5077-S AMS FRAS WILB 001

5077-S AMS FRAS WILB 001

SSB 5077 - S AMD - 198

By Senator Fraser

NOT ADOPTED 3/18/97

On page 1, line 12 strike everything beginning with "methods" through "effectiveness" on page 2, line 7 and insert the following:

"science and methods to produce long-term prevention or suppression of pest problems in a cost-effective manner with minimum impact on human health, the environment, and non-target organisms, in order to avoid unacceptable damage to agency programs and property and to the health and welfare of the citizens of the state. The elements of integrated pest management include:

(a) Preventing pest problems through sanitation, habitat modification, cultural techniques, and other methods;

(b) Monitoring for the presence of pests and pest damage;

(c) Establishing the density of the pest population, that may be set at zero, that can be tolerated or correlated with a damage level sufficient to warrant treatment of the problem based on health, public safety, economic, or aesthetic thresholds;

(d) Treating pest problems to reduce populations below those levels established by damage thresholds with physical, mechanical, cultural, biological, chemical, and educational methods to keep pest organisms numbers low enough to prevent unacceptable damage. Chemicals and all other pest suppression methods used within the framework of integrated pest management must be carefully evaluated for their health, environmental, and economic consequences, and for their effectiveness and reliability"

Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.