United States
 Environmental Protection
 Agency
   20T-3003
   September 1990
 Pesticides And Toxic Substances (H-7506C)
 Protecting  Endangered
 Species
 Interim  Measures
 Towns  County, Georgia


   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 1991. 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 drop us a line to let us
know whether the information  is clear and
correct. Also tell us to what extent
following the recommended measures
would affect your 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 (H7506C)
   Public Docket and Information Section
                            U.S. EPA
                     401 M Street, SW
                 Washington, DC 20460
 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 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
 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 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.
                                                           Printed on Recycled Paper

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How To Use This Information

1) On the county map, find the specific shading patterns
   that cover the area where you will apply pesticides.

2) Read the shading key for those patterns to identify
   the specific area involved.

3) In the "Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients," locate
   the active ingredients in the pesticide you intend
   to apply.
4) Locate the code 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.
Table Of Pesticide Active Ingredients
Active Ingredient
Shading Pattern/Code
2,4-0
2,4-D (AMINES, ESTERS, SALTS)
AMITROLE
AMMONIUM SULFAMATE
ATRAZINE
CACODYLIC ACID
DAZOMET
DICAMBA
DICHLOBENIL
DICHLORPROP (2,4-DP)
DIMETHYLAMINE DICAMBA
DIPHENAMID
ENQUIK
EPTC (EPTAM)
FOSAMINE-AMMON1UM
GLYPHOSATE
                                                     HEXAZINONE
                                                     MCPA, ACID
                                                     MCPA (AMINES)
                                                     MCPA (SALTS)
                                                     OXYFLUORFEN
                                                     PARAQUAT
                                                     PICLORAM
                                                     POTASSIUM PICLORAM
                                                     SIMAZINE
                                                     SODIUM DICAMBA
                                                     TEBUTHIURON
                                                     TRIETHYLAMINE PICLORAM
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
           28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     33
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                     28
                                                     Limitations On Pesticide Use
                                                     Code   Limitation
                                                       28    Do not apply within 100 yards of species
                                                             habitat for aerial applications or within
                                                             20 yards of species habitat for ground
                                                             applications.

                                                       33    Do not apply within one-quarter mile of
                                                             species habitat.

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Shading  Key
        Gure®n P'tcher plant| Sarracenia oreophila (Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher plant family)  The
        shaded areas shown on the map are 1) from the east bank of Chatuge Lake north to the
        state line, then south along a 1/2 mile strip east of State Highway 75 to Bell Creek- and
        2) between Highways 76 and 75/17, and Highway 288. Use limitations only apply in moist
        woodlands, seepy meadows and wet pastures, and along the margins of sandy streams

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