Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 15 - Pesticides › Part 2 - Rules and Regulations Relating to Pesticides (250-RICR-40-15-2) › Section 250-RICR-40-15-2.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. For the purpose of these regulations, the
				  following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Director" means the Director of the
				  Department of Environmental Management as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws §
											23-25-4.
2. "C.F.R." means Code of Federal Regulations
				  published in the Federal Register by the executive department and agencies of
				  the Federal Government of the United States of America.
3. "Community water supply" means any public
				  water supply, which serves at least fifteen (15) service connections used by
				  year-round residents or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) year-round
				  individuals.
4. "Conspicuous points
				  of access" means the usual and customary entrance(s) where people are likely to
				  enter a treated area and observe posted signs pursuant to §
											2.24 of this Part.
5. "Department" means the Rhode Island
				  Department of Environmental Management.
6. "Immediate farm family member" means only
				  the spouse, children, stepchildren, foster children, parents, stepparents,
				  foster parents, brothers and sisters.
7. "Original container" means the package the
				  pesticide or device was placed in by the manufacturer for distribution, sale,
				  consumption, use or storage. The term does not include any shipping or bulk
				  container used for transporting or delivering the pesticide unless it is the
				  only such package.
8. "Public
				  health" means the optimal well-being of the general public both individually
				  and collectively as communities of the human race.
9. "Public water supply" means a system for
				  the provision of the public of piped water for human consumption, if such
				  system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least
				  twenty-five (25) individuals daily at least sixty (60) days of the
				  year.
10. "RIPCA" means R.I. Gen.
				  Laws Chapter 23-25, Rhode Island Pest Control Act.
11. "School" means a public or private
				  elementary or secondary school having kindergarten or any of grades one (1)
				  through twelve (12). The term school includes any school building and any area
				  outside of a school (including a lawn, playfield, sports field) that is used,
				  managed or owned by the school or school district for school related
				  activities.
12. "School emergency"
				  means an urgent need to mitigate or eliminate a pest that threatens the health
				  or safety of a student or staff member at a school.
13. "Service container" means any container,
				  other than the original container of a registered pesticide provided by the
				  registrant, or pesticide application equipment, which contains the original
				  material that is utilized to hold, store, or transport a pesticide concentrate
				  or a pesticide use-dilution preparation.
14. "Use of a pesticide" means any act of
				  handling or release of a pesticide or the exposure of public health or the
				  environment to a pesticide, but excluding normal handling associated with
				  pesticide distribution, through acts including but not limited to:
a. Application of a pesticide including
				  mixing or loading of equipment and any required supervisory action in or near
				  the area of application.
b. Storage
				  actions for pesticides and pesticide containers.
c. Disposal actions for pesticides and
				  pesticide containers.
d.
				  Recommendation of a pesticide application; and/or
e. Other activities as defined by the Federal
				  Worker Protection Standard 40 C.F.R. §
													156
				  (2008).