TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Section 7. Plant Disease, Pest Control, and Pesticides, 2-7-1 through 2-7-204.

ARTICLE 3 USE AND APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES

2-7-106. Transportation, storage, and disposal of pesticides and pesticide containers.

No person shall transport, store, or dispose of any pesticide or pesticide containers in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops, livestock, wildlife, or beneficial insects or in such a manner as to pollute any waterway in a way harmful to any wildlife therein. The Commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations governing the storing and disposal of such pesticides or pesticide containers. In determining these standards, the Commissioner shall take into consideration any regulations issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and any regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of this state.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 849, § 16; Ga. L. 1976, p. 369, § 18.)