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AWWA JAW53077
- Journal AWWA - Reg Watch -- Water, Wastewater Community Scrambling to Make Sense of USEPA Action Declaring Chlorine Gas a Restricted-Use Pesticide
- Journal Article by American Water Works Association, 12/01/2000
- Publisher: AWWA
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This column discusses the latest in a series of US EnvironmentalProtection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) notices declaring chlorinegas to be a restricted-use pesticide (RUP) that will require treatment plantsusing it as a disinfectant to have at least one trained and certified "pesticideapplicator" present during all operations. A listing of internet resources on thesubject is given, along with an explanation of the essentials of the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.