Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 45 - Pesticides › Rule 21-45.51 - Restrictions on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides Containing the Active Ingredient Atrazine or Any Cornbination of Active Ingredients Including Atrazine

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 Atrazine is the Cornmon name for the pesticide chemical
			 2-chloro-4-etbylamino-6-isopropylamino-l,3,5 triazine.
(2) All pesticides containing the active
			 ingredient atrazine or any Cornbination of active ingredients including
			 atrazine distributed for sale or use in Iowa shall be classified as restricted
			 use pesticides. All pesticides containing the active ingredient atrazine shall
			 be restricted for retail sale to and use by certified pesticide applicators
			 only.
(3) A pesticide dealer
			 selling a pesticide containing the active ingredient atrazine shall file an
			 annual report listing the full trade name of the pesticide product, EPA
			 registration number and total volume in gallons or pounds of product sold. This
			 report shall be included with the annual report required under rule
			 21-45.47
			 (206), Iowa Administrative Code.
(4) Atrazine use limitations.
a. The application rate for the actual active
			 ingredient atrazine shall be limited to three pounds or less actual active
			 ingredient per acre per calendar year with the exception where further
			 restrictions on the maximum allowable application rates of the active
			 ingredient atrazine apply.
b.
			 Pesticides or any other substance containing the active ingredient atrazine
			 shall not be applied within 50 feet of a sinkhole (outer edge of slope), well,
			 cistern, lake, water impoundment or other similar areas. This includes, but is
			 not limited to, abandoned wells, agricultural drainage wells and drainage well
			 surface inlets and drinking water wells.
c. Pesticides, or any other substance
			 containing the active ingredient atrazine unless handled in the original
			 unopened container shall not be mixed, loaded or repackaged within 100 feet of
			 any well, cistern, sinkhole (outer edge of slope), streambed, lake, water
			 impoundment or other similar areas. This includes, but is not limited to, any
			 well, whether in use or abandoned, including agricultural drainage wells and
			 drainage well inlets. This paragraph shall not apply where pesticides are
			 handled in Cornpliance with the secondary containment of pesticide mixing and
			 loading sites as specified in 21-Chapter 44, Iowa Administrative
			 Code.
d. Atrazine mixing, loading,
			 and equipment cleanout shall be carried out in a manner that meets the
			 secondary containment requirements in 21-Chapter 44, Iowa Administrative Code
			 or in the field of application provided all other restrictions are followed
			 regarding the application of atrazine or rinsates containing atrazine to
			 labeled use areas. Equipment and container wash waters shall be applied to
			 labeled use areas or used as part of dilution makeup water and applied to
			 labeled use areas in accordance with the label instructions and any other
			 restrictions that may apply.
e. The
			 following areas shall be designated as pesticide management areas regarding the
			 application of pesticides containing the active ingredient atrazine. The
			 application of atrazine shall be limited to no more than one and one-half
			 pounds of the actual active ingredient atrazine per acre per calendar year in
			 the following designated areas:
(1) All of
			 Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Floyd, Humboldt, Jackson and Winneshiek
			 counties.
(2) All areas within the
			 townships of the following counties:
COUNTIES
TOWNSHIPS
Black Hawk Poyner
Bremer Douglas, Fredericka, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette,
				Polk, Washington
Butler Bennezette, Butler, Coldwater, Dayton, Fremont,
				Pittsford
Cerro Gordo Owen, Portland
Chickasaw Bradford, Chickasaw, Deerfield
Clinton Elk River, Hampshire
Delaware Bremen, Colony, Delhi, Elk, Milo, North Fork, Oneida,
				South Fork, Union
Fayette Auburn, Clermont, Dover, Eden, Fairfield, Illyria,
				Pleasant Valley, Union,
Westfield, Windsor
Howard Albion, Chester, Forest City, New Oregon, Vernon
				Springs
Jones Castle Grove, Clay, Hale, Lovell, Oxford, Richland,
				Washington and Wyoming
Kossuth Sherman
Linn Marion
Mitchell Burr Oak, Cedar, Liberty, Mitchell, Newberg, Osage,
				Otranto, Rock, Saint
Ansgar, Union, West Lincoln
Pocahontas Garfield
Worth Barton, Kensett
Wright Grant, Lincoln, Wall Lake
f. Persons conducting research with atrazine
			 shall be exempt from the use limitations described in this rule provided that
			 such research is under the supervision of a federal or state agency or
			 educational institution authorized to conduct research and are properly
			 certified.