1. A. The following systems or controls must be present and in good operating order prior to the issuance of a decal.

   1. 1. Aerial and Ground Application Equipment

      1. a. The hopper must be free of leaks and in good working order; and
      2. b. all equipment must include a properly functioning pressure gauge(s).

   2. 2. Aerial Application Equipment

      1. a. The booms, nozzles, and hose fittings must be free of leaks;
      2. b. the emergency dump, if present on an aircraft, must be free of leaks when in the closed position;
      3. c. there must be a main fluid filter between the main tank and the boom system; and
      4. d. the distance between the outermost nozzles on the boom of a fixed wing aircraft shall not be more than 75 percent of the wing span of the aircraft. The boom on the rotary-wing aircraft may not exceed the rotor diameter. The commissioner may waive these requirements for specific aircraft.
   3. 3. secondary containment and containment pads are required for dispensing pesticides from stationary containers.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203 and R.S. 3:3243.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 10:198 (March 1984), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 24:281 (February 1998), amended by Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 37:3483 (December 2011).