Opinion No. Oag 47-75, (1975)

THE HONORABLE, The Assembly, Legislature

By 1975 Assembly Resolution 34 you have requested my opinion as to the validity of a recently proposed rule of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), providing regulations of the use of the chemical 2,4,5-T.

These regulations were proposed under the authority of sec. 29.29 (4), Stats., and constitute an amendment to existing Wis. Adm. Code Chapter NR 80 so as to include the chemical 2,4,5-T as a "limited use pesticide," which is defined in Wis. Adm. Code section NR 80.01 (4):

"(4) `Limited use pesticide' means a pesticide which under certain…