Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXIII - Pesticides
Chapter 15 - Mechanically Powered Pesticide Application Equipment
Section XXIII-1501 - Commercial Applicators
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXIII-1501
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The following systems or controls must be present and in good operating order prior to the issuance of a decal.
1. Aerial and
Ground Application Equipment
a. The hopper
must be free of leaks and in good working order; and
b. all equipment must include a properly
functioning pressure gauge(s).
2. Aerial Application Equipment
a. The booms, nozzles, and hose fittings must
be free of leaks;
b. the emergency
dump, if present on an aircraft, must be free of leaks when in the closed
position;
c. there must be a main
fluid filter between the main tank and the boom system; and
d. the distance between the outermost nozzles
on the boom of a fixed wing aircraft shall not be more than 75 percent of the
wing span of the aircraft. The boom on the rotary-wing aircraft may not exceed
the rotor diameter. The commissioner may waive these requirements for specific
aircraft.
3. secondary
containment and containment pads are required for dispensing pesticides from
stationary containers.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203 and R.S. 3:3243.
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