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Notice
of Exemption
If EPA approves the Section 18, the
Plant Board sends out a Notice of Exemption to applicators,
dealers, and University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
These Notices and the manufacturers labeling make up the legal label
for the pesticide during the Section 18.
The Notice of Exemption contains information
specific to the use of a pesticide under a Section 18 exemption.
It will indicate application sites, application rates, special warnings,
use restrictions, and reporting requirements. This is the only place
that some of this information will be available.
Click
here to see current Notices of Exemption
Duration
Section 18's are good for a specific
period of time, usually less than one year. If the emergency continues
into the next growing season a new Section 18 is needed and the
process starts all over again. It is important to note that since
Section 18's are renewed annually, the labeling can change each
year.
Reporting
State and Federal Law require all pesticide
applications made under Section 18 to be reported to the ASPB within
ten days of application. Located at the bottom of each Notice of
Exemption is a list of information which must be reported to the
Plant Board. It includes applicator’s name and address, farmer’s
name and address, acres treated, pounds of active ingredient per
acre, location of field, and time and date of application.
A few things to remember about reporting.
- Reports must be made within 10 days
of the application.
-Failure to report within 10 days is considered a label violation.
- Please do not report a Section 18
application on the pink 2,4-D forms.
- Please report pounds of active ingredient
per acre.
The
following link is an Adobe PDF documents and requires the Acrobate
Reader to view or print.
Download
Form to Report Section 18
Section 24(c) Registration
FIFRA Section 24(c) allows the Arkansas
State Plant Board to register an additional use of a federally registered
pesticide or a new end use product to meet special local needs.
The ASPB, working in conjunction with the University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service, will determine that a need does exist,
that the applicant meets all federal requirements for registration
of a pesticide, that the requested use of the pesticide has not
been previously denied, suspended, or canceled by the EPA, and that
the product’s efficacy data supports the claims made for it before
the application will be approved.
All 24(c) registrations must be accompanied
by a DP-21 Application for Registration of Pesticides form and a
$150.00 registration fee. This applies to all 24(c) registrations,
including those for products already registered in the State of
Arkansas.
Pesticide Classification
While pesticides are valuable to the
State's agricultural production and to the protection of man and
the environment, certain pesticides present problems which were
unanticipated by the manufacturer, grower, or applicator. The Arkansas
Regulations on Pesticide Classification provide the State with options,
other than canceling the use of the product, to minimize the adverse
effects of the certain pesticides.
The Pesticide Classification systems
allows the Plant Board to assign pesticides to different categories
ranging from A to I. While most pesticides are categorized as Class
A pesticides, the Plant Board can, through regulation, change the
classification of a product to place more restrictions on its use
and distribution. These types of decisions are based on research
findings, findings of other state or federal agencies, or the experience
of the ASPB.
Currently all pesticides registered
in the State of Arkansas are listed as Class A with the exception
of any 2,4-D, 2,4D containing product, or MCPA sold in containers
of more than one quart and not labeled for home use, which are listed
as Class F, and Facet which is in Class I.
Under the Arkansas
Regulations on Pesticide Classification, Pesticide Dealers must
obtain a Restricted Use Pesticide Dealer’s Licence from the ASPB
before selling, offering for sale or distributing any Class E or
F pesticide within the State of Arkansas in containers of more than
1 (one) quart.
Please refer to the
Restricted
Use Pesticide list
to determine which currently registered products are State Restricted
Use Pesticides.
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