The Arkansas State Plant Board has voted to pass a proposed emergency rule to ban in-crop use of dicamba. A spokesperson for the department tells Brownfield the board also voted to include an exemption for pastureland and to expedite the rule, voted to increase civil penalties for dicamba misuse. The board approved the measure on a 9-5 vote.
This is the first step in the process of establishing an emergency rule. The proposed rule now has to be reviewed and approved by the Governor before being submitted to the Executive Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council for approval.
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