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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300']

Borough of Dumont, NJ Pesticides
§ 300-2 Commercial pesticide operator.
§ 300-3 Commercial pesticide applicator.
§ 300-4 Pesticide applicator business.
§ 300-5 Private pesticide applicator.
§ 300-6 Storage of pesticides.
§ 300-7 Backflow prevention.
§ 300-8 Safety equipment.
§ 300-9 Notification of community- or area-wide applications.
§ 300-10 Notification of ornamental applications.
§ 300-11 Notification of apiarists.
§ 300-12 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 300 Pesticides
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Dumont by Ord. No. 969 (Ch. 14B of the 1970 Revised Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following words and terms, when used in a chapter, shall have the following meanings:
Any ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, control or mitigate pests, or which will act as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
Any plant or part thereof, or animal, or animal product, produced by a person (including farmers, ranchers, vineyardists, plant propagators, Christmas tree growers, aquaculturists, floriculturists, orchardists, foresters, or other comparable persons) primarily for sale, consumption, propagation or other use by man or animal.
The characteristic designation by words, symbols, name, number or trademark of a specific, particular pesticide or formulation thereof under which the pesticide is distributed, sold, offered for sale, handled, stored, used or transported in the State of New Jersey.
Any person who hires a commercial pesticide applicator business to perform an ornamental pest control application utilizing hydraulic spraying equipment operating at a rate greater than 300 pounds per square inch and 10 gallons per minute airblast sprayers, or aerial application equipment on property owned or controlled by him. For the purposes of this definition, the term "customer" shall include any person who makes such application on property owned or controlled by him.
Trees, shrubs and other planting in and around habitations generally, but not necessarily located in urban and suburban areas, including residences, parks, streets, retail outlets, industrial and institutional buildings.
And shall include corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint-stock companies, as well as individuals, and shall also include all political subdivisions of this state or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof.
Any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus or weed, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms on or in living man or other animals) which is injurious to health or the environment.
And includes any substance or mixture of substances labeled, designed or intended for use in preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest, or any substance or mixture of substances labeled, designed or intended for use as a defoliant, desiccant or plant regulator, provided that the term "pesticide" shall not include any substance or mixture of substances which the EPA does not consider to be a "pesticide."
An official designated by the municipality, subject to approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, whose duties are to enforce the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter.
Each commercial pesticide operator shall at all times have in his/her possession the valid registration card and shall produce it upon request by proper enforcement personnel.
Each commercial pesticide applicator shall at all times have in his/her possession the valid registration card and shall produce it immediately upon request by proper enforcement personnel.
No person shall store restricted use pesticides without first meeting the applicable provisions of state regulations.
No person shall add water to any pesticide handling, storage or application equipment via a hose, pump or other equipment unless such hose, pump or other equipment is fitted with an effective valve or device to prevent backflow of pesticides or liquids containing pesticides into water supply systems, streams, lakes, other sources of water or other areas, except that such backflow devices or valves are not required when the hose, pump or other equipment is not allowed to contact or fall below the level of the liquid in the handling, storage or application equipment to which water is being added and no other possible means of establishing a back-siphon or backflow exists.
No person shall apply any pesticide on a community- or area-wide basis unless prior notification of the proposed application has been given to persons residing in the vicinity of the proposed target site.
The proposed application date;
The location of the application;
The name, address and registration number of the applicator business or the responsible pesticide applicator associated with the application;
The brand name and active ingredients of the pesticide(s) to be used;
Application equipment to be used; and
The name, address and phone number of a person who may be contacted and is responsible for supplying updated information on the advertised pesticide applications to those persons requesting it.
Upon the request by a person residing in the vicinity of the proposed target site, to a person designated pursuant to Subsection A(3)(f) above, such designated person shall provide, at a minimum, the following information at least 12 hours prior to the application, except that if a reasonable attempt to provide notice is unsuccessful, an attempt to notify such person, by telephone, shall be made immediately prior to the application:
The person designated pursuant to Subsection A(3)(f) above shall maintain a record of all telephone calls, attempted and completed, with persons requesting information referred to in Subsection A(4) above, and a file of related correspondence. Such record and file shall be made available to the proper enforcement personnel upon request. The minimum information required to be kept on the call record shall include:
The name and phone number of the person contacted; and
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any pesticide application which is made for the purpose of producing an agricultural commodity, mosquito larviciding applications, or the application of granular formulations in nonresidential areas.
No person shall cause or allow an outdoor ornamental pest control application utilizing hydraulic spraying equipment operating at a rate greater than 300 pounds per square inch and 10 gallons per minute, airblast sprayers, or aerial application equipment on property owned or controlled by him unless the following procedures have been implemented:
General public requesting notification. Any person desiring notification of outdoor ornamental pesticide applications may register with the Town Clerk or other designated municipal agent by April 1 of the calendar year in which the applications subject to notification will occur, unless the municipality chooses not to maintain this registry.
If the municipality does not maintain the registry referred to in Subsection A(1) above, the customer may obtain copies of notices from the commercial pesticide applicator and shall deliver such notices, at least 48 hours prior to the proposed application, to residents of property adjacent and contiguous to the customer's property, such notice to contain the following information:
The name, address and phone number of the applicator who may be contacted and is responsible for supplying updated information on the proposed pesticide applications to those persons requesting it.
Upon the request of any resident of property adjacent and contiguous to the customer's property, to the applicator designated pursuant to Subsection A(2)(f) above, such designated applicator shall provide, at a minimum, the following information at least 12 hours prior to the application, except that if a reasonable attempt to provide notice is unsuccessful, an attempt to notify such person, by telephone, shall be made immediately prior to the application:
Name and phone number of the person contacted; and
The customer shall keep a record or file of the notice he provided, which may include a copy of the receipt for the certified letter(s), if certified mail is utilized.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to an additional application made on the same day and in the same locality as an application governed by this section, if the following requirements are satisfied:
The customer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the local governing authority that he had not hired the applicator more than 48 hours prior to the start of the application governed by this section;
If the municipality maintains a registry referred to in Subsection A(1) above, the customer has personally contacted resident's listed on the registry and whose property is adjacent and contiguous to property on which the additional application is proposed and no objections were raised;
If a municipality does not maintain a registry referred to in Subsection A(1) above, the customer has personally contacted residents of property adjacent and contiguous to property on which the application is proposed and no objections were raised.
A waiver of the minimum amount of prior notice required in Subsection A(2) may be granted at the discretion of the local governing authority.
Prior to performing an outdoor ornamental pest control application subject to the notification provisions, the commercial pesticide applicator shall provide the customer with a written statement outlining the customer's notification responsibilities and the specifics of the proposed application referred to in Subsection A(2) above.
The customer may delegate, in writing, his notification responsibilities to the commercial pesticide applicator, provided that the commercial pesticide applicator agrees, in writing, to assume the notification responsibilities as delineated in this chapter.
The commercial pesticide applicator is not responsible for any actions resulting from the failure of the customer to fulfill his notification obligations unless the customer has delegated and the commercial pesticide applicator has assumed the notification responsibilities as stated in Subsection C above.
The provisions of this section shall not apply where the target site is greater than 100 feet from the customer's property line.
Desires notification;
Maintains an apiary which is located within 1/2 mile of the target site; and
If the application date is changed so that the application will not occur on the intended date specified in the original notification of application but will be conducted during the next consecutive day, notification must be given to the individual apiarist as soon as reasonably possible but not later than 10:00 p.m. the night prior to the new application date.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person using a pesticide on an aggregate area less than three acres, provided that the application is not made with hydraulic spraying equipment operating at a rate greater than 300 pounds per square inch and 10 gallons per minute airblast sprayers, or aerial equipment.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the New Jersey Beekeepers Association have failed to provide information deemed necessary by the Department for such notification; or
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of up to $500 for each offense. A copy of the report of such enforcement actions will be forwarded to the Bureau of Pesticide Control within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.