United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Pesticides and
Toxic Substances (7506C)
EPA-735-K-94-008
August 1994
Protecting Endangered
Species
Interim Measures
Edmonson County, Kentucky
The information in this pamphlet is similar to
what the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) expects to distribute once our
Endangered Species Protection Program is in
effect. The limitations on pesticide use are not
law at this time, but are being provided now for
your use in voluntarily protecting endangered and
threatened species from harm due to pesticide
use. We encourage you to use this information.
We also welcome your comments.
The Endangered Species Act is intended to
protect and promote recovery of animals and
plants that are in danger of becoming extinct due
to the activities of people. Under the Act, EPA
must ensure that use of pesticides it registers will
not result in harm to the species listed as
endangered or threatened by the U.S. fish and
Wildlife Service, or to habitat critical to those
species' survival. To accomplish this, the EPA
expects to implement program requirements
beginning in 1994. This program will protect
endangered and threatened species from harm due
to pesticide use.
EPA requests your comments regarding the
information presented in this publication. Please
let us know whether the information is clear and
correct. Also tell us to what extent following the
recommended measures would affect you typical
pesticide use or productivity. This information
will be considered by EPA during the final stages
of program development.
Please submit comments to:
Interim Endangered Species
Protection Program (7506C)
U.S. EPA
401M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
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About This Publication
This publication contains a County Map
showing the Area within the county where
pesticide use should be limited to protect listed
species. These areas are identified on the map by
a shaded pat tern. Each shaded pattern
corresponds to a species in need of protection.
The Shading Key shows the name of the species
that each shaded pattern represents and often
describes the shaded area. The area may be
described in terms of Township, Range, and
Section or by giving details about the habitat of
the species.
The first column of the 'Table of Pesticide
Active Ingredients" lists the active ingredients for
which there should be limitations on use to
protect certain species. The next columns are
headed by the shaded pattern of the species with
Codes listed underneath them.
The Code indicates the specific limitation that
is necessary to protect the species. The section
titled Limitations on Pesticide Use explains the
code.
Does This; Information Apply to You?
To determine whether this information applies
to your use of a pesticide, review the questions
below. The Information applies only if you
answer "yes" to both questions:
• Do you intend to use pesticides within or
near the shaded area on the county map?
Are any of the ingredients listed on the front
panel olf your pesticide product label named
in the 'Table of Pesticide Active
Ingredients"?
If you answer "yes" to both questions, you
should follow the instructions on "How to Use
This Information" to determine if you should
limit use of the pesticide to help protect listed
species.
If you answer "no" to either question, you
should follow the usage directions on the
pesticide product label.
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How To Use This Information
1) On the county map, find the specific shading patterns that cover, or are close to, the area where you intend to apply pesticides.
2) Read the descriptor in the Shading Key for those patterns; this may further identify the area involved.
3) In the "Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients," locate the active ingredients in the pesiticide you intend to apply.
4) Locate the codes to the right of the active ingredient name and under the shading patterns that apply to you.
5) When using the pesticide, you should follow the limitations indicated for those codes described under "Limitations on
Pesticide Use."
6) If you are applying more than one listed active ingredient or applying a listed active ingredient in an area with more than one
shaded pattern (species), multiple codes may apply. If so, you should follow the most restrictive limitation.
7) Read the information on Reducing Runoff and Drift on the back of this pamphlet.
Edmonson County, Kentucky
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SHADING KEY
LEGEND
County Border
County Seat
City
State or Other Highway
Park, Reservation,
Forest, Monument
River, Stream, Creek
Freshwater mollusks [One or more of the following: Cracking pearly mussel, Hemistena (=Lastena)
lata. Fanshell, Cyprogenia stegaria (=irrorata). Fat pocketbook, Potamilus (=Proptera) capax. Pink
mucket pearly mussel, Lampsilis abrupta. Ring pink (=golf stick pearly) mussel, Obovaria retusa.
Rough plgtoe, Pleurobema plenum]. Within the shaded area shown on the map, pesticide use limita-
tions apply on and along the stream. The upstream protection zone is V£ mile up all tributaries that join
the shaded area.
Kentucky cave shrimp, Palaemonias ganteri. Pesticide use limitations apply within and around the
shaded area shown on the map.
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Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients
Active Ingredient
c
ACEPHATE
ALDICARB
ATRAZINE
AZINPHOS-METHYL
BENOMYL
BENSULIDE
CAPTAN
CARBARYL
CARBOFURAN
CHLOROTHALONIL
CHLORPYRIFOS
Alfalfa, Peanuts
Apples
Mosquito Larvicide Use
All Other Uses Except as a Tenmiticide
COPPER SULFATE, BASIC
DEF
DIAZINON
DICOFOL
DICROTOPHOS
DIFLUBENZURON
DIMETHOATE
DISULFOTON
DIURON
ENDOSULFAN
ESFENVALERATE
ETHION
ETHOPROP
FENAMIPHOS
FENTHION
FLURIDONE
FONOFOS
ISOFENPHOS
Shading Pattern
|
Code
2c
1C
1c
2c
1c
43
41
61
2c
2c
2c
2c
2c
1c
2c
1c
2c
20
2c
Y////A
Code
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
60
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
60
28
20
60
7
Active Ingredient
MALATHION
MANCOZEB
METHIDATHION
METHOMYL
METHOPRENE
METHOXYCHLOR
METHYL PARATHION
MEVINPHOS
NALED
NITRAPYRIN
OXAMYL
OXYDEMETON-METHYL
OXYFLUORFEN
PARATHION (ethyl)
PENDIMETHALIN
PERMETHRIN
PHORATE
PHOSMET
PHOSPHAM1DON
PROFENOFOS
PROPACHLOR
PROPARGITE
PROPICONAZOLE
PYRETHR1NS
SULPROFOS
TEMEPHOS
TERBUFOS
THIOBENCARB
THIODICARB
THIOPHANATE-METHYL
TRICHLORFON
TRIFLURALIN
Shading Pattern
I I
Code
2c
2c
1c
1c
2c
1c
1c
2c
2c
1c
1c
1c
1c
1
2c
2c
63
2c
V////A
Code
7
7
7
7
28
28
60
7
7
7
7
7
7
60
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
28
7
7
7
7
7
Limitations On Pesticide Use
Codes/Limitations
1 Do not apply this pesticide within 20 yards from the edge of water within the shaded area for ground applications, nor within
100 yards for aerial applications.
1c For ground applications, do not apply this pesticide within 20 yards from the edge of water within either the shaded area or
the upstream protection zone (described under the Shading Key). For aerial applications, do not apply this pesticide
within 100 yards from the edge of water within the areas described above.
2c For ground applications, do not apply this pesticide within 40 yards from the edge of water within either the shaded area or
the upstream protection zone (described under the Shading Key). For aerial applications, do not apply this pesticide
within 200 yards from the edge of water within the areas described above.
7 For ground applications, do not apply this pesticide within 20 yards of the edge of all caverns, sinkholes, and surface waters
within the shaded area. For aerial applications, do not apply within 100 yards of these sites.
20 Do not apply directly to water within the shaded area.
28 Do not apply this pesticide within the shaded area, within 20 yards of the shaded area for ground applications, nor within
100 yards for aerial applications.
41 Do not apply this pesticide within V4 mile from the edge of water within the shaded area for ground applications, nor within
te mile for aerial applications.
43 Do not apply this pesticide within 100 yards from the edge of water within the shaded area for ground applications, nor within
1/4 mile for aerial applications.
60 Do not apply this pesticide within the shaded area.
61 Do not apply this pesticide as a mosquito larvicide within the shaded area.
63 Do not apply this pesticide within the shaded area. In addition, do not apply within 100 yards of the shaded area for ground
applications, nor within 1 mile for aerial applications.
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Reducing Runoff and Drift
Careful use of pesticides can diminish hann to the environment and reduce exposure of endangered and threatened species
to pesticides. Using pesticide runoff and drift measures may be helpful in keeping more of the applied pesticide on the
field and may also lower your costs of pesticides.
Runoff
Where possible, use methods which reduce soil erosion, such as limited till and contour plowing; these methods also
reduce pesticide runoff.
Where feasible, use application techniques such as T banding and in-furrow techniques, which incorporate the pesticide
into the soil.
Pesticides with ground water warning labels are more likely to enter ground and surface water than those without such
warnings. When possible, use a pesticide that does not contain a ground water warning label.
Keep Informed about changing weather conditions, and try to avoid pesticide application when heavy rainfall is expected
Drift
Wind direction, speed, and evaporation are important factors in reducing drift. Most importantly, pesticides should be
applied when the wind direction is away from areas of concern; try to avoid application during periods of high winds
Avoiding applications during the hottest part of the day, when evaporation is highest, will further reduce drift.
When high winds and excessive evaporation are not present, a drift retardant may be useful for aerial applications.
Using the largest droplet size compatible with the pesticide coverage will reduce drift. Typically, higher sorav volumes
will also result in less drift.
For the Protection of Your Land, Always Read and Follow Label Directions
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