Section 250-RICR-40-15-2.4 - DefinitionsA. For the purpose of these regulations, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Environmental Management as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-4.2. "C.F.R." means Code of Federal Regulations published in the Federal Register by the executive department and agencies of the Federal Government of the United States of America.3. "Community water supply" means any public water supply, which serves at least fifteen (15) service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) year-round individuals.4. "Conspicuous points of access" means the usual and customary entrance(s) where people are likely to enter a treated area and observe posted signs pursuant to § 2.24 of this Part.5. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.6. "Immediate farm family member" means only the spouse, children, stepchildren, foster children, parents, stepparents, foster parents, brothers and sisters.7. "Original container" means the package the pesticide or device was placed in by the manufacturer for distribution, sale, consumption, use or storage. The term does not include any shipping or bulk container used for transporting or delivering the pesticide unless it is the only such package.8. "Public health" means the optimal well-being of the general public both individually and collectively as communities of the human race.9. "Public water supply" means a system for the provision of the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at least sixty (60) days of the year.10. "RIPCA" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-25, Rhode Island Pest Control Act.11. "School" means a public or private elementary or secondary school having kindergarten or any of grades one (1) through twelve (12). The term school includes any school building and any area outside of a school (including a lawn, playfield, sports field) that is used, managed or owned by the school or school district for school related activities.12. "School emergency" means an urgent need to mitigate or eliminate a pest that threatens the health or safety of a student or staff member at a school.13. "Service container" means any container, other than the original container of a registered pesticide provided by the registrant, or pesticide application equipment, which contains the original material that is utilized to hold, store, or transport a pesticide concentrate or a pesticide use-dilution preparation.14. "Use of a pesticide" means any act of handling or release of a pesticide or the exposure of public health or the environment to a pesticide, but excluding normal handling associated with pesticide distribution, through acts including but not limited to: a. Application of a pesticide including mixing or loading of equipment and any required supervisory action in or near the area of application.b. Storage actions for pesticides and pesticide containers.c. Disposal actions for pesticides and pesticide containers.d. Recommendation of a pesticide application; and/ore. Other activities as defined by the Federal Worker Protection Standard 40 C.F.R. § 156 (2008).250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-40-15-2.4