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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