Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 57 - PESTICIDE CONTROL › Section 603-057-0360 - Sodium Fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and the Livestock Protection Collar; Restrictions on Use

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Coyotes
			 shall be the only species that may be considered to be a regulated pest, as
			 defined in OAR 603-057-0001(8), and therefore considered to be a target
			 organism, upon which sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and the livestock
			 protection collar may be used.
(2)
			 Only employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
			 Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control, licensed as public pesticide
			 applicators in the subcategory specified in OAR 603-057-0115(4)(b) shall use
			 the livestock protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate (Compound
			 1080).
(3) The following shall
			 apply to use of the livestock protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate
			 (Compound 1080):
(a) Use of collars shall
			 conform to all applicable federal, state and local regulations;
(b) Use of collars shall be limited to
			 appropriate sites within the geographic boundaries of Curry County,
			 Oregon;
(c) Collars shall only be
			 in the possession of the registrant and its employees, except when in
			 use;
(d) Collars shall only be
			 filled with Compound 1080 solution by the manufacturer;
(e) Collars shall be used only to take
			 coyotes that prey upon domestic livestock within fenced pastures no larger than
			 2,560 acres;
(f) Collars may be
			 used only after a finding by United States Department of Agriculture, Animal
			 and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control personnel that
			 appropriate non-lethal methods of coyote control, by method, have failed to
			 reduce losses to an acceptable level, and all other available lethal or
			 non-lethal methods have been found to be ineffective or
			 inappropriate;
(g) Prior to use of
			 the livestock protection collar at a particular site, a preapplication
			 inspection report will be completed by the applicator which identifies the
			 following:
(A) Non-lethal techniques utilized
			 at the site, and the reason each one was found to be impractical or
			 unsatisfactory;
(B) Non-lethal
			 techniques considered for the site, and the reason each one was considered
			 impractical or unsatisfactory;
(C)
			 Lethal techniques utilized at the site, and the reason each one was found to be
			 impractical or unsatisfactory;
(D)
			 Lethal techniques considered for the site, and the reason each one was
			 considered impractical or unsatisfactory.
(h) Where collars are in use, each logical
			 point of access shall be conspicuously posted with a bilingual
			 (English/Spanish) warning sign not less than 8" x 10" in size. Such signs shall
			 be inspected weekly to insure their continued presence and legibility, and will
			 be removed when all collars are removed and accounted for;
(i) Each collar in use shall be inspected by
			 the applicator at least twice a week to insure that it is properly positioned
			 and unbroken;
(j) Damaged or broken
			 collars shall be removed from the field and either returned to the manufacturer
			 for repair or disposed of properly;
(k) If a collar is lost, an intensive search
			 for the missing collar shall be conducted within twelve hours from the time the
			 loss is noted. Use of all other collars at the particular site shall be
			 terminated after twelve hours if a search is not conducted for the lost collar
			 and a cause for the loss identified. If the collar is lost due to a deficiency
			 which can be corrected, appropriate corrections will be enacted prior to the
			 continued use of collars on that site;
(l) If a collar is found to have been
			 punctured by a predator attacking a collared animal, an intensive search shall
			 be conducted for the animal which punctured the collar;
(m) Disposal of punctured or unserviceable
			 collars and contaminated animal remains, vegetation and soil shall be
			 accomplished by deep burial or burning at a safe location, preferably on the
			 property of the landowner;
(n)
			 Storage of livestock protection collars containing Compound 1080 shall only be
			 under lock and key in a dry place away from food, feed, domestic animals and
			 corrosive chemicals. Collars shall not be stored in any structure occupied by
			 humans.