Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 128b - CHEMSWEEP PESTICIDE DISPOSAL PROGRAM
Section 128b.1 - Authority and purpose
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Under the authority granted it under the act, the Department establishes a pesticide disposal program to be designated as "CHEMSWEEP." This Program will allow the Department to identify and quantify canceled, unused or suspended pesticides held, owned or possessed by citizens of this Commonwealth. The information derived from this inventory shall be used in the solicitation of bids from hazardous waste disposal contractors for the safe collection, transportation and disposal of the pesticides.
(b) This Program will be conducted within counties which are designated by the Department each year.
(c) By addressing the pesticide disposal needs of Commonwealth citizens, the Program addresses the needs of persons who have accumulated and stored chemicals in this Commonwealth with the potential to affect the environment and human safety. Citizens of this Commonwealth currently lack an available, economical, environmentally sound, and effective means of disposing of potentially hazardous pesticides.
The provisions of this §128b.1 amended under section 7(b)(2) of the Pesticide Control Act of 1973 (3 P. S. § 111.27(b)(2)).
