Section 256.80  Site Closures and Discontinuation of Operations

When a lawncare containment area is closed or operations are discontinued, pesticides, rinsates, wash waters, and other materials containing pesticides, and all pesticide containers shall be removed from the site and disposed of or utilized in one of the following manners:

a)         utilized for the original intended purpose of the pesticide product, provided that the product is in a usable state, the product's registration (if required) has not been canceled, suspended, revoked, or denied by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Department, and label directions are followed; or

b)         disposed of as a special waste or hazardous waste as authorized by the Environmental Protection Act and the rules adopted under that Act (35 Ill. Adm. Code 724, 725 and 809).

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 8808, effective June 7, 2002)