N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 33-1203: Access to pesticide information

§ 33-1203. Access to pesticide information.

1. a. The commissioner shall, upon written request of an interested

party, in printed or electronic form, as requested by such party provide

the information on pesticides submitted to the department pursuant to

sections 33-1205 and 33-1207 of this title. Such information shall be

provided by county or counties, or five-digit zip code or codes as

selected by the interested party making the written request. Pesticide

data shall be provided by EPA registration number, product name and

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 provisions of this paragraph shall

not apply to the provision of pesticide data to the commissioner of

health, the health research science board and researchers pursuant to

title one-B of article twenty-four of the public health law.

b. The department shall, upon request from the department of health,

compile pesticide application information by nine-digit zip code and

provide the information to the commissioner of health for researchers

entitled to receive information pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision

one of section twenty-four hundred eleven of the public health law

provided, however, if the nine-digit zip code cannot be determined, the

information shall be compiled by town or city.

2. The fees for copies of information shall not exceed twenty-five

cents per photocopy not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or

the actual cost of reproducing any information.