US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Pesticide Programs
Table 1: Overview of the Pesticide
Container and Containment Structure
Regulations
October 2010

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Table 1: Overview of the Pesticide Container and Containment Structure Regulations
Category
Nonrefillable
Containers
Refillable Containers
Repackaging Pesticide
Products
Container Labeling
Containment
Structures
Who must comply
• Registrants
•	Registrants
•	Refillers (retailers,
distributors)
•	Registrants
•	Refillers (retailers,
distributors)
•	Registrants
•	Pesticide users
(must follow new
directions)
•	Ag retailers
•	Ag commercial
applicators
•	Ag custom blenders
Major Require-
ments
•	DOT container
design, construction
and marking
standards
•	Container
dispensing capability
•	Standard closures
•	Residue removal
•	Recordkeeping
•	DOT container
design, construction
and marking standards
•	Serial number
marking
•	One-way valves or
tamper-evident devices
•	Stationary container
requirements
•	DOT container design,
construction and marking
standards
•	Serial number marking
•	One-way valves or tamper-
evident devices
•	Stationary container
requirements
•	Identify container
as nonrefillable or
refillable (all)
•	Statements to
prohibit reuse and
offer for recycling;
batch code (all
nonrefillables)
•	Cleaning
instructions (some
nonrefillables)
•	Cleaning
instructions before
final disposal (all
refillables)
•	Secondary
containment structures
(dikes) around
stationary tanks
•	Containment pads for
pesticide dispensing
areas
•	Good operating
procedures
•	Monthly inspections
of tanks and structures
•	Recordkeeping
•	Provisions for States
with existing programs
Compliance Date
August 17, 2009
August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011
August 16, 2011
(based on the
October 8, 2010 final
rule)
August 17, 2009

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