US EPA - Central Maine Power Company's 1999 PESP Strategy Links to sites outside the U.S. EPA Web site are not an endorsement of the external site or its contents. Vegetation managers seek to consider environmental impact, abutter concerns and efficacy when prescribing application techniques and herbicides.
Activity Continue the use of the selective low volume herbicide application techniques.
Only target species are treated, reducing the amount of herbicide applied. Annually, the forester compares the amount of herbicides applied per acre during previous years. Each plot will be evaluated allowing the foresters to compare efficacy between products and surfactants. The test used mixes containing lower herbicide rates combined with different surfactants that may allow CMP to use less active ingredients per acre. If the control of capable species is satisfactory, the lower rates can be used in production work and can be monitored using annual reports.