Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 02 - State Plant Board › Rule 209.02.04-009 - Revision to Pesticide Classification Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Revise the second paragraph of Section
				V as follows:
Products with this classification must be used in accordance
				with the label restrictions and other restrictions, if any, imposed by Plant
				Board regulations other than this document. Documentation of equipment set-up
				must be maintained by the commercial applicator on forms provided by the Plant
				Board and made available to the ASPB upon request. Insecticides that are
				intended to be applied in low volume, LV or Ultra Low Volume, ULV, and product
				label guidelines require droplet sizes designated as "fine" or smaller in
				accordance with the August 1999 issue of the ASAE S572 report entitled Spray
				Nozzle Classification by Droplet Spectra, shall not be required to comply with
				the Plant Board's regulations regarding spray droplet size. Said products must
				comply with the product label.
Revise Paragraph (A)(4) of Section
				IX as follows:
4. The sale or distribution of products with
			 this classification in containers of more than one (1) quart to any firm or
			 person other than a dealer, custom or private applicator holding a current and
			 valid license or permit is prohibited. Dealer must have a copy of the custom
			 applicator's license on file.
Revise Paragraph (C) of Section
				X to read as follows:
C. No product with this designation may be
			 applied within 1/4 mile of susceptible crops at any time except as otherwise
			 indicated by this regulation.
Revise Paragraph (D) of Section
				X to read as follows:
D. From April
			 15th through September
			 15th of each year, the following conditions shall
			 apply:
1. A buffer zone between the field to
			 be treated and susceptible crops (susceptible crops is cotton when applying
			 2,4-D containing products) of four (4) miles for aerial application and one (1)
			 mile for ground application shall be maintained.
2. Applications made within four (4) miles of
			 susceptible crops must be done when the wind is blowing at least two (2) miles
			 per hour away from the susceptible crop.
3. Applications may be made within the
			 applicable buffer zones if the owner or supervisor of the sprayed or treated
			 field has obtained a waiver from the producers of all susceptible crops within
			 the buffer zone. The waiver shall be developed by the Plant Board and provided
			 to said producers by the owner or supervisor of the sprayed or treated field. A
			 copy of the waiver must be provided to the applicator who sprays or treats the
			 field. The applicator shall retain the record for a period of three (3) years.
			 When making an application within the applicable buffer zone, at the time of
			 application, the wind must be blowing away from susceptible crops.
Revise the first sentence in Paragraph (H) of Section
				X to read as follows:
Applications of products with this classification shall not be
				made unless the following condition exists.
Revise Paragraph (H)(2) of Section
				X to read as follows:
2. For applications made after
			 noon, the temperature at the field of application must not have decreased more
			 than five (5) degrees Fahrenheit from the afternoon high measured at the
			 applicator's air strip or mixing/loading facility. If the applicator has
			 knowledge that the temperature measurement at his/her air stip or
			 mixing/loading facility would not be the same as a reading taken at the same
			 time at the field of application, then all temperature readings must be taken
			 at the field of application.