New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Pes - Pesticide Control Board
Chapter Pes 800 - DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF PESTICIDES AND PESTICIDE CONTAINERS
Part Pes 804 - STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BULK PESTICIDES AND CONTAINMENT OF OPERATIONS THAT DISPENSE PESTICIDES
Section Pes 804.10 - Pesticide Containment Pads
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Each pesticide dispensing area shall be protected by a pesticide containment pad which meets the requirements of Pes 804.04, Pes 804.05, Pes 804.06, and Pes 804.07 and the requirements of this section.
(b) The pesticide containment pad shall have a containment capacity equal to or greater than volume of the largest container or pesticide-holding equipment on the pad.
(c) The area covered by the pesticide containment pad shall be sufficient to intercept leaks and spills of pesticides which might occur in the pesticide dispensing area.
(d) The base of the pesticide containment pad shall be sloped toward a liquid-tight sump where liquids can be collected for removal.
(e) The containment pad shall have a means of removing and recovering spilled, leaked, or discharged material and rainfall such as by a manually activated pump, or an automatically - activated pump, provided that the pump is equipped with an automatic overflow cutoff switch. Automatically - activated pumps lacking automatic overflow cutoff switches shall be prohibited.
(f) During dispensing of pesticides from transportation vehicles into containers, the portion of the vehicle where the delivery hose or device couples to the pesticide tank of the vehicle shall be positioned over the containment pad.
#5611, eff 4-13-93; amd by #5734, eff 11-5-93 (From Pes 803.09); ss and moved by #5766, eff 12-28-93 (From Pes 804.09); ss by #6317, eff 8-13-96; ss by #7987, eff 1-3-04, EXPIRED: 1-3-12
New. #10489, INTERIM, eff 12-17-13, EXPIRES: 6-16-14
