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Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under license with NFPALicensee=Purdue University/5923082001 Not for Resale, 11/02/2006 02:49:02 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- Copyright © 2002, National Fire Protection Association, All Rights Reserved NFPA 434 Code for the Storage of Pesticides 2002 Edition This edition of NFPA 434, Code for the Storage of Pesticides, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Hazardous Chemicals and acted on by NFPA at its May Association Technical Meeting held May 1923, 2002, in Minneapolis, MN. It was issued by the Standards Council on July 19, 2002, with an effective date ofAugust 8, 2002, and supersedes all previous editions. ThiseditionofNFPA434wasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardonJuly19,2002. Origin and Development of NFPA 434 At the 1974 NFPAAnnual Meeting, the Sectional Committee on Storage, Handling, and Transportation of Hazardous Chemicals obtained tentative adoption of this code. As a tenta- tive NFPA document, it was circulated for review and comment. Based on the comments received, the tentative code was revised and preprinted in the 1975 NFPA Fall Meeting Tech- nical Committee Report and was again subject to public review and comment.The comments received were considered by the Sectional Committee, and their actions were published in the 1975 NFPA Fall Meeting Technical Committee Documentation. The first edition of NFPA 43D was officially adopted by the Association at its 1975 Fall Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 19, 1975. It contained those requirements that the Sectional Committee believed to be essential for the safe storage of pesticides in portable containers. It was processed in accordance with the NFPA Regulations Governing Technical Committees. Minor amendments were adopted at the 1980 NFPA Fall Meeting and at the 1984 NFPA Fall Meeting. The 1994 edition of NFPA 43D was a complete revision; the title of the code was changed from Code for the Storage of Pesticides in Portable Containers to Code for the Storage of Pesticides. The document was completely revised to update the requirements for safe handling, fire preven- tion, and storage provisions for restricted-use pesticides. Restricted-use pesticides are those pesticides that are required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to bear the human signal word “Danger” or those pesticides that, when evaluated by NFPA 704, Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response, are determined to have health hazard ratings of “3” or “4.” The NFPA Committee on Hazardous Chemicals completely revised the 1994 edition to make it compatible with industry practices and other industry standards and to incorporate regulatory provisions that have changed since the previous edition of the code. The 1998 edition included a change to the numbering of the document from NFPA43D to NFPA 434. It also added a new Annex B, which is a listing of typical pesticides. The 2002 edition has been changed to NFPAs Manual of Style requirements. The most significant part of this change has been the reordering of chapters. 4341 Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under license with NFPALicensee=Purdue University/5923082001 Not for Resale, 11/02/2006 02:49:02 MSTNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS -,-,- Technical Committee on Hazardous Chemicals John A. Davenport, Chair West Hartford, CT I Rep. Industrial Risk Insurers Anthony Andrews, Crompton Corporation, TX M Rep. Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. James E. Benge, Hercules Inc., DE U William J. Bradford,Brookfield, CT SE David S. Carlson, Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals LLC, TX M Henry L. Febo, Jr., FM Global, MA I Richard Ferguson, PPG Industries, Inc., PA M Charles L. Gibson, Gibson Technology NFPA30B,CodefortheManufactureand Storage ofAerosol Products; NFPA430, Code for the Storage of Liquid and Solid Oxidizers; NFPA 230, Standard for the Fire Protection of Storage; and NFPA 490, Code for the Storage of Ammonium Nitrate, shall apply where applicable and where they are more restric- tive than this code. 1.3.1Pesticides covered in this code that are stored in the same facility with oxidizers shall be stored in accordance with NFPA 430, Code for the Storage of Liquid and Solid Oxidizers. 1.3.2Pesticides stored in the same facility with ammonium nitrate fertilizer shall be stored in accordance with NFPA 490, Code for the Storage of Ammonium Nitrate. 1.4 Equivalency. Nothing in this code is intended to prevent the use of systems, methods, or devices equivalent to those prescribed by this code, provided that technical documenta- tion is submitted to the authority having jurisdiction that dem- onstrates equivalency, and provided that the system, method, or device is approved for the intended purpose. 1.5 Enforcement. This code shall be administered and en- forced by the authority having jurisdiction designated by the governing authority. (See Annex E for sample wording for enabling legislation.) Chapter 2Referenced Publications 2.1 General. The documents or portions thereof listed in this chapter are referenced within this code and shall be consid- ered part of the requirements of this document. 2.2 NFPA Publications. National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101. NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, 2000 edition. NFPA30B, Code forthe Manufacture and Storage ofAerosol Prod- ucts, 1998 edition. NFPA 51B, Standard for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cut- ting, and Other Hot Work, 1999 edition. NFPA 70, National Electrical Code®, 2002 edition. NFPA 230, Standard for the Fire Protection of Storage, 1999 edition. NFPA 430, Code for the Storage of Liquid and Solid Oxidizers, 2000 edition. NFPA472, Standard forProfessional Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials Incidents, 2002 edition. NFPA 490, Code for the Storage of Ammonium Nitrate, 1998 edition. NFPA 704, Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response, 2001 edition. 2.3 Other Publications. 2.3.1 U.S.GovernmentPublications. U.S.GovernmentPrint- ing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Washington, DC 20402. 4344STORAGE OF PESTICIDES 2002 Edition Copyright National Fire Protection Association Provided by IHS under licens