New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 17 - PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL
Part 50 - PESTICIDES
Section 21.17.50.11 - INSPECTION AND CARE OF EQUIPMENT

Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.17.50.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Equipment used for applying pesticides by a commercial applicator shall be kept in good mechanical condition. Parts that show signs of wear or malfunction shall be replaced to prevent leakage and to assure uniform dispersal of the pesticide. Equipment, where applicable, shall be calibrated accurately to dispense the prescribed amount of pesticide. Hoses or parts not suitable or not intended for use on spray equipment shall not be used.

B. Equipment to be licensed shall be inspected for, but not limited to, the following:

(1) nozzle condition and function;

(2) suitable type of hose;

(3) tank condition;

(4) hose and pipe connections and condition;

(5) proper functioning of pressure regulators, if equipped;

(6) proper functioning of emergency dump valve;

(7) proper functioning of pump;

(8) decal or license plate affixed to the equipment.

C. When the same equipment is used to apply different types of pesticides, it shall be cleaned thoroughly if:

(1) an insecticide is used following the use of a herbicide or defoliant; or

(2) residue from material used previously is not compatible with other pesticides to be used; or

(3) a pesticide has been used that would cause an illegal residue on cultivated crops or processed food.

D. Equipment shall be cleaned in a manner that no residues remain that will cause injury to land, humans, desirable plants or animals when making subsequent application of pesticides.

E. A uniform mixture shall be maintained in the equipment at all times while applying pesticides.

F. Pesticides that remain in spray equipment after a job is completed, and for which no further legal use is intended, shall be disposed of in a manner and location that would not cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. Pesticides from any equipment shall not be dumped along public highways, into streams, or at any location that would cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.

G. Bait boxes and watering stations placed by commercial applicators, non-commercial applicators, and public applicators shall be legibly marked with the business name of the commercial applicator or name of the public agency; the brand name or common name or chemical name of the pesticide or the active ingredient(s); the EPA registration number; and the phone number of the New Mexico poison control center in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1-800-432 -6866).

H. In food handling establishments rodenticides shall be placed in bait boxes or watering stations marked with the information required in Subsection G of 21.17.50.11 NMAC.

I. Service containers shall have affixed to them a legible label with the common name of the active ingredient(s) or the brand name of pesticide contained therein.

J. Securing pesticides and equipment on service vehicles: any container or portable application equipment containing pesticides or pesticide residues shall not be left unattended on a service vehicle unless the container or equipment is in a locked compartment or secured in such a manner so as to render it inaccessible to an unauthorized person.

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