Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-19. Storing and disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers
No person shall transport, store, or dispose of any pesticide or pesticide containers in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops, livestock, wildlife, beneficial insects or to pollute any waterway or water body in a way harmful to any wildlife in the waterway or waterbody. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the storing and disposal of those pesticides or pesticide containers. These standards shall be consistent with any regulations promulgated pursuant to § 19 of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. § 136q, or any acts cited therein.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-19; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-19
- Beneficial insects: means those insects which, during their life cycle, are effective pollinators of plants, are parasites or predators of pests, or are otherwise beneficial. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
- Director: means the director of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
- FIFRA: means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, fiduciary, corporation, governmental entity, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
- Pesticide: means :
(i) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and
(ii) Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
- Wildlife: means all living things that are neither human nor, as defined in this chapter, pests, including but not limited to mammals, birds, and aquatic life. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4