Code of Colorado Regulations
1200 - Department of Agriculture
1206 - Conservation Services Division
8 CCR 1206-1 - WATER QUALITY CONTROL CONCERNING AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND GROUND WATER
Rule II - PESTICIDES
Part 12.0 - Scope of These Rules
Universal Citation: 1200 CO Code Regs 12.0
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
12.1. These rules apply to:
(a) All operating bulk
pesticide storage facilities, commercial or private, with the exception that
portable refillable containers that are approved by the Environmental
Protection Agency and have a capacity of greater than 56 gallons and less than
660 gallons are exempt from secondary containment.
(b) All mixing and loading areas, commercial
or private, where any of the following are handled in any one year period:
(1) Five hundred (500) gallons or more, in
the aggregate, of formulated product or combination of formulated products of
liquid pesticides;
(2) Three
thousand (3,000) pounds or more, in the aggregate, of formulated product or
combination of formulated products of dry pesticides; or
(3) One thousand five hundred (1,500) pounds
or more, in the aggregate, of active ingredients of pesticides.
(For liquid pesticides, Parts 13 and 15-17 apply; for dry pesticides, Parts 14-17 apply)
12.2. These rules do not apply to:
(a) Field mixing and loading of pesticides;
or
(b) Loading and unloading of
unopened containers; or
(c)
Facilities storing pesticides used for water treatment at public water systems,
which are systems used to provide the public with piped water for human
consumption, and domestic wastewater treatment works.
12.3. Operation of the bulk pesticide storage facilities and mixing and loading areas are regulated by these rules.
12.4.
(a)
Pesticide facilities subject to these rules must be in compliance the following
number of years after the effective date of these rules (September 30, 1994):
|
Liquid Pesticide Secondary Containment |
3 years |
|
Liquid & Dry Pesticide Mixing and Loading Areas |
3 years |
|
Dry Pesticide Storage |
3 years |
(b)
New facilities or expansion of existing facilities constructed three (3) years
after the effective date of these rules (September 30, 1994) shall be in
compliance with these rules prior to beginning operations.
12.5. All bulk pesticide storage facilities are required to have a mixing and loading area.
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