United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Pesticides and
Toxic Substances (7506G)
EPA-735-K-94-020
August 1994
Protecting Endangered
Species
Interim Measures
McCracken 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 pattern. 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 of 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 uses 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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Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients
Active Ingredient
Shading Pattern
Active Ingredient
Code TAFl*
Shading Pattern
Code TAR*
ALETTE
Apples, Pears, Strawberries
AZINPHOS-METHYL
BENOMYL
CAPTAN
CARBARYL
CARBOFURAN
CHLORPYRIFOS
Alfalfa, Peanuts
Apples
Mosquito Larvicide Use
All Other Uses Except as a Termiticide
DIAZINON
DICOFOL
DIMETHOATE
ENDOSULFAN
ESFENVALERATE
ETHION
ETHOPROP
FENAMIPHOS
197 3i
2c -;
1c
1C
2c
1C
43
41
61 --
2c --
2c
2c
2c
2c
1c
2c
1c
2c ••-
FLURIDONE
FONOFOS
MALATHION
METHIDATHION
METHOMYL
METHYL PARATH1ON
MEVINPHOS
NALED
NITRAPYRIN
PARATHION (ethyl)
PENDIMETHALIN
PERMETHRIN
PHORATE
PHOSMET
PHOSPHAMIDON ,
PROPICONAZOLE |
PYRETHR1NS ;
TERBUFOS
THIOBENCARB
TRICHLORFON
20
2c
2c
2c
1C
1C
2c
1c
1C
2c
2c
1c
1c
1c
1C
1
2c
2c
63
2c
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Limitations On Pesticide Use
Codes/Limitations f . ..
1 Do not apply this pesticide within 20 yards from the edge of water within the shaded area for ground applica-
tions, nor within 100 yards for aerial applications.
1c For ground applications, do not apply this pesticide within 20 yards from the eidge of water wrthinerther 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 wrth.n the areas described above.
2c For around applications do not apply this pesticide within 40 yards from the edge of water within either the
shaded a?ea3'the ups^eam protean Zone (described under the Shading Key). For aenal .aPP'Jf °ns'
do not apply this pesticide within 200 yards from the edge of water wrthin the areas described above.
20 Do not apply directly to water within the shaded area.
41 Do not apply this pesticide within V4 mile from the edge of water within the shaded area for ground applica-
tions, 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 applica-
tions, nor within 1/4 mile for aerial applications.
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 wrthin 1 mile for aerial applications.
197 For ground applications, do not apply this pesticide above the threshold application rate (TAR) indicated within
2? ylrSs 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 within 100 yards from the edge of water
wrthin the areas described above. .
* TAR - Threshold Application Rate (Pounds of active ingredient per acre per application)
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