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                  COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
               COLORADO RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION

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

Reg. NO. 31-5-82  GROUND APPLICATORS.

A.  Definitions.

    For purposes of these regulations the terms set forth below shall
have the following meanings respectively:

    1)  Ground Applicator.  Any person or persons operating a tractor
or illegible equipment for any purposes of applying any substance
classified as a "pesticide" in Section 102 of Ordinance 31.

    2)  Commercial Ground Applicator.  Any ground applicator who
operates for hire.

    3)  Private Ground Applicator.  Any ground applicator who operates
only his own property or does not operate for hire.

B.  Operating Site Facilities.

    All ground applicators operating within the Colorado River Indian
Reservation shall establish a permanent operating site containing 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 pesticide containers.

C.  Storage of Pesticide Containers at Operating 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 with a capacity of five (5) gallons or less
shall be crushed and rendered useless.  All containers exceeding the
capacity of five (5) gallons shall be either securely capped or sealed
or rinsed and crushed.

    3)  Empty pesticide containers may be stored at an operating site
for one (1) year or until March 31st, which ever comes first.

D.  Rinse of Equipment used in Ground Application.



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