Pesticide sales and use computer data base

§ 33-1201. Pesticide sales and use computer data base.

1. a. The department shall develop a pesticide sales and use computer data base. The data base shall be maintained at the department.

b. Such data base shall consist of all information compiled from reports submitted to the department pursuant to sections 33-1205 and 33-1207 of this title. Such reports shall be entered into and maintained on a computerized data base and shall be updated annually. Information obtained for and contained in the data base shall be accessible by interested parties only to the extent permitted pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of this section and paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 33-1203 of this title.

2. The commissioner shall prepare an annual report summarizing pesticide sales, quantity of pesticides used, category of applicator and region of application. Pesticide data shall be compiled and reported by both EPA registration number and by active ingredient. The commissioner shall not provide the name, address, or any other information which would otherwise identify a commercial or private applicator, or any person who sells or offers for sale restricted use or general use pesticides to a private applicator, or any person who received the services of a commercial applicator. In accordance with article six of the public officers law, proprietary information contained within such record, including price charged per product, shall not be disclosed. The report shall be posted on the department's website annually by December thirty-first and be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.