Section 258.30 Definitions

Section 258

Section 258.30  Definitions

Definitions for this Part can be

located in Section 4 and Section 19 of the Illinois Pesticide Act [415 ILCS

60/4 and 19].  The following definitions shall also apply to this Part:

"Agrichemical"

means pesticides or commercial fertilizers at an agrichemical facility, in

transit from an agrichemical facility to the field of application, or at the

field of application.

"Applicant"

means an owner, operator or designated officer of an agrichemical facility who

requests  a Written Authorization for Land Application.

"Authorization"

means a Written Authorization for Land Application.

"Commercial

Fertilizer" is defined in 505 ILCS 80/3.  For the purposes of this Part,

commercial fertilizer also includes custom mixes as defined in 505 ILCS 80/3.

"Cropland"

means land used for the agricultural production of plants and plant part

commodities.

"Department"

means the Illinois Department of Agriculture.

"Family

of Pesticides" means a group of structurally similar  compounds that

exhibit common biochemical actions.

"Farmland"

means lands utilized for agricultural purposes, including both areas used for

cropland and areas used for field access lanes.

"Field

Access Lane" means a private road utilized for admittance by vehicles of

husbandry to cropland, but does not include private roads that provide primary

access to a structure being used for human habitation.

"Groundwater"

means groundwater as defined in the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act [415

ILCS 55/3].

"Incorporation"

means mixing into the soil at a land application area.

"Label"

means the written, printed graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or

device or any of its containers or wrappings.

[415 ILCS 60/4]

"Land

Application" means the environmental treatment of contaminated soil or

groundwater  by incorporation into  farmland soils.

"Land

Application Area" means the farmland upon which contaminated soil or

groundwater is or will be applied

ion area.

"Label"

means the written, printed graphic matter on or attached to the pesticide or

device or any of its containers or wrappings.

[415 ILCS 60/4]

"Land

Application" means the environmental treatment of contaminated soil or

groundwater  by incorporation into  farmland soils.

"Land

Application Area" means the farmland upon which contaminated soil or

groundwater is or will be applied.

"Pesticide"

means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,

repelling, or mitigating any pest or any substance or mixture of substances

intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant [415 ILCS

60/4.29].

"Regulated

Recharge Area" means a compact geographic area, as determined by the

Pollution Control Board pursuant to Section 17.4 of the Environmental

Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/17.4], the geology of which renders a potable

resource groundwater particularly susceptible to contamination [415 ILCS

5/3.67].

"Release"

means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,

injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of pesticides into the

environment, but excludes application of pesticides at agronomic rates under

regulations established by the Department in accordance with the Illinois

Pesticide Act [415 ILCS 60].

"Remediation

Suitability Determination Level" or "RSDL" means the

concentration of a pesticide residue in soil or groundwater that represents a

level below which the Department considers the contaminated soil or groundwater

to be suitable for land application.

"Setback

Zone" means a geographic area, designated pursuant to the Environmental

Protection Act, containing a potable water supply well or a potential source or

potential route having a continuous boundary, and within which certain

prohibitions or regulations are applicable in order to protect groundwaters

[415 ILCS 5/3.61]

ontaminated soil or groundwater

to be suitable for land application.

"Setback

Zone" means a geographic area, designated pursuant to the Environmental

Protection Act, containing a potable water supply well or a potential source or

potential route having a continuous boundary, and within which certain

prohibitions or regulations are applicable in order to protect groundwaters

[415 ILCS 5/3.61].

"Sinkhole"

means any natural depression formed as a result of subsurface removal of soil

or rock materials causing the formation of a collapse feature that exhibits

internal drainage.  The existence of a sinkhole shall be indicated by the

uppermost closed depression contour lines on the USGS 7½ minute quadrangle topographic

maps or as determined by field investigations.

"Soil",

for the purposes of this Part, means the unconsolidated earth materials present

at a spill site, including natural soils, gravel and soil/gravel mixtures.

"Spill

Site" means the land area at which a pesticide or commercial fertilizer

was released.

"Stockpile"

means the storage, temporary storage, or containment of contaminated soil or

groundwater  in such a manner as not to constitute final disposal or land

application.

"Written

Authorization for Land Application" means a written statement issued by

the Department granting approval for the land application of contaminated soil

or groundwater to farmland in accordance with the provisions of this Part.