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Vermont Statutes · § 380 — Administrative penalty

380. Administrative penalty

Consistent with chapter 1 of this title, the Secretary may assess an administrative penalty upon determining that a person has violated a rule issued under this chapter or has violated this chapter in the following manner:

(1) distributed a specialty fertilizer, beneficial substance, or lime without first obtaining the appropriate product registration;

(2) distributed a fertilizer, beneficial substance, or lime without appropriate and accurate labeling, including when a beneficial substance label does not reflect its composition;

(3) distributed any adulterated fertilizer, beneficial substance, or lime;

(4) failed to disclose on the label sources of potentially deleterious components;

(5) failed to report or to accurately report the amount and form of each grade of fertilizer distributed in Vermont on an annual basis;

(6) failed to report or to accurately report the amount and form of each formulation of beneficial substance;

(7) failed to pay the appropriate tonnage fee; or

(8) violated a cease and desist order.

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History and annotations

(Added 1989, No. 285 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2021, No. 41, § 10; 2025, No. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.)

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