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Registration

The Registration Program is responsible for FIFRA Section 3 Registrations, Section 18 Emergency Exemptions, Section 24(c) Special Local Needs Registrations, 2(ee) recommendations, and Experimental Use Permits. The registration process helps to insure that all pesticides used in Arkansas have been tested for safety and efficacy by the EPA before they are distributed within the state.

Pesticide Registration

The Arkansas Pesticide Control Act of 1975 gives the Arkansas State Plant Board (ASPB) the authority and responsibility to register all pesticides distributed, sold, or offered for sale within the State of Arkansas.

Pesticides are defined by the Arkansas Pesticide Control Act as:

1. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest;
2. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant; and
3. Any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a spray adjuvant;

Pesticides must be registered with the State Plant Board before they are distributed, sold, or offered for sale in Arkansas.

Registrants are responsible for any unregistered product found within the State of Arkansas.

All registrations Expire on December 31.

Registration Process

Registrants are to submit the following items in order to register pesticide products in Arkansas;

1. Completed Form DP-21 Application for Registration of Pesticides in duplicate.
2. One (1) copy of the product label for each new product or revised label.
3. A check for $200 per product exempt from the Abandoned Pesticide Disposal (APD) Fee, or a check for $250 for each product not exempt from the APD Fee.

The ASPB does not require Material Safety Data Sheets, EPA Stamped "Accepted" Labels, or Confidential Statements of Formula unless specifically requested.

Please feel free to copy forms for your use. If you wish to use a computer generated form, please copy the original exactly. These forms and the information contained on them are essential to our registration process. Please remember to enclose two copies of each Pesticide Registration Form you submit.

If you conduct registration activities for multiple companies, please use a separate Pesticide Registration Form for each company you register. Do not list multiple companies on the same form.

The Arkansas State Plant Board only requires new labels for new products or if changes have been made to the label in the past year. It is not necessary to submit new labels each year.

The Product Number column on the Pesticide Registration Form is simply the Arkansas State Plant Board’s filing number. The first product registered is numbered 1 and each additional product is numbered sequentially. This number is designed to help us track the labels in our office.

Partial, incomplete, or incorrect Pesticide Registration Forms will be returned to the registrant for correction.

ALL REGISTRATIONS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31 OF EACH YEAR

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Downloadable DP-21 Application for Registration of Pesticides

Section 24(c) Command by Air Label

Beyond 24(C) Label for Clearfield Rice