Section 20-2310. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PUBLIC APPLICATORS

 

2310.1 Except as otherwise provided, all District and other governmental agencies shall be subject to the provisions of 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.), and to the Pesticide Operation Regulations, Chapters 22 through 25 of this title.

 

2310.2 The District Department of the Environment shall issue a certification to each qualified public applicator pursuant to the standards for certification of commercial applicators set forth in this chapter.

 

2310.3 No fee shall be charged for the issuance of a public applicator certification or license to an employee of the District or any federal governmental agency.

 

2310.4 A public applicator license shall be valid only when the licensee is engaged by his or her employing agency as an applicator to use or supervise the use of pesticides on land or other property owned or rented by the agency, or is acting within the scope of his or her employment.

 

2310.5A District and federal governmental agency employing pesticide applicators shall not be subject to the requirements of § 2402.

 

 

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

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).