| Covered Uses |
Automatic Coverage |
Annual Thresholds |
Delay Before First Discharge |
Water Included |
Minimum Activities All Permittees Must Do |
ESA Considerations |
ESA Considerations |
Other Considerations |
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| Five categories of pest control: |
Yes, automatic coverage for applications covered by this permit but below annual thresholds |
Mosquitoes: 15,000 A/yr adulticides |
NOI, PDMP, more extensive record keeping. |
10 days after the state WEQ posts on the Internet receipt of NOI |
Waters of the State, including surface and ground waters. |
Minimize discharges; apply pesticides at or below the highest rate allowed by the product label; perform regular maintenance and calibrate equipment; monitor operations; inspect pesticide containers for leaks; store pesticides properly; conduct spot checks for adverse incidents and report within 15 days; perform corrective actions; report noncompliance, upset, or spill greater than RQ; keep certain records; comply with all applicable statutes and regulations, including FIFRA; meet applicable numeric and narrative state water quality standards. |
Assumes compliance with all state and federal statutes. Also includes specific section (6.4.3) that addresses notification of NMFS or FWS in case of adverse incident to listed species. |
State officials indicate that they intended to strike “aerial” from the “forest canopy pests” control use category. |
Link to North Carolina final permit: |
| (1) Mosquito/flying insect pests; |
Aquatic weeds & algae: 1000 A/yr or 200 miles/yr |
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| (2) Aquatic weeds/algae; |
Animals: 200 A/yr or 200 miles/yr |
No mention of IPM or annual report requirements |
No delay if in response to a declared pest emergency situation |
Must ensure the equipment’s rate of pesticide application is calibrated to deliver the appropriate quantity of pesticides needed to achieve greatest efficacy against the target pest. |
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| (3) Aquatic nuisance animals; |
Forest canopy: 10,000 A/yr |
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There is a phase in period until January 12, 2012 for NOI submission. |
| (4) Forest canopy pests (aerial application); |
Intrusive vegetation: 500 linear miles/yr |
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Extensive recordkeeping requirement applies to those required to submit NOI and to any for-hire applicator. |
Jeff Poupart : NC DENR - 919.807-6309 |
| (5) Intrusive vegetation (rights-of-way) |
(multiple applications to the same area are added together only for mosquito & other flying pest control activities) |
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