NORTH CAROLINA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

North Carolina State University
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Department of Entomology, Box 7613, Raleigh, NC 27695
Telephone: (919)515-2703 -- FAX: (919) 515-7746

PESTICIDE BROADCAST

Volume 8, Number 7
November 27, 1995

IN THIS ISSUE

DUKE POISON CONTROL CENTER
Telephone 1-800-672-1697

NATIONAL PESTICIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Telephone 1-800-858-7378

1996 Spring Pesticide Schools

Commercial applicator/dealer pesticide schools offered by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in the Spring of 1996 are listed below:

JANUARY 24-25 - GREENSBORO - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Right of Way, Aquatic, and Wood Treatment.

FEBRUARY 13-14 - NEWTON - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Right of Way, Ag. Pest Plant, and Forest.

MARCH 5-6 - ATLANTIC BEACH - Categories: Public Health, TBT Paint, Ornamentals and Turf, and Structural PWF.

MARCH 19-20 - CHARLOTTE - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Ag. Animal- Poultry, Structural PWF, and Right of Way.

APRIL 2-3 - PLYMOUTH - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Dealer, Forest, and Ag. Pest Plant.

MAY 7-8 - WINSTON-SALEM - Categories: Dealer, Ag. Pest Plant, Structural PWF, and Ornamentals and Turf.

MAY 21-22 - FLETCHER - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Ag. Pest Plant, Aquatic, and Right of Way.

JUNE 4-5 - RALEIGH - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Dealer, Structural PWF, and Ag. Animal-Pets.

JULY 9-10 - STATESVILLE - Categories: Ornamentals and Turf, Ag. Pest Plant, Ag. Animal-Livestock, and Right of Way.

You must apply for a school at least one month in advance. For additional information or application forms, contact John H. Wilson, Jr., Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (Telephone: 919-515-3113).

North Carolina Pesticide Law Amended

In July, the North Carolina General Assembly amended the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971 to include the following changes:

1. The North Carolina Pesticide Board may now enter into agreements with private property owners to conduct sampling, testing, monitoring, and related activities on their property. Information collected during these activities will not be disclosed in a manner that would permit the identification of an individual property owner unless the property owner gives his permission. This amendment will allow the Board to collect information on the environmental effects of pesticide use while maintaining the confidentiality of landowners.

2. It is now illegal for any person to assault, resist, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any State employee while that employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties under the North Carolina Pesticide Law.

3. It is now illegal for a person to apply for compensation a pesticide that has not been registered by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

4. The North Carolina Pesticide Board may now suspend or revoke the pesticide applicator license of an individual who fails to pay a civil penalty within 30 days of the penalty assessment.

5. The definition of a pesticide applicator has been changed to that of a person who applies pesticides for compensation. Individuals acting as volunteers who apply general use pesticides to the property of another without compensation are now exempt from licensure.

6. Counties, cities, or other political subdivisions of the State are prohibited from passing any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution regulating the use, sale, distribution, storage, transportation, disposal, formulation, labeling, registration, manufacture, or application of pesticides in any area currently regulated by the North Carolina Pesticide Board. This law does not affect local zoning, planning or fire inspection protection.

7. Civil penalties of up to $2,000 may now be assessed against any person who violates any rule or provision of the North Carolina Pesticide Law.

8. As of October 1, 1995, it will become illegal for any pesticide applicator or his/her employee or agent to apply any substance that is not registered under the North Carolina Pesticide Law but has the active ingredients contained in a pesticide registered under the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971. It will also become illegal for any of the above persons to combine such substances to apply as a pesticide or for any other reason.

Questions about how these changes affect you should be directed to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Pesticide section at 919-733-3556. Pesticide Update, Pesticide Section, North Carolina Department of Agriculture 13(2), Fall 1995

Protect Yourself With a Shirt

Up to 98% of pesticide exposure can be eliminated by wearing long- sleeved shirts and chemically resistant gloves. Research shows that, of the contamination that lands on a person's body during the mixing and loading process, 85% gets on the hands and 13% lands on the forearms. Most applications know the importance of wearing gloves when mixing pesticides, but use inspections have found that many applicators are not protecting their forearms.

Applicators should dedicate a long-sleeved shirt to the sole purpose of pesticide handling. This shirt should be included with an applicator's other personal protective equipment and worn only for pesticide handling. It should be washed separately from the family laundry. For products that bear a WARNING or DANGER signal word, chemically resistant forearm protectors are needed over long sleeves. Agricultural & Environmental News Number 116 October 1995 in Pesticide Reports, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service November 1995.

EPA Issues Guidance for Relabeling Pesticide Products for WPS

EPA has issued a pesticide regulation notice to manufacturers, formulators, producers, registrants, wholesalers and sellers of agricultural pesticides which provides guidance on how to appropriately relabel pesticide products not already in compliance with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). No pesticide products within the scope of the regulation may be sold after October 23, 1995, unless they are appropriately relabeled to be in compliance with the WPS. The relabeling statement must reference the WPS and certain practices to reduce or eliminate exposure to pesticides. EPA believes that most products were relabeled earlier to meet the April 21, 1994, deadline for making appropriate changes. The PR notice spells out in detail how to bring all products into compliance including, how to deal with products whose registration has been canceled but which can still be sold until a certain later date. The general public can call the Communications Branch in the Office of Pesticide Programs at 703-305-5017 for copies. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency October 6, 1995

EPA Grants Conditional Approval for Use of Cotton Plant Pesticide

EPA has given conditional approval for full commercial use of a cotton plant-pesticide targeted to combat lepidopteran pests including the cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm and the pink bollworm. EPA scientists have reviewed all the relevant information on this product and have determined that it will not pose adverse effects on humans or nontarget organisms and will result in only low levels of exposure to the environment. Named Bollgard by the producer and registrant, Monsanto Chemical Company of St. Louis, the plant pesticide is Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) subsp. kurstaki CryIA(c) delta endotoxin and the genetic material necessary for its production. The product works by producing small quantities of a version of the naturally occurring insect toxin, Bt CryIA(c) delta endotoxin, in the cotton plant. The Bt CryIA(c) delta endotoxin is a protein produced by the Bt bacterium that is not toxic to mammals, birds and most other insects. Bt bacteria are naturally occurring in the soil. The registration will expire on January 1, 2001. Before the expiration date, EPA will reevaluate the effectiveness of the insect resistance management plan required as a condition of registration, and decide whether a full, non-expiring registration is warranted. To mitigate development of resistance, the following are among a number of restrictions which apply to the registration announced today: a requirement to plant 25 acres of cotton without the Bollgard gene for every 100 acres of Bollgard cotton planted, and a prohibition on commercial use of Bollgard cotton in Hawaii. Use of the Bt cotton is expected to reduce the use of conventional pesticides where the lepidopteran pests are a production problem, as well as reduce worker exposure to the conventional chemicals. EPA initially registered this product in March to provide Monsanto with the opportunity to grow Bollgard cotton seed stocks for potential commercial use in the 1996 growing season. Two other plant-pesticides have been registered this year: Bt corn to combat the European corn borer and Bt potatoes which target the Colorado potato beetle. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency November 3, 1995

EPA's Pilot Division for Promoting Safer Pesticides Made Permanent

EPA has announced that the pilot Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division has been given permanent status. Begun in the Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs on a trial basis in November l994, the division was given a number of key responsibilities: promoting pollution prevention; reducing pesticide use; increasing adaption of integrated pest management techniques; encouraging the development and use of safer pesticides; accelerating the registration of new biological pesticides; and managing the reregistration actions for all biological pesticides. Nineteen biological pesticides were registered by the division in its first year including several biochemical pesticides which have a non-toxic mode of action, a number of pheromones that can reduce the use of chemical insecticides, and some microbial pesticides to replace fungicides used in postharvest treatment of fruit to prevent spoilage in storage. The first genetically engineered plant pesticides were registered this year: the Bacillus thuringensis (Bt) toxin produced in potatoes to control the Colorado potato beetle; Bt in corn to control the European corn borer; and Bt in cotton to control the cotton bollworm. The new division is working closely with the U. S. Department of Agriculture to explore alternatives to traditional pesticides in controlling pests and to promote a new Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Partnership program among pesticide users. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency October 13, 1995

Reregistration Update

* The Industry Task Force II on 2,4-D Research Data (Task Force) and IR-4 are supporting certain forms and uses of 2,4-D; other uses will not be supported due to the cost of reregistration. The Task Force may consider maintaining some of the unsupported uses if another party is willing to develop the necessary data. The technical formulations of 2,4-D being supported by the Task Force are 2,4-D acid (2,4-D), 2,4-D dimethylamine salt (2,4-D DMAS), and 2,4-D 2-ethylhexyl ester (2,4-D 2-EHE). Other technical formulations being supported by individual companies or organizations are 2,4-D butoxyethyl ester (2,4-D BEE), 2,4-D triisopropanolamine salt (2,4-D TIPA), 2,4-D isopropylamine salt (2,4-D IPA), 2,4-D diethanolamine salt (2,4-D DEA), and 2,4-D isopropyl ester.

Supported Uses for Some Form of 2,4-D Being Reregistered:

Supported by 2,4-D Task Force: aquatics, corn, fallow land, farmyards, fencerows, forestry, grass (seed crop), pasture, rangeland, rice, rights- of-way, roadsides, sorghum, soybeans, small grains (wheat, barley, rye, and oats), sugarcane, and turf

Supported by IR-4: apple, apricots, asparagus, blueberry, cherry, cranberry, filberts, peach, pear, pecans, pistachio, plum, potato, strawberry, sweet corn and wild rice

Supported by California Citrus Quality Commission: citrus for PGR use (oranges, grapefruit, and lemons)

Unsupported Uses for Any Form of 2,4-D Likely to be Cancelled:

almonds, clover, cotton, and walnuts

For additional information contact: Mr. Larry Hammond, DowElanco Company and the Industry Task Force II on 2,4-D Research Data, Telephone: 317-337-4661, Fax: 317-337-4649 or Mr. Don Page, 2,4-D Hotline, Telephone: 800-345-5109, Fax: 919-964-4559. Reregistration Notification Network, U. S. Department of Agriculture 5(7), September 27, 1995

* The MCPA Task Force has announced that certain registered uses of MCPA are not being supported due to the cost of reregistration and are likely to be canceled. They will consider maintaining these registrations if someone is willing to develop the data required for reregistration. The supported and unsupported uses are listed here:

Supported Uses Being Reregistered:

Supported by MCPA Task Force: alfalfa, barley, oats, clover, grasses, lespedeza, noncrop (agricultural), pasture, rangeland, rye, trefoil, turf, vetch, and wheat

Supported by IR-4: peas (Pacific Northwest only)

Unsupported Uses Likely to be Cancelled: aquatic, beans (California only), flax, forestry, rice, and sorghum

For additional information contact: Mr. Richard Otten, MCPA Task Force, Telephone: 919-846-7860, Fax: 919-846-2775. Reregistration Notification Network, U. S. Department of Agriculture 5(7), September 27, 1995

* The EPA has revoked the tolerances and food and feed additive regulations established for residues of 16 pesticides listed below in or on certain raw agricultural commodities (RACs), processed foods, and animal feeds. The tolerance for the herbicide barban (Carbyne) has been changed to a time limited tolerance, which expires on January 1, 1998. The EPA is initiating this action because the applicable registrations for these pesticides have been canceled.

Pesticides with tolerance revoked as of September 27, 1995:

Common Name                Other Name                   Use*
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bifenox                    Modown                        H
chlorfenvinphos            Birlane                      I,M
crotoxyphos                Ciodrin                       I
cycloheximide              Acti-dione, Act-Aid          F,G
dinitramine                Cobex                         H
dipropetryn                Sancap                        H
famphur                    Warbex                        I
flucythrinate              Cybolt, Pay-Off               I
hexachlorophene            Nabac                        B,F
merphos                    Folex                         D
norea                      Herban                        H
phenothiazine              Bar Fly                       I
pirimiphos-ethyl           Primicid                      I
sulfallate                 CDED, Vegadex                 H
TCA                        sodium trichloroacetate       H
tecnazene                  Fusarex, TCNB                F,G
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*  B = bactericide, D = desiccant, F = fungicide, G = plant
   regulator, H = herbicide, I = insecticide, M = miticide
This regulation became effective on September 27, 1995. Action levels have not been established in place of these revoked tolerances. Notification of the proposal for this action was made on May 6, 1994.

For information contact: Mr. Owen F. Beeder, EPA, Registration Division, Telephone: 703-308-8351, Fax: 703-308-8369, E-mail: beeder.owen@epamail.epa. gov. Send written comments to: Hearing Clerk (1900), EPA, Room M3708, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, E-mail: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Reregistration Notification Network, U. S. Department of Agriculture 5(8), October 16, 1995

* It was previously reported that FMC Corporation was planning to delete several uses from their Pounce (permethrin) label due to the cost of reregistration. Consequently, FMC has decided to reinstate the use on fennel and mushrooms on their labels of this insecticide. Also, it should be pointed out that the deletion of sweet corn (fresh market in Florida) only applies to the high rate application, formerly allowed on fresh market sweet corn in Florida. Sweet corn continues to be registered at a lower rate across the U. S., including Florida, on Pounce labels. For additional information contact: Dr. Dick L. Palmquist, FMC Corporation, Fax: 215-299-6256. Reregistration Notification Network, U. S. Department of Agriculture 5(8), October 16, 1995

NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURE

                   Total Cash Receipts in 1994 = $6.4 Billion

        Livestock & Poultry  52.3%              Crops  47.7%
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          Hogs             15.4%          Tobacco          14.8%
          Cattle            2.7%          Soybeans          3.3%
          Dairy             3.3%          Peanuts           2.1%
          Other Livestock   0.9%          Corn              2.6%
          Broilers         16.7%          Wheat             1.5%
          Turkeys           8.5%          Cotton            3.4%
          Eggs              3.1%          Sweetpotatoes     0.8%
          Other Poultry     1.7%          Other Vegetables  3.4%
                                          Fruits and Nuts   0.8%
                                          Greenhouse and
                                             Nursery       13.3%
                                          Other Crops       1.7%
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        Source: Farm Report, North Carolina Agricultural Statistics
                Service  October 17, 1995
Recommendations for the use of chemicals are included in this publication as a convenience to the reader. The use of brand names and any mention or listing of commercial products or services in this publication does not imply endorsement by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service nor discrimination against similar products or services not mentioned. Individuals who use chemicals are responsible for ensuring that the intended use complies with current regulations and conforms to the product label. Be sure to obtain current information about usage and examine a current product label before applying any chemical. For assistance, contact an agent of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service in your county.
Stephen J. Toth, Jr.
Extension Specialist
Pesticide Impact Assessment

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