                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTRATION; PERMITTING OF DISTRIBUTORS (§ 3.2-3702)

A. Any distributor of agricultural liming material in the Commonwealth shall
register each brand by July 1 for the registration year July 1 through June 30,
before distributing any agricultural liming material in the Commonwealth. Each
distributor shall submit an application for registration to the Commissioner on
forms furnished or approved by the Commissioner and shall pay to the
Commissioner a registration fee of $50 per brand of agricultural liming material
per registration year. Upon approval by the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall
furnish a copy of the registration to the applicant. Each registration shall
expire on June 30 of the registration year for which the Commissioner issued the
registration. Any registration shall be valid through July 31 of the next
registration year or until issuance of the renewal registration, whichever
occurs first, if the holder of the registration has filed a renewal application
with the Commissioner on or before June 30 of the registration year for which
the Commissioner issued the registration.

B. Any distributor of any brand of industrial co-product used to neutralize soil
acid in the Commonwealth shall register each brand by July 1 of each year for
the registration year of July 1 to June 30, before distributing any industrial
co-product used to neutralize soil acid in the Commonwealth. Each distributor
shall submit an application for registration to the Commissioner on forms
furnished or approved by the Commissioner and shall pay to the Commissioner a
registration fee of $100 per brand of industrial co-product used to neutralize
soil acid per registration year. The Commissioner shall furnish a copy of the
registration to the applicant. Each registration shall expire on June 30 of the
registration year for which the Commissioner issued the registration. Every such
registration shall be valid through July 31 of the next registration year or
until issuance of the renewal registration, whichever occurs first, if the
holder of the registration has filed a renewal application with the Commissioner
on or before June 30 of the registration year for which the Commissioner issued
the registration.
			Any distributor making application to register any brand of industrial
co-product used to neutralize soil acid shall submit to the Commissioner test
data indicating the product&#8217;s neutralizing value, and its safety to plants
and animals.

C. If the Commissioner identifies any unregistered liming material in commerce
in the Commonwealth during the registration year, the Commissioner shall grant a
grace period of 15 working days from issuance of notification to the distributor
of the liming material to register the liming material without penalty. Any
distributor who fails to register each brand of liming material being
distributed by him in the Commonwealth by the 15th day of the grace period,
shall pay to the Commissioner a $50 late fee per brand of liming material in
addition to the registration fee, as well as cause a stop sale, use, removal or
seizure order to be issued upon said liming material until its registration is
complete.

D. A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of liming material
or liming material with added potash, if it has been duly registered under this
chapter by another person, provided the label on the liming material the other
person registered does not differ in any respect from the label on the liming
material the distributor seeks to register.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 647, § 3.1-126.4; 1994, c. 649; 2002, c. 473; 2008, c. 860.