Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-228 - General pesticide rules › Section 16-228-1220 - What are the restrictions applying to any person holding, handling, using, or disposing of pesticides and their containers?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Any person handling, applying, or
				disposing of pesticides or pesticide containers shall do so in such a manner to
				minimize hazard to commercially important pollinating insect species. Due care
				shall be taken to regulate the timing and technique of pesticide applications
				to or around blossoming plants and pollen shedding corn. The use or application
				of microencapsulated methyl parathion, either directly or through drift, shall
				be prohibited on all blossoming plants and on pollen shedding corn.
(2) No person shall transport, handle, store,
				load, apply, or dispose of any pesticide, pesticide container or apparatus in
				such a manner as to pollute water supplies or waterways, or cause damage or
				injury to land, humans, desirable plants and animals, or wildlife. Provided
				that a pesticide labeled for aquatic use and used as directed shall not be
				considered a violation of this subsection: Disposing of pesticides at disposal
				sites approved by the appropriate agency complies with the requirements of this
				subsection. Toxicity, volatility, and mobility of pesticides shall be
				considered in complying with this subsection.
(3) No person shall pollute streams, lakes,
				and other water supplies in pesticide loading, mixing, and application.
				Adequate, functioning devices and procedures to prevent backsiphoning shall be
				used.
(4) No pesticides shall be
				applied by aircraft or airblast sprayers to property abutting and adjacent to
				occupied schools in session, hospitals, nursing homes or other similar
				establishments under conditions that may result in contamination of these
				establishments or their premises.
(5) No person shall apply pesticides if
				weather conditions are such that physical drift or volatilization may cause
				damage to adjacent land, humans, desirable plants or animals.
(6) Requirements for unattended pesticides
				and their containers:
(a) Good generally
				accepted housekeeping practices shall be maintained for all pesticides and
				their containers.
(b) The
				provisions of (d) and (e) of this subsection and subsection (7) of this section
				shall not apply to empty pesticide containers when adequately decontaminated
				(e.g., a minimum of three successive rinsings); and shall not apply to
				categories 2, 3, and 4 pesticide formulations labeled for home and garden use
				only.
(c) For the purposes of (d)
				and (e) of this subsection and subsection (7) of this section, pesticides and
				their containers at the loading area shall not be considered unattended during
				the spraying operation if the operator maintains either visual control or
				repeatedly returns at closely spaced intervals.
(d) Pesticides labeled with the signal word
				"danger/poison" and their containers shall be stored in one of the following
				enclosures which, when unattended, shall be so constructed and locked (except
				(v) below) to prevent children, unauthorized persons, livestock, or other
				animals from gaining entry.
(i) Closed
				vehicle.
(ii) Closed
				trailer.
(iii) Building or room or
				fenced area with a fence at least six feet high.
(iv) Foot locker or other container which can
				be locked.
(v) Unattended trucks or
				trailers which have solid sideracks and secured tailgate at least six feet
				above ground, ramp or platform level.
(vi) Bulk storage containers fifty gallons
				and larger with tight screw-type bungs and/or secured or locked
				valves.
(e) Pesticides
				labeled with the signal word "danger" when not accompanied by the signal word
				"poison," pesticides labeled with the signal word "warning" and pesticides
				labeled with the signal word "caution" and their containers shall be stored in
				secured storage out of the reach of children in one of the enclosures listed in
				(d) of this subsection: Provided that metal containers, twenty-eight gallons
				and larger, with tight screw-type bungs and/or secured or locked valves shall
				be considered secured storage.