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.

This law 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

Since 2022, 6 NYCRR Part 325.42 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 information 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.

Report Management

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. The glyphosate report submissions are accepted by DEC at face value. Neither DEC nor PSUR can attest to the accuracy of the data. DEC and Cornell review reports in an attempt to identify obvious occurrences of error; however, not all occurrences are obvious or corrected. When obvious errors are identified, the Department follows up with the report submitter and corrections are made.

Location of Application

The location of application should not be construed as the exact location of where glyphosate was applied, but rather as a reference to which state-owned property was being managed. For glyphosate reporting purposes, location is defined in 6 NYCRR Part 325.42(a)(8) as “the physical address of the property on which the pesticide is applied or, if a specific physical address does not exist a description of the application area including street names, county, municipality, zip code, and other identifying features.” Locations reported are checked to verify that a street name or street names are included in the location of application cell to satisfy the regulatory requirement. For locations that do not have traditional street addresses to represent the property, the location provided may act as a nearby reference to where the application occurred and may not represent the actual point where an application occurred.

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Glyphosate Report Summary (PDF, 191 KB)

Location and Application Legend (PDF, 1125 KB)

Glyphosate Report organized by: