2 Va. Admin. Code § 5-670-170 - Application and equipment
Current through Register Vol.. 38, No. 17, April 11, 2022
A.
No person shall apply, dispense, or use any pesticide in or through any
equipment or application apparatus unless the equipment or apparatus is in
sound mechanical condition and capable of satisfactory operation. All pesticide
application equipment shall be properly equipped to dispense the proper amount
of material. All pesticide mixing, storage, or holding tanks, whether on
application equipment or not, shall be leakproof. All spray distribution
systems shall be leakproof, and any pumps which these systems may have shall be
capable of operating at sufficient pressure to assure a uniform and adequate
rate of discharge.
B. All pesticide
application equipment shall be equipped with cut-off valves and discharge
orifices to enable the operator to pass over nontarget areas without
contaminating them. All hoses, pumps, or other equipment used to fill pesticide
handling, storage, or application equipment shall be fitted with an effective
valve or device to prevent backflow into water supply systems, streams, lakes,
other sources of water, or other materials. However, these backflow devices or
valves are not required for separate water storage tanks used to fill
agricultural pesticide application equipment by gravity systems when the fill
spout, tube, or pipe is not allowed to contact or fall below the water level of
the application equipment being filled, and no other possible means of
establishing a backsiphon or backflow exists.
Notes
Statutory Authority
§ 3.2-3906 of the Code of Virginia.
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