{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-434","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-434","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"(a)\nSection 8-433 shall not apply to the use of a pesticide for the purpose of improving or maintaining water quality at:\n(1)\nDrinking water treatment plants;\n(2)\nWastewater treatment plants;\n(3)\nReservoirs and swimming pools; and\n(4)\nRelated collection, distribution, and treatment facilities.\n\n(b)\nA person or entity may apply to the Department for an exemption from § 8-433 for a District restricted-use pesticide. The Department may grant an exemption if the applicant demonstrates:\n(1)\nThat the applicant has made a good-faith effort to seek effective and economical alternatives to the restricted-use or District restricted-use pesticides, and they are unavailable;\n(2)\nThat providing a waiver will not violate District or federal law; and\n(3)\nThat use of the restricted-use or District restricted-use pesticide on the property prohibited under § 8-433 is linked to a need to protect health, the environment, or property.\n\n(c)\nRepealed.\n\n(d)\nA person or entity subject to § 8-433 may apply to the Department for an emergency exemption if an emergency pest outbreak poses an imminent threat to public health or if significant economic damage would result from the inability to use a pesticide prohibited or restricted by § 8-433. The Department shall impose specific conditions for the granting of emergency applications.\n\n(e)\nThe Department may, as set forth by the Mayor in regulations, require that an applicant who applies for substantially the same exemption at substantially the same property due to managing pests with proper adherence to IPM principles attend a District-approved IPM course.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 4. Pesticides.","Subchapter II. Pesticide Education and Control."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-434","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f9e1feb06dab8df83a9e324d4216c0e3d7f8e5439a2e79b88b839ad39d57240b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-433","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-435"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}