WAC 16-231-153
What are the boundaries and restrictions
on use restricted herbicides -- Franklin County -- Area 4A? (1)
Area 4A description. An area including all lands lying within
a boundary line beginning at the intersection of the Esquatzel
Diversion Channel drain and the Columbia River; thence east
along the Esquatzel Channel to its intersection with Road 68;
thence southeasterly approximately one mile along Road 68 to
its intersection with Fraser Drive near the northeast corner
of Section 24, T10N, R28E; thence south approximately four
miles along section lines and portions of Fraser Drive and
Dent Road to the southwest corner of Section 6, T9N, R29E;
thence east approximately eight and one-half miles along
section lines and a portion of Foster Wells Road to its
intersection with the Bonneville Power Administration power
line in Section 4, T9N, R30E; thence southeasterly along the
power line until its intersection with the Snake River near
the east line of Section 25, T9N, R30E; thence southwesterly
along the Snake River until its intersection with U.S. Highway
12 in Section 35, T9N, R30E; thence northwesterly along
Highway 12 until its intersection with Interstate 182; thence
westerly along Interstate 182 until its intersection with the
Columbia River along the east section line of Section 13, T9N,
R28E; thence northerly along the Columbia River to the point
of beginning.
(2) Area 4A restrictions.
(a) Application by air of use restricted pesticides as
defined in WAC 16-231-107 may be made by written permit only.
(b) The use or application of low volatile ester
formulations of use restricted herbicides is prohibited:
Provided, That hormone sprays may be applied by aircraft to
orchards for the prevention of fruit drop.
(c) On and after April 5 through October 31 of each year,
all applications of use restricted herbicides are prohibited
daily from three hours prior to sunset until two hours after
sunrise the following morning: Provided, That applications of
use restricted herbicides are exempt from the sunset and
sunrise restrictions when using an application rate of forty
gallons of water carrier or greater per treated acre at twenty
pounds of pressure or less at the nozzle: Provided further,
That applications of granular and pellet formulations of the
use restricted herbicides are exempt from the sunset and
sunrise restrictions: Provided further, That applications of
the use restricted herbicides on small experimental plots for
research purposes are exempt from the sunset and sunrise
restrictions.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21, 15.58, and 34.05 RCW. 07-11-041A, § 16-231-153, filed 5/9/07, effective 6/9/07. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21 and 15.58 RCW. 00-24-002, § 16-231-153, filed 11/22/00, effective 12/23/00.]