We invite you to comment on Minnesota’s rules related to neonicotinoid-treated seed. Comments may be submitted through the form below, by sending an email to TreatedSeed.MDA@state.mn.us, or by mail to Molly Darlington, Research Scientist, Pesticide Technical Unit, 625 Robert Street North, Saint Paul, MN 55155. Submitted comments may be made available to the public. Please provide information you are comfortable making publicly accessible.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is seeking public comments specifically related to the following question:
With express consideration of how Minnesota Rules Chapter 1505 fits within the broader context of all applicable environmental protection in state and federal law regulating pesticides and neonicotinoid-treated seeds, is Minnesota Rules Chapter 1505 adequate to protect Minnesota’s natural resources from pollution, impairment, or destruction allegedly resulting from the use of neonicotinoid-treated crop seeds?
Commenters are asked to provide applicable information and supporting evidence. Comments that express only support or opposition to neonicotinoid-treated seed, without providing further information for the MDA to consider, will not assist the MDA in its decision-making.
