Management Practices for Engineered Rights of Way Within Leaching or Runoff Groundwater Protection Areas

Select one of the following four options:

   (1) One of the management practice options for runoff GWPAs; or

   (2) Any runoff shall pass through a non-crop fully vegetated area adjacent and equal in area to the treated area; or

   (3) The property operator shall comply with any permit issued pursuant to the storm water provisions of the federal Clean Water Act pertaining to the treated area; or

   (4) An alternative management practice or pesticide approved by the Director as follows (check with the County Agricultural Commissioner) to see if either of these apply):

         (a) Upon written request, the Director may evaluate and approve use of alternative mitigation measures that are based on scientific data demonstrating their effectiveness in reducing movement of pesticides to groundwater; or

         (b) Upon written request, the Director may make a determination to allow the interim use of a pesticide containing a chemical listed in section 6800(a) within a groundwater protection area, for a period not to exceed three years. The Director's determination shall be based on evidence that the available mitigation measures are not feasible for a specific crop or site, and that there are no feasible alternatives for the specific crop or site. The formal request shall include a study protocol(s) that is acceptable to the Director to develop feasible alternatives or alternate mitigation measures.


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