Public Hearing Information

Director
Department of Agriculture

On March 19, 2002, the Department of Agriculture filed a proposal to adopt a permanent rule restricting the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient clopyralid.

Rule Summary:

The rule, if adopted, would:

• make products containing clopyralid “state restricted use” pesticides when labeled for use on lawns and turf, including golf courses, cereal grains and grass grown for hay. State restricted use pesticides can be sold only by licensed dealers and purchased only by licensed pesticide applicators. 
• prohibit the use of pesticides containing the active ingredient clopyralid on lawns and turf, EXCEPT:
  • on golf courses if no grass clippings, leaves or other vegetation are removed from the site and sent to composting facilities that provide product to the public; and
  • on lawns and turf when applied to non-residential sites such as schools, parks, businesses if the individual with physical authority over the site sends a signed, certified letter to the department indicating that no grass clippings, leaves or other vegetation are removed from the site and sent to composting facilities that provide product to the public.

View complete text of proposed rule.


Public Hearing Information

Date:  April 23, 2002
Time:  Beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The hearing will be held via videoconference at four locations:

Yakima:	15 W Yakima Ave., Suite 220, Yakima, WA 98902
Lacey:	710 Sleater-Kinney Rd. SE, Ste. Q, Lacey, WA 98504
Spokane:	1101 N. Argonne, Ste. 109, Spokane, WA 98902
Renton:	1107 SW Grady Way, Suite 112, Renton, WA 98055

Written comments can be sent to:

Laurie Mauerman
Washington State Department of Agriculture
P.O. Box 42560
Olympia, WA 98504-2560
Fax:  (360) 902-2093
E-mail:  lmauerman@agr.wa.gov

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