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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, V. LOPEZ, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. COLTON, DINOWITZ, PAULIN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
pesticide safety
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 33-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
50. "CONTAMINATION" MEANS THE PRESENCE OF A PESTICIDE OR PESTICIDES,
IN OR ON AREAS OTHER THAN THE TARGET AREA.
S 2. Article 33 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
adding a new title 14 to read as follows:
TITLE 14
PESTICIDE SAFETY
SECTION 33-1401. NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENCY
RESPONSE PERSONNEL AND HEALTH OFFICIALS; EVACUATION
PLANS.
33-1403. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PESTICIDE RELEASES.
33-1405. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTI-
FIED APPLICATORS.
33-1407. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIS-
TERED PESTICIDE BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES.
33-1409. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR
COMMERCIAL PERMIT HOLDERS.
S 33-1401. NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PERSONNEL AND HEALTH OFFICIALS; EVACUATION PLANS.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL CERTIFIED APPLICATORS,
REGISTERED PESTICIDE BUSINESSES OR AGENCIES AND COMMERCIAL PERMIT HOLD-
ERS SHALL:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1. ANNUALLY NOTIFY THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PERSONNEL OF THE PRODUCT AND CHEMICAL NAMES, REGISTRATION NUMBERS,
TYPES, QUANTITIES AND LOCATION OF ALL PESTICIDES STORED;
2. PROVIDE THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL
AND LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH THEIR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, INCLUDING IDEN-
TIFICATION AND LOCATION OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, NURS-
ING HOMES AND OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE STORAGE
SITE FOR NOTIFICATION AND EVACUATION PURPOSES; AND
3. MAINTAIN A CURRENT INVENTORY OF THE PESTICIDES IN STORAGE. A COPY
OF SUCH INVENTORY SHALL BE KEPT AT A LOCATION WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE AND
REMOVED FROM THE STORAGE AREA. IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, SPILL OR OTHER
EMERGENCY INVOLVING THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA, THE CURRENT INVENTORY
SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL FIRE, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HEALTH PERSONNEL.
S 33-1403. RESPONSIBILITY FOR PESTICIDE RELEASES.
1. ANY FIRE, EXPLOSION, CASUALTY OR ANY OTHER UNEXPECTED EVENT OR
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF ANY PESTICIDE, SUCH PESTI-
CIDE OR PESTICIDE CONTAMINATED MEDIA SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY CONTAINED OR
CONTROLLED IN A MANNER AS TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE PESTI-
CIDE OR PESTICIDE CONTAMINATED MEDIA.
2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL OR CONTAINMENT OF PESTICIDES PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE JOINT AND SEVERAL RESPONSIBILITY OF:
A. THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES UPON WHICH THE PESTICIDE IS LOCATED;
B. THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE PESTICIDE ON THE
PREMISES; AND
C. ANY PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PESTICIDE RELEASE.
3. EACH OF THE PERSONS DESIGNATED IN PARAGRAPHS A, B AND C OF SUBDIVI-
SION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMMEDIATE NOTIFI-
CATION OF THE DEPARTMENT UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A PESTICIDE RELEASE AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
S 33-1405. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFIED
APPLICATORS.
PESTICIDES SHALL BE STORED AND HANDLED BY PESTICIDE APPLICATORS PURSU-
ANT TO THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. ALL PESTICIDE STORAGE AREAS SHALL:
A. BE STRUCTURALLY SEGREGATED FROM RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE AND GENERAL
WORK AREAS; LIVESTOCK QUARTERS; FOOD, FEED OR SEED STORAGE AREAS; AND
WATER SUPPLY SOURCES;
B. BE LOCKED AND PROMINENTLY POSTED WITH PESTICIDE STORAGE WARNING
SIGNS;
C. HAVE ADEQUATE VAPOR VENTING CAPABILITY;
D. HAVE A CONTINUOUS RAISED BERM ON ALL SIDES OF THE FLOOR, WITH THE
BERM AND FLOOR SEALED TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; AND
E. CONTAIN SPILL CONTAINMENT MATERIALS AND FIRE EXTINGUISHERS APPRO-
PRIATE FOR THE PESTICIDE STORED, WHICH ARE CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE IN
THE STORAGE AREA;
F. HAVE A WATER SUPPLY FOR EMERGENCY WASH OR EYEWASH AND FOR ROUTINE
WASH-UP LOCATED CONVENIENTLY TO THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA. A QUANTITY
OF WATER SUFFICIENT FOR AN INITIAL EMERGENCY WASH WITHIN OR IMMEDIATELY
ADJOINING THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA SHALL BE REQUIRED; AND
G. HAVE A FIRST AID KIT WITH APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT FOR INITIAL
RESPONSE TO PESTICIDE POISONING WHICH IS READILY AVAILABLE, BUT NOT
LOCATED WITHIN THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA.
2. STORED PESTICIDES SHALL BE SEGREGATED BY PESTICIDAL FUNCTION AND
HAZARD CLASS; KEPT TIGHTLY SEALED AND PERIODICALLY INSPECTED FOR LEAK-
AGE, RUSTING OR OTHER DEFECTS; KEPT IN THE MANUFACTURER'S ORIGINAL
CONTAINER WITH LABELS CLEAN AND CLEARLY READABLE; AND IF STORED IN SUCH
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CONTAINER OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURER'S ORIGINAL CONTAINER AS AUTHORIZED
BY THE DEPARTMENT, APPROPRIATELY IDENTIFIED AND LABELED.
3. AREAS WHERE PESTICIDES ARE MIXED, PESTICIDE CONTAINERS RINSED, AND
APPLICATION EQUIPMENT LOADED OR CLEANED, SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY BERMED,
WITH IMPERMEABLE FLOORS. THE PESTICIDE CONTAINER RINSEATE SHALL BE
CONTAINED AND REUSED FOR FUTURE MIXING WITH THE SAME CONCENTRATES. WATER
SOURCES USED FOR PESTICIDE MIXING AND PESTICIDE CONTAINER AND APPLICA-
TION EQUIPMENT CLEANING SHALL HAVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES.
4. PESTICIDES STORED IN BULK CONTAINERS SHALL HAVE LOCKED INLET AND
OUTLET CONTROLS; AND HAVE A CONTAINMENT SYSTEM TO COLLECT PRECIPITATION
SURFACE RUN-ON OR SPILLS WITH AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE STORED
CAPABILITY OF THE STORAGE SYSTEM.
5. APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING RESPIRATORS,
GLOVES, APRONS AND BOOTS, AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED ON THE
LABELS OF THE PESTICIDE PRODUCTS STORED, SHALL BE READILY AVAILABLE AND
STORED OUTSIDE OF THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA.
6. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE NOTIFIED ANNUALLY OF THE TYPES,
QUANTITIES AND LOCATION OF PESTICIDES STORED IN THE PESTICIDE STORAGE
AREA. A BASIC FIRE RESPONSE PLAN SHOULD BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUALLY.
S 33-1407. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTERED
PESTICIDE BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES.
IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE,
PESTICIDE BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
1. ALL PESTICIDE STORAGE AREAS SHALL:
A. HAVE A SEPARATE LOCKED ENTRYWAY WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS AND A WARN-
ING SIGN DESCRIBING PESTICIDE STORAGE HAZARDS, AND WINDOWS WHICH PREVENT
ACCESS;
B. HAVE A CONTAINMENT SYSTEM COMPOSED OF EITHER A BERMED FLOOR WHICH
WILL CONTAIN AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL STORED LIQUID
VOLUME OR A SLOPED FLOOR WITH SUMP CONTAINMENT WITH THE SAME VOLUME;
C. HAVE A VENTILATION SYSTEM SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF
VAPORS AND A HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM WHICH WILL PREVENT FREEZING OR OVER-
HEATING OF PESTICIDES; AND
D. IF THE PESTICIDE STORAGE FACILITY CONTAINS FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTI-
BLE LIQUIDS, SHALL HAVE NON-SPARKING ELECTRICAL FIXTURES AND APPLICA-
TIONS, APPROVED FOR USE IN SUCH FACILITIES.
2. IF PESTICIDES ARE IN CONTAINERS HOLDING FROM FIFTY-FIVE TO ONE
THOUSAND GALLONS, OR IN PORTABLE STORAGE UNITS, ALL SUCH CONTAINERS
SHALL:
A. HAVE INLET AND OUTLET LOCKS WHICH REMAIN LOCKED WHEN THE CONTAINER
IS NOT IN USE;
B. BE STORED ON A BERMED, IMPERMEABLE PAD OR FLOOR WHICH IS CAPABLE OF
CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CONTAINER VOLUME OR
A SLOPED FLOOR WITH SUMP CONTAINMENT CAPABLE OF HOLDING THE SAME VOLUME.
IF THE CONTAINERS ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM PRECIPITATION OR SURFACE RUN-
ON, AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CONTAINER
VOLUME;
C. BE STORED IN A FENCED OR WALLED AREA WHICH CAN BE LOCKED WHEN NOT
IN USE; AND
D. BE ROUTINELY INSPECTED AND TESTED, TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE
FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.
3. PESTICIDE PRODUCTS SHALL BE STORED IN A MANNER WHICH SEPARATES
INCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS, AND FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS; HERBI-
CIDES FROM INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES; AND POTENTIALLY REACTIVE MATERI-
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ALS FROM OTHER MATERIALS BY A PHYSICAL BARRIER, SUCH AS A DIKE, BERM OR
WALL.
4. PESTICIDES SHALL BE STORED ON IMPERMEABLE SHELVES, RACKS OR
PALLETS, WITH ADEQUATE AISLE SPACING AND PESTICIDE LABELS VISIBLE FROM
THE AISLES; AND COMPLY WITH ALL STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBUSTIBLE,
FLAMMABLE OR IGNITABLE MATERIALS.
5. THE OWNER OR THE OWNER'S AGENT OF THE PESTICIDE STORAGE FACILITY
SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SAFETY AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, PROCEDURES,
INFORMATION AND TRAINING FOR ALL PERSONNEL HAVING ACCESS TO THE PESTI-
CIDE STORAGE AREA OR HANDLING AND MIXING PESTICIDES:
A. APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING RESPIRATORS,
GLOVES, APRONS AND BOOTS, AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED ON THE
LABELS OF THE PESTICIDE PRODUCTS STORED, SHALL BE READILY AVAILABLE AND
STORED OUTSIDE OF THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA;
B. AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN WITH WHICH ALL EMPLOYEES OR PERSONS
HAVING ACCESS TO THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA ARE FAMILIAR; AND
C. TRAINING IN THE PROPER PESTICIDE USE TECHNIQUES AND REQUIREMENTS;
THE PROPER USE OF ALL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND FIRST AID EQUIP-
MENT; AND IN SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE FOR CONTAINMENT AND CLEANUP
OF PESTICIDES.
6. PESTICIDE MIXING, PESTICIDE CONTAINER CLEANING AND APPLICATION
EQUIPMENT LOADING AND CLEANING AREAS SHALL:
A. HAVE VENTILATION HOODS, FANS OR OTHER VAPOR REMOVAL EQUIPMENT, IF
LOCATED INDOORS;
B. HAVE A SEPARATE, SECURE SECTION WITHIN THE GENERAL PESTICIDE STOR-
AGE AREA FOR EMPTY CONTAINER STORAGE; AND
C. COLLECT AND STORE ABOVE GROUND, ALL CONTAINER AND SPRAY EQUIPMENT
RINSEATES. ALL RINSEATES SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY RECYCLED OR REUSED FOR
FUTURE MIXING OF THE SAME PESTICIDE.
S 33-1409. PESTICIDE STORAGE AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL
PERMIT HOLDERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOW-
ING REQUIREMENTS SHALL APPLY TO COMMERCIAL PERMIT HOLDERS:
1. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LOCAL FIRE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, PESTI-
CIDE STORAGE AREAS SHALL BE SEPARATE BUILDINGS OR ALTERNATIVELY, THE
PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA SHALL BE SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE
BUILDING BY FIRE RESISTANT WALLS AND DOORS, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES
AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE FIRE ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH TO THE EXTENT
PRACTICABLE SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STANDARDS CONTAINED IN THE MOST
RECENT NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION-30 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE
LIQUIDS CODE.
2. THE PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA SHALL HAVE A PERIMETER FENCE WITH LOCKED
GATE.
3. THE PESTICIDE STORAGE BUILDING SHALL BE CLEARLY POSTED ON ALL EXTE-
RIOR SIDES WITH WARNING SIGNS DESCRIBING PESTICIDE STORAGE HAZARDS.
4. IN SITUATIONS WHERE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE RESIDENTIAL, THE STOR-
AGE OF PESTICIDES SHOULD BE AT LEAST FIFTY FEET FROM ANY ADJACENT PROP-
ERTY LINES.
5. AISLE SPACING AND CONTAINER PILE VOLUMES SHOULD MEET THE MOST
RECENT NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION-30 FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE
LIQUIDS CODE, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF COMBUSTIBLE, FLAMMABLE OR IGNITA-
BLE MATERIALS BEING STORED.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.