(1) PESTICIDES
HIGHLY TOXIC TO BEES.
(a) At least 24 hours
before a pesticide labeled "Highly Toxic to Bees" or containing the active
ingredient methomyl is applied to any site, the person who owns or controls
that application site shall notify each beekeeper who has made a request under
par. (b) during the same calendar year.
(b) A beekeeper who owns a honeybee colony
located within 1 1/2 miles of a pesticide application site under par. (a) may
request notice of pesticide applications under par. (a). The beekeeper shall
make the request in writing to a person who owns or controls the application
site. The request shall include the beekeeper's name, address and telephone
number, if any, and the specific location of each of the beekeeper's bee yards.
(c) A notice under par. (a) may be
written or oral. The notice shall include the intended date and time of
application, the brand or common name of the pesticide to be applied, and the
location of the application site. If the application date changes after the
notice is issued, the person who owns or controls the application site shall
issue a corrected notice as soon as reasonably possible before the application
occurs.
(d) Paragraph (a) does not
apply to an emergency application needed to control a sudden pest outbreak if,
because of the emergency circumstances, there is not enough time for notice
under par. (a). The person who owns or controls the application site shall give
notice under par. (a) as soon as reasonably possible before or after the
emergency application. The notice shall include a brief explanation of the
circumstances constituting the emergency.
(e) Any person may give a notice under par.
(a) on behalf of the person who owns or controls the application site.
(2) AERIAL
APPLICATIONS. An individual may request advance notice of aerial pesticide
applications to land immediately adjacent to that individual's residence, as
provided under s.
ATCP 29.53(2).
(3) RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS. A person hired
by a customer to make a residential pesticide application shall offer that
customer pre-application information as provided under s.
ATCP 29.55(2).
(4) LANDSCAPE APPLICATIONS.
(a) A person hired by a customer to make a
landscape application shall offer that customer pre-application information as
provided under s.
ATCP 29.56(2).
(b) An individual may register, under s.
ATCP 29.56(7), to receive advance notice
of commercial landscape applications to land immediately adjacent to that
individual's residence.
(5) APPLICATIONS AFFECTING AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS. Persons employing agricultural workers, or applying pesticides to
places where agricultural workers are employed, shall give prior notice of
pesticide applications as required by s.
ATCP 29.61.
See also s.
ATCP 29.22.
