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...(A) Each application for registration of an agricultural additive shall be accompanied by a registration fee of fifty dollars. Application shall be made on a form supplied by the director of agriculture and shall include: (1) The name and address of the registrant; (2) The additive's brand name; (3) The purpose or proposed use of the additive; (4) Directions for the additive's use; (5) The results or effects tha...

...No person shall sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute for sale or exchange in this state any agricultural additive unless its container is conspicuously labeled with the following information: (A) The additive's brand name; (B) Its purpose or proposed use; (C) The net weight of the contents of the container; (D) Directions for the additive's use; (E) The results or effects that can be expecte...

...The director of agriculture may adopt, modify, or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture shall: (A) Gather information on the performance of various agricultural additives, including distributors' and manufacturers' claims, the results of investigation or research on additives, and the conditions when they are useful, and make the information available to the public; (B) Provide and distribute, in cooperation with OSU extension, information on the use of agricultural a...

...The director of agriculture or his duly authorized representative may enter any property, public or private, in order to make inspections to determine whether or not there is compliance with sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code or if any agricultural additive is useful for agricultural production in this state. If refused entry he may apply for and the court of common pleas may issue an appropriate warrant. ...

...The director of agriculture may issue an order to the owner or custodian of any package or lot of an agricultural additive requiring it to be held at a designated place during the period the director has suspended or revoked the product's registration under section 905.07 of the Revised Code. The agricultural additive shall be held until the director issues a release in writing. A release shall not be issued until t...

...The director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for an injunction against any person who continues to sell, exchange, offer for sale or exchange, or distribute for sale or exchange an agricultural additive for which an order to hold has been issued under section 905.08 of the Revised Code or that is not registered with the department of agriculture under section 905.02 of the Revised Code. Each pac...

...Upon written request by the director of agriculture, the attorney general may join or bring class actions on behalf of persons who are adversely affected by the purchase of agricultural additives or who are injured by violation of sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.

...(A)(1) A person who owns or operates agricultural land may do any of the following: (a) Develop a voluntary nutrient management plan; (b) Request any person to develop a voluntary nutrient management plan on behalf of the person who owns or operates the agricultural land; (c) Request the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district organized in accordance with Chapter 940. of the Revised Code...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the director of agriculture, an employee of the department of agriculture, the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, an employee of a district, and a contractor of the department or a district shall not disclose information, including data from geographic information systems and global positioning systems, used in the development or approval of ...

...The director of agriculture shall adopt and enforce uniform rules: (A) Governing the storing and handling of anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes; (B) For safety in the design, construction, location, installation, or operation of anhydrous ammonia systems for agricultural use. In addition, with regard to an anhydrous ammonia system that is used for agricultural purposes, the rules shall ...

...(A) A storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes shall be designed and constructed in accordance with rules. On and after September 10, 2012, no person shall construct a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes without applying for and receiving approval of the design of the facility and approval to construct the facility from the director ...

...The director of agriculture may issue an order prohibiting the use of anhydrous ammonia equipment or an anhydrous ammonia system found not to comply with rules adopted under division (A) or (B) of section 905.40 of the Revised Code, as applicable. No person shall use the anhydrous ammonia equipment or system until a release in writing is issued by the director. The director shall not issue a release until both...

...In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists any adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein any of the provisions of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from the violation.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever the director of agriculture has cause to believe that a person has violated, or is violating, sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or rules or an order issued under those sections or rules, the director may conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether a violation has occurred. If the director...

...Nothing in sections 905.31 to 905.502 of the Revised Code or rules shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to the appropriate prosecuting authority for proceedings in the prosecution of, or issue any order or institute any enforcement procedure for, a violation of sections 905.31 to 905.502 of the Revised Code or rules when the director believes that the public interest ...

...As used in sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Liming material" means all materials, the calcium and magnesium content of which is used to neutralize soil acidity, and includes the oxide, hydrate, carbonate, and silicate forms, as defined by rule, or combinations of those forms. "Liming material" includes materials such as the following: (1) Limestone; (2) Hydrated lime; (3) Burnt lime; (4) ...

...No person shall be required to obtain a license to sell or distribute liming material under section 905.52 of the Revised Code if the manufacturer of the liming material that the person distributes or sells is licensed under division (A) of section 905.52 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall sell or distribute any crushed or ground liming material in this state, except the oxide and hydrate forms, unless it is processed to meet the standard of fineness of one of the grades listed in this section and contains all the fines of fracture. (A) "Superfine liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than eighty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States...

...(A) No person shall distribute or sell liming material in packages that do not bear a label in legibly written or printed form that includes the following: (1) Net weight of contents in pounds as determined by a sealed weighing device; (2) Product name and type of liming material, which shall include the grade as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, for all except the oxide and hydrate forms; (3) Name an...

...(A) All information furnished to or procured by the director of agriculture under section 905.56 of the Revised Code is for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and is not open to the public nor to be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding, but such information may be consolidated in statist...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall prepare an annual statement of liming material sales, by county and by grade, as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, in a manner prescribed by the director. (B) The director shall publish an annual report of the director's analysis of liming material that the director has inspected.

...(A) The director of agriculture may inspect, sample, and analyze any liming material utilized within the state to such extent as the director considers necessary to determine whether the liming material is in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections. The director may enter into an agreement with a person that is not a department of agriculture employee t...

...(A) No person shall sell or distribute mislabeled liming material. (B) A liming material is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on its label or its pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, or if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising matter.

...The director of agriculture may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulations to implement sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the director pursuant to sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code.