2211 STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDES

2211.1 No person shall dispose, discard, or store any pesticide container, or rinsate, in a manner that may cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops, livestock, wildlife, pollinating insects, or to pollute any waterway supply or waterway.

2211.2 The Mayor shall publish regulations for the storage and disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers.

2211.3 No person shall handle, transport, store, display, or distribute any pesticide in a manner that endangers man and the environment, or that endangers food, feed, or any other products that may be transported, stored, displayed, or distributed with the products.

2211.4 Standards for the safe storage, handling, and disposal of containers or unused pesticides shall be published at a later date in conjunctions with the D.C. Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1977.

2211.5 In determining the standards required by § 2211.4, the Director shall take into consideration any regulation issued by the EPA.

SOURCE: Section 15 of the Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-70, 24 DCR 6867, 6894 (February 19, 1978), as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 3044 (October 6, 1978), incorporating Proposed Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2118 (August 25, 1978).