SECTION .1400 ‑ GROUND APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES

02 NCAC 09L .1401          DEFINITIONS

All specific words or terms used in this Section other than those defined below shall have the same definitions as shown in the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971, G.S. 143‑460:

(1)           "Adverse Effect" means personal injury, damage to personal property, damage to real property, damage to the environment, or any combination of these.

(2)           "Drift" means the airborne movement of pesticides resulting from the application of pesticides such as to carry the pesticides beyond the target area.

(3)           "Environment" means water, air, land, all plants, man, and other animals living therein and the interrelationships which exist among these.

(4)           record keeping purposes, licensed pesticide applicators shall use the Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm number, common name of farm, address of farm, or other means of identification of farm.

(5)           "Identification of Site" means for record keeping purposes, licensed pesticide applicators under contractual agreement with or under supervision of a federal, State, or public agency shall use name(s) of county(s), name(s) of city(s), name(s) of body(s) of water, or other means of identification of site. All other licensed pesticide applicators shall use name of specific right-of-way, name and address of golf course, specific address of site, or other means of identification of site.

(6)           "Object" means a physical or living thing occurring on a site including a structure, animal, tree, ornamental plant, or material.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑458; 143‑463; 143‑466(a);

Eff. October 21, 1977;

Amended Eff. November 1, 1988; August 1, 1985; February 5, 1978;

Readopted Eff. August 1, 2020.