County Use Restricted Pesticide Rules


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Eastern Washington - County Use Restricted Pesticide Rules

Compliance - 360-902-2040 or Toll Free:  877-301-4555

Email: pcompliance@agr.wa.gov

  • Use of Chemicals and Chemically Treated Materials in Certain Counties Rule (former Statewide Rule)  Includes restrictions on the application of specific pesticides to certain crops and in designated counties, limitation on sale/distribution of use restricted phenoxy-hormone herbicides, ground / aerial equipment configuration requirements, weather/temperature conditions, evening cutoffs, and an allowance for issuance of application permits. See County Use Restricted Pesticide Rules for additional restrictions.

  • County Use Restricted Pesticide Rules - Sixteen eastern Washington counties have use restricted pesticide rules with specific requirements for phenoxy hormone-type products (e.g. 2,4-D, MCPA, dicamba). Within each of the sixteen counties are delineated "Areas" that further restrict the use restricted pesticides. Each county has a map outlining the designated areas. The applicator needs to determine the area in which the application is to be made and the use restrictions for that area.

  • Use of Chemicals and Chemically Treated Materials in Certain Counties
    • WAC 16-230 (formally, Statewide Rule)
  • Individual County Rules with Maps (Maps are draft pending updating in 2020)
  • Matrixes abridging the Statewide and Eastern Washington Counties Use Restricted Rule
  • Definitions and Guidance
    • Clarifying "low volatile formulations": The phrase “low volatile formulations” appears in the County Use Restricted Herbicides Rules (WAC 231 and WAC 232). This phrase specifically refers to low volatile ester formulations and not to lower volatile types such as amines or salts. Effective, Jan. 26, 2019, it is the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s (WSDA) interpretation that “low volatile formulations” refers to low volatile ester formulations, wherever it appears in the rules.

"In the areas under order, pesticide dealers shall make available to the purchaser a copy of the rules pertaining to the use of dicamba and/or phenoxy hormone-type herbicides, including 2,4-D and MCPA, in the area in which the material will be applied." WAC 16-228-1250(2)