---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 258.22"
title: "40"
number: "258.22"
heading: "Disease vector control."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/258.22"
---

# §258.22. Disease vector control.

- (a) Owners or operators of all MSWLF units must prevent or control on-site populations of disease vectors using techniques appropriate for the protection of human health and the environment.
- (b) For purposes of this section, disease vectors means any rodents, flies, mosquitoes, or other animals, including insects, capable of transmitting disease to humans.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1345(d) and (e); 42 U.S.C. 6902(a), 6907, 6912(a), 6944, 6945(c) and 6949a(c), 6981(a).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 51016, Oct. 9, 1991, unless otherwise noted.