Section 266.540

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS

Chapter 266

Effective - 28 Aug 1976   

  266.540.  Certification of analysis — final responsibility for effectiveness with producer. — 1.  The director shall, upon receipt of the analysis provided in section 266.535, certify the percent calcium carbonate equivalent, percent magnesium content, fineness, effective magnesium per ton, and effective neutralizing material per ton, of the liming material to the producer or distributor from whom the sample was obtained by forwarding written notice by United States mail.

  2.  Nothing in sections 266.500 to 266.550 shall preclude a producer or distributor of agricultural liming materials from having a certification on separate stockpiles; provided that, the stockpiles shall be separated from any other stockpiles, and the separate stockpiles shall have been sampled as provided in sections 266.500 to 266.550.

  3.  Agricultural liming materials produced and stockpiled prior to the enactment of sections 266.500 to 266.550 shall be subject to the same provisions of sections 266.500 to 266.550 as apply to sampling for analyses and certification.

  4.  Final responsibility for the guarantee of effective magnesium and effective neutralizing material per ton is vested in the producer or distributor making delivery of agricultural liming materials for distribution or spreading on farms or agricultural lands or other land for the purpose of decreasing soil acidity and adding calcium or calcium and magnesium to soils.

  5.  Where the producer or distributor has possession of agricultural liming materials which fail to meet the guaranteed analysis, the producer or distributor may sell this material only after adjusting the guaranteed analysis to the correct analyses.

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(L. 1976 H.B. 1630 § 9)