Non-sensitive crops and areas include paved or gravel surfaces; roads; mowed and/or managed areas adjacent to field, such as roadside rights-of-way; areas covered by the footprint of a building, silo, shade house, feed crib, or other manmade structure with walls and a roof; agricultural fields that have been prepared for planting; and planted agricultural fields containing asparagus, corn, dicamba-tolerant cotton, dicamba-tolerant soybeans, sorghum, proso millet, small grains, and sugarcane (the applicator is responsible for ensuring that the crops are dicamba-tolerant).
The applicator must always maintain a 240-feet downwind buffer between the last treated row and the nearest downwind field/area edge (in the direction the wind is blowing). Applicators can still use out-of-field non-sensitive crops and areas in the total buffer distance calculation. It should also be noted that the 240-feet downwind buffer is not intended to protect downwind sensitive crops and plants from off-target dicamba exposure. It is intended to protect other sensitive areas, for example, water bodies, non-residential areas, etc. The downwind dicamba application prohibition and the 240-feet downwind buffer requirement should not be confused when the concern is protection of downwind sensitive crops and plants.
The applicator must always maintain a 240-feet downwind buffer between the last treated row and the nearest downwind field/area edge (in the direction the wind is blowing). Applicators can still use out-of-field non-sensitive crops and areas in the total buffer distance calculation. It should also be noted that the 240-feet downwind buffer is not intended to protect downwind sensitive crops and plants from off-target dicamba exposure. It is intended to protect other sensitive areas, for example, water bodies, non-residential areas, etc. The downwind dicamba application prohibition and the 240-feet downwind buffer requirement should not be confused when the concern is protection of downwind sensitive crops and plants.
A 310 ft downwind buffer plus 57 ft buffer on all other sides of field must be maintained in areas with listed species.
A 310 ft downwind buffer plus 57 ft buffer on all other sides of field must be maintained in areas with listed species.
The applicator must follow the measures contained in the Endangered Species Protection Bulletin for the area in which applicator is applying the product. They must obtain Bulletins no more than six months before using the product. Applicators should consult the EPA Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides or call 1-844-447-3813 to obtain the bulletin. The applicator must use the Bulletin valid for the month in which he will apply the product.
The applicator must follow the measures contained in the Endangered Species Protection Bulletin for the area in which applicator is applying the product. They must obtain Bulletins no more than six months before using the product. Applicators should consult the EPA Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides or call 1-844-447-3813 to obtain the bulletin. The applicator must use the Bulletin valid for the month in which he will apply the product.
Sometimes yes, but often times buffers are required on several sides. Applicators should remember that buffers will often be required on two or more downwind sides of a target field if wind direction is not constant and non-target sites are not positioned completely perpendicular to one another. A 45-degree wind direction would require a buffer on two downwind sides. The applicator may have to change the buffer location with the change in wind direction during the application.
Sometimes yes, but often times buffers are required on several sides. Applicators should remember that buffers will often be required on two or more downwind sides of a target field if wind direction is not constant and non-target sites are not positioned completely perpendicular to one another. A 45-degree wind direction would require a buffer on two downwind sides. The applicator may have to change the buffer location with the change in wind direction during the application.
No, downwind dicamba buffers would not be required next to these in-field areas. The EPA has concluded that grass waterways should be treated the same as Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) areas. Both CRP and grass waterways include voluntary conservation agricultural areas that could be used for cropland production. Therefore, buffers are not required to protect these voluntary conservation practice areas.