each year.

Glyphosate Reporting

Starting in 2022, 6 NYCRR Part 325.42 now requires all state departments, agencies, and public benefit corporations that apply glyphosate on state property, or contract with pesticide applicators to apply glyphosate on state property, to report the following to DEC every year by January 15^th:

the official name of the state department, state agency, or public benefit corporation;
the pesticide agency or pesticide business registration number, if applicable;
the pesticide product name;
the United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number of the pesticide product;
the amount of pesticide product applied; and
the location of application.

Glyphosate reports must be submitted on DEC's Glyphosate Reporting Form to [email protected] no later than January 15th. Save and name the reporting form file as "Your Agency Name - Glyphosate Reporting Form"

Please see DEC's Glyphosate Reporting Clarifications (PDF, 282 KB) document for more instructions on how to compile and format reports.

DEC, in cooperation with Cornell University’s Pesticide Sales and Use Reporting Program (PSUR), review and compile the glyphosate report data. The reporting community, DEC, and PSUR work together to provide the best information that can reasonably be compiled. However, the data may be neither entirely accurate nor complete. The glyphosate report submissions are accepted by DEC at face value. Neither DEC nor PSUR can attest to the accuracy of the data. For instance, reporters may report the diluted amount applied instead of the undiluted amount as required by DEC. The data does, however, go through a manual review for obvious or likely errors. When obvious errors are identified, the Department follows up with the report submitter and corrections are made.

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Glyphosate Report Summary (PDF, 191 KB)

Location and Application Legend (PDF, 1125 KB)

Glyphosate Report organized by: