Pesticide Notification
The DEC (Department of Environment and Conservation) has advised that golf courses operating on Council owned land will fall under the new notification requirements. In summary the requirement is as follows -
Council’s golf course
Information on the following types of pesticide use shall consist of signs posted near
the application area or at the tee of the relevant fairway for at least 48 hours
afterwards and at least 48 hours beforehand on the notice board at the Pro Shop:
• broadscale selective herbicides
• broadscale non-selective herbicides and broadscale insecticides and fungicides
• spray ant control
• large vertebrate baiting (in addition to notice requirements of the label and any
relevant permits).
Information on the quarterly forward program for the above applications as well as
the general information on following types of pesticide uses shall be available in a
printed brochure in the Pro Shop:
• spot herbicides
• spot insecticides
• bait ant control.
At e-par we are putting together a template for Superintendents to implement their own Notification Plans as part of their Best management Practices. When complete it will be available in the epar Golf Bag for download.
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