3 Del. Admin. Code § 601-18.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 4, October 1, 2024
Section 601-18.0 - Application And Equipment18.1 No person shall apply, dispense or use any pesticide in or through any equipment or application apparatus unless the equipment or application 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 not leak pesticide; all spray distribution systems shall not leak pesticides and any pumps which the systems may have shall not leak pesticides and any pumps which the systems may have shall be capable of operating at sufficient pressure to assure a uniform and adequate rate of discharge; and all pesticide application equipment shall be equipped with whatever cut-off valves and discharge orifices may be necessary to enable the operator to pass over non-target areas without contaminating them.18.2 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 of pesticides or pesticide use-dilutions into water supply systems, streams, lakes, ground water or other sources of water. 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.3 Del. Admin. Code § 601-18.0