WAC 16-230-863   Application of pesticides in Benton County -- Use restricted herbicides ground apparatus nozzle requirements.  Ground applications of use restricted herbicides in the area under order listed in WAC 16-230-800 shall be made, throughout the year, using nozzles having a single orifice and minimum diameter of .052 inches or a LP 8002 nozzle. Pressure shall not exceed twenty-five pounds per square inch at the nozzle for .052 and other orifice openings and pressure shall not exceed fifteen pounds per square inch at the nozzle for LP 8002 or equivalent nozzle. Pressure up to fifty pounds per square inch at the nozzle may be used for equipment with handguns and up to ninety pounds per square inch at the nozzle manifold for an inert system: Provided, That the department may issue a permit for other nozzles and pressure combinations that are equal or better. Prior to issuing such permits, the request shall be reviewed by a scientific committee established by the director: Provided further, That when Glyphosate is the only use restricted herbicide being used during an application for weed control in reduced tillage cropping any nozzles may be used that delivers at a minimum ten gallons of water carrier or greater per treated acre at a pressure not exceeding twenty-five pounds per square inch at the nozzle: Provided further, That Glyphosate applications using a .052 nozzle at twenty-five pounds of pressure or less at the nozzle, and a LP 8002 nozzle at fifteen pounds of pressure or less at the nozzle shall be exempt from the ten-gallon minimum volume: Provided further, That pressurized handsized household devices used to apply use restricted herbicides, or any equipment, device, or contrivance of which the person who is applying the pesticide is the source of power or energy in making such herbicide applications shall be exempt from nozzle requirements.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21, 15.58, and 34.05 RCW. 07-11-041A, § 16-230-863, filed 5/9/07, effective 6/9/07. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21 and 15.58 RCW. 00-24-002, § 16-230-863, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00; 92-13-035, § 16-230-863, filed 6/10/92, effective 7/11/92.]