10-22-82
                  COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
               COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

           Regulations of the Pesticide Control Committee
                Issued Pursuant to Ordinance No. 31

Reg. No. 31-4-82:  PERMANENT LANDING SITES FOR AERIAL APPLICATORS.

A.  Definition of Aerial Applicator.

    For purposes of these regulations "aerial applicator" is defined as
any fixed wing aircraft or helicopter utilized for the purpose of
applying any substance classified as a pesticide pursuant to Section
102 of the Ordinance No. 31.

B.  Location of Permanent Landing Sites.

    1)  No permanent landing site to be used by an aerial applicator or
applicators shall be located less than three hundred (300) feet from
any river, main canal, drainage canal, storage pond or large body of
water.

    2)  No person shall establish a permanent landing site to be used
by an aerial applicator or applicators without prior authorization and
approval from the Pesticide Control Committee.

C.  Permanent Landing Site Facilities.

    All permanent landing sites within the Colorado River Indian
Reservation shall contain the following facilities:

    1)  A stable, posted and secured building for pesticide storage.
The layout and contents of any such building shall be filed and updated
as necessary with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Environmental
Protection Office.

    2)  An area for temporary storage of empty pesticide containers.

    3)  A concrete wash area with a fenced and posted evaporative
drainage pit or ditch.

D.  Storage of Pesticide Containers at Permanent Landing Sites.

    1)  All empty pesticide containers shall be stored within
designated storage areas.

    2)  All empty pesticide containers shall be washed prior to
storage.  All containers five (5) gallons or less shall be crushed and
rendered useless.  All containers exceeding the capacity of five (5)
gallons shall be triple rinsed, securely capped or sealed.

    3)  Empty pesticide containers may be stored at a permanent
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E.  Maintenance of Equipment.

    1)  Aerial applicators and other equipment may be washed externally
and internally within a wash area at any permanent landing site.

    2)  Aerial applicator tanks may be flushed only with water,
including soap or detergent, or with chemicals, chemical compounds or
solutions which have been approved for such use by the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency.

F.  Violations.

    Each day that a permanent land site used by an aerial applicator or
applicators is established or located in violation of Section (3) of
these regulations; each day that such a landing site is not equipped in
compliance with Section (C) of these regulations; each day that
containers are stored in violation of Section (d) of these regulations;
and, each instance that aerial applicators, tanks or equipment is
washed or flushed not in compliance with Section (E) of these
regulations, shall constitute a separate civil violation of these
regulations.

    The foregoing rules and regulations are issued pursuant to action
of the Colorado River Indian Tribes Pesticide Control Committee, which
was duly taken at a Pesticide Control Committee meeting on October 22,
1982, pursuant to authority vested in the Committee by Section 103 of
the Colorado River Indian Tribes Ordinance No. 31.

                                  COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
                                  PESTICIDE CONTROL COMMITTEE

                                  By:  Harry Laffoon
                                       Chairman, Pesticide Control
                                       Committee

ATTEST:

By:  ____________________________
     Member, Pesticide Control
     Committee

By:  ____________________________
     Member, Pesticide Control
     Committee



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