WAC 16-231-215
What are the boundaries and restrictions
for Area 1 in Yakima County? (1) Area 1 description. (An
area south of the Yakima firing center including the upper and
lower Yakima Valley.) An area starting at the Yakima-Benton
County line and the northeast corner of Section 1, T11N, R23E;
thence west along section lines seventeen miles more or less
to the southeast corner of Section 31, T12N, R21E; thence
north eight miles along section lines to the northeast corner
of Section 30, T13N, R21E; thence west along section lines
eleven miles to the Yakima River; thence northwesterly along
the Yakima River four miles more or less to the junction of
the Yakima and Naches Rivers; thence northwesterly along the
Naches River for seven miles more or less to the northwest
corner of Section 31, T14N, R18E; thence south one mile along
the section line to the southwest corner of Section 31, T14N,
R18E; thence west along section lines six miles to the
northwest corner of Section 6, T13N, R17E; thence south
twenty-four miles along section lines to the southwest corner
of Section 31, T10N, R17E; thence east twenty-four miles along
section lines to the southeast corner of Section 36, T10N,
R20E; thence south six miles along section lines to the
southwest corner of Section 31, T9N, R21E; thence east six
miles along section lines to the northwest corner of Section
6, T8N, R22E; thence south six miles along section lines to
the southwest corner of Section 31, T8N, R22E; thence east
twelve miles along section lines to the Benton County line;
thence north twenty-four miles to the point of beginning.
(2) Area 1 restrictions.
(a) The use or application of low volatile formulations
of use restricted herbicides is prohibited on and after April
5 through October 31: Provided, That low volatile ester
formulations of 2,4-DB may be applied to alfalfa and red
clover seed crops at any time.
(b) On and after April 5 through October 31, ground
applications of use restricted herbicides shall be made using
nozzles having a minimum orifice diameter of 0.052 inches:
Provided, That applications of use restricted herbicides on
asparagus shall be made using nozzles having minimum nozzle
orifice diameter of 0.072 inches.
(c) Aircraft applications of use restricted herbicides
are allowed only on nonirrigated lands on and after November 1
through April 4 of the following year and shall be made using
the caution area restrictions (see WAC 16-230-675). Aircraft
applications of use restricted herbicides are prohibited on
and after April 5 through October 31: Provided, That hormone
sprays may be applied to orchards to prevent fruit drop:
Provided further, That aircraft applications are allowed by
written permit issued by the Washington state department of
agriculture in those dry land wheat growing areas east of
Moxee and on the Rattlesnake Ridge and the area south of Horse
Heaven Hills Ridge contained in Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 32,
33, 34, 35 and 36, T8N, R23E up to within one mile of
commercial grape plantings and to within one-quarter mile of
other susceptible crops.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.21, 15.58, and 34.05 RCW. 07-11-041A, § 16-231-215, filed 5/9/07, effective 6/9/07. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.58 and 17.21 RCW. 87-09-015
(Order 1923), § 16-231-215, filed 4/6/87; 80-03-036 (Order
1675), § 16-231-215, filed 2/20/80.]