WSR 04-22-003
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[
Filed October 20, 2004,
2:38 p.m.
]
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR SPARTINA TREATMENT IN WESTERN WASHINGTON
LEGAL NOTICE: The Washington State Department of
Agriculture (WSDA) Laboratory Services Division is hereby
notifying the affected public that the herbicide glyphosate
(Aquamaster, Aquaneat, or Rodeo) and imazapyr (Habitat),
surfactant (R-11, Agri-Dex, Class Act Next Generation,
Competitor, Dyne-Amic, Kinetic, or LI-700) and marker dyes may
be used between June 1, 2004, and October 31, 2004. Properly
licensed pesticide applicators who have obtained coverage
under a WSDA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Waste Discharge General Permit may apply Rodeo¦ or other
approved glyphosate mixtures to control the noxious weed
Spartina on the saltwater tideflats of Grays Harbor, Hood
Canal, Willapa Bay, Puget Sound, and the north and west sides
of the Olympic Peninsula. Use of the herbicide Rodeo¦ or other glyphosate mixtures
is one of the options used to control Spartina. These
infestations may also be treated by crushing, mowing, digging
or covering.
For more information, including locations of possible
application sites, contact the WSDA Spartina Control Program
at (360) 902-1923 or (360) 902-1853, or write WSDA Spartina
Program, P.O. Box 42560, Olympia, WA 98504-2560. The
Washington State Department of Ecology twenty-four hour
emergency/spill response hotline is (425) 649-7000 (northwest
region) or (360) 407-6300 (southwest region).
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