Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R68 - Plant Industry
Rule R68-7 - Utah Pesticide Control Rule
Section R68-7-19 - Transportation, Storage, Handling, Usage, and Disposal of Pesticides and Pesticide Containers
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
Any pesticide applicator shall provide a secure pesticide and device storage area. The storage area may include an area on a service vehicle. Any pesticide applying entities shall also have, at a minimum, a pesticide spill kit in each pesticide service vehicle, pesticide service trailer, and at each pesticide business location.
(1) No person shall transport, store, or dispose of any pesticide or pesticide container in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, other non-target species, or the environment.
(2) Pesticide containers shall be secured during transport by use of side or end racks, bracing, chocks, tie downs, or other means to prevent their sliding, falling, tipping, rolling, or falling off the vehicle with normal vehicle acceleration, deceleration, or change in direction.
(3) Portable tanks shall be secured to prevent their sliding, falling, tipping, or rolling with normal vehicle acceleration, deceleration, or change in direction. Stacking or wedging against ends, sidewalls, or doors of van bodies shall not be relied upon for securement.
(4) Pesticides in leaking, broken, corroded, or otherwise damaged containers shall not be displayed, offered for sale or transported, and shall be handled or disposed of in a manner that would not damage or injure humans, other non-target species, or the environment. Pesticides with obscured, illegible, or damaged labels shall not be displayed, offered for sale, or sold.
(5) No person shall distribute or sell any pesticide unless it is in the registrant's or manufacturer's unopened, original container, and the registered pesticide label is affixed to the container.
(6) No person shall transport, handle, store, load, apply, or dispose of any pesticide, pesticide container, apparatus, or rinsate in such a manner as to pollute water supplies or waterways, or cause damage or injury to land, humans, desirable plants and animals, or wildlife, except that a pesticide labeled for aquatic use and used as directed shall not be considered a violation of this subsection. Disposing of pesticides at disposal sites approved by the appropriate agency complies with the requirements of this subsection. Toxicity, volatility, and mobility of pesticides shall be considered in complying with this subsection.
(7) No person shall pollute streams, lakes, or other water supplies during pesticide loading, mixing, and application and shall use appropriately functioning devices and procedures to prevent back siphoning.
(8) No pesticides shall be applied by aircraft or air blast sprayers to property abutting or adjacent to schools in session, hospitals, nursing homes, or other similar establishments, when occupied, under conditions that may result in contamination of these establishments or their premises.
(9) No person shall apply pesticides if physical drift or volatilization may cause damage to adjacent land, injure humans or other species, or the environment.
(10) Requirements for unattended pesticides and their containers:
(11) Requirements for posting of storage area for pesticides and their containers labeled with the signal words "danger/poison":
(12) Each service vehicle and business location operated by a commercial pesticide business that carries, transports, or stores any pesticide concentrate or mixed pesticide solution must have, at minimum, a spill kit containing: