Under IC 4-22-2-24, notice is hereby given that on January 3, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., at the Office of Indiana State Chemist, 175 South University Street, Biochemistry Building, West Lafayette, Indiana, the Indiana Pesticide Review Board will hold a public hearing on a proposed rule to add 357 IAC 1-0.5 to establish definitions referenced throughout the article and to clarify the applicability of definitions in IC 15-16-4 and IC 15-16-5; amend 357 IAC 1-5-2 to clarify commercial lawn posting responsibilities; amend 357 IAC 1-5-3 to clarify commercial lawn customer notification responsibilities; amend 357 IAC 1-12-2 to replace the term "harm" with the term "adverse effect" to become consistent with amendments to IC 15-16 in 2021; amend 357 IAC 1-16-2 to clarify and limit the applicability of the rule for pesticide use in schools; amend 357 IAC 1-17-1 to clarify which dicamba products are included as state restricted use pesticide products; and repeal 357 IAC 1-3, 357 IAC 1-5-1, 357 IAC 1-6, 357 IAC 1-8, 357 IAC 1-10, 357 IAC 1-11, 357 IAC 1-12-1, 357 IAC 1-13, 357 IAC 1-14, 357 IAC 1-15, 357 IAC 1-16-3, 357 IAC 1-16-4, 357 IAC 1-16-5, and 357 IAC 1-16-9.

The proposed rule would not impose any requirements or costs under IC 4-22-2-24(d)(3).

Copies of this proposed rule and any data, studies, or analyses referenced in a justification of requirements or costs on regulated entities are available to be inspected and copied at the Office of the Indiana State Chemist, Purdue University, 175 South University Street, West Lafayette, Indiana or at https://oisc.purdue.edu/oisc_rules_regs_laws.html.