Section 20-2200. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

2200.1The purpose of the Pesticide Operation Regulations, Chapters 22 through 25 of this title, is to conform the laws of the District of Columbia with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), effective April 26, 2010, as amended (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), and the implementing regulations, and to establish a regulatory process in the District of Columbia as provided for in the Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, effective April 18, 1978, as amended (D.C. Law 2-70; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-401 et seq.).

 

2200.2The Pesticide Operation Regulations, Chapters 22 through 25 of this title, apply to all pesticide operations in the District, including federal pesticide operations, to the full extent permitted by FIFRA.

 

 

authority

Section 12(a) of the Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, effective April 18, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-70; D.C. Official Code § 8-411(a) (2013 Repl.)); Section 11(a) of the Pesticide Education and Control Amendment Act of 2012, effective October 23, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-191; D.C. Official Code § 8-440(a) (2013 Repl.)); Section 103(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective February 15, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-51; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.03(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) (2013 Repl.)); the Brownfields Revitalization Amendment Act of 2010 (Brownfields Act), effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-369; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-631.01 et seq. (2013 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-47, dated April 15, 1998, as amended by Mayor’s Order 2006-61, dated June 14, 2006.

source

Section 4(a) of the Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, effective April 18, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-70; 24 DCR 6867 (February 17, 1978)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 3044 (October 6, 1978), incorporating the text of the Proposed Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2118 (August 25, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3340 (March 20, 2015).

EditorNote

Chapter 10, Control of Pesticides was renumbered Chapter 22.