Ecology proposes change to pesticide permit for irrigation districts; another drill meeting
Washington Ag Today January 12, 2010 The Ecology Department invites public comments on a proposed permit that regulates pesticides used by irrigation districts in Washington. The draft Aquatic Pesticide Irrigation District General Permit affects irrigation districts that use pesticides to control aquatic weeds and algae growth in irrigation systems. There is another meeting this week for those grain producers interested in developing a deep-furrow drill prototype for conservation tillage systems. The meeting is this Thursday, January 14th at the Wheat Foundation building in Ritzville starting at nine a.m. Washington State University agronomist Bill Schillinger says this meeting will get into more details on drill prototypes. He says the Columbia Plateau PM10 project has provided some money to get the ball rolling. Schillinger: “CP3 has provided 20-thousand dollars as seed money for development of deep-furrow drill prototypes. That is not going to be enough to of course to build prototypes, but again it is seed money.” Over 100 people attended the first meeting on the deep-furrow drill prototype. I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on the Northwest Ag Information Network. ? ? ?
The proposed permit would allow the use of the pesticide endothall,
a less-toxic alternative to acrolein, the pesticide that that many irrigation districts historically used but is being phased out.
The public may review and comment on the proposed permit until February
19th. Ecology will hold a public meeting about the permit on February 9th in
Yakima. That will be at the Ecology Central Office in Yakima at 6 p.m.
