Section 33-1205. Recordkeeping and reporting

1. All commercial applicators shall maintain pesticide use records for
  each pesticide application containing the following:
    a. EPA registration number;
    b. product name;
    c. quantity of each pesticide used;
    d. date applied;
    e. location of application by address (including five-digit zip code).
    Such  records  shall be maintained for a period of not less than three
  years. All commercial applicators  shall  file,  at  least  annually,  a
  report  or  reports  containing  such information with the department on
  computer diskette or in printed form on or before February first for the
  prior calendar year. All  commercial  applicators  shall  also  maintain
  corresponding  records  of  the dosage rates, methods of application and
  target organisms for each pesticide application. These records shall  be
  maintained on an annual basis and retained for a period of not less than
  three  years  and  shall be available for inspection upon request by the
  department.
    2. a. Every person  who  sells  or  offers  for  sale  restricted  use
  pesticides  to  private  applicators shall issue a record to the private
  applicator of each sale of a restricted use pesticide or a  general  use
  pesticide  used in agricultural crop production to such applicator. Such
  record of each sale shall include the following:
    1. EPA registration number;
    2. product name of the pesticide purchased;
    3. quantity of the pesticide purchased;
    4. date purchased;
    5. location of intended application by address  (including  five-digit
  zip  code)  or  if  address  is  unavailable  by town or city (including
  five-digit zip code) if the location  of  intended  application  differs
  from the billing address that appears on the record.
    Every person who sells or offers for sale restricted use pesticides to
  private  applicators  shall file, at least annually, a report or reports
  containing such information with the department on computer diskette  or
  in printed form on or before February first for the prior calendar year.
  The  department  shall  not  use  the  reports  filed  pursuant  to this
  paragraph for enforcement purposes.
    b. All private applicators shall maintain, at a  minimum,  records  of
  the  restricted  pesticides  purchased,  crop treated by such, method of
  application, and date of application or applications.  This  information
  shall  be  maintained  on  an annual basis and retained for a minimum of
  three years, and shall be available for inspection upon request  by  the
  department.
    c.  A  private  applicator  shall,  upon  request,  within six months,
  provide site-specific information relating to pesticide applications  to
  any researcher entitled to receive information pursuant to paragraph (d)
  of  subdivision  one of section twenty-four hundred eleven of the public
  health law, provided, however, such request shall not be granted  during
  planting  and  harvesting  unless  at  a  time  and  in a manner that is
  mutually convenient.