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All areas, fields treated with Abolish® 8EC: <br />A. Except as listed below, all water on treated fields must be retained on the treated fields for at <br />least 19 days following application. When drainage begins, water discharge must be released at a <br />volume not to exceed two inches of water over a drain box weir for an additional seven days. <br />Unregulated discharges from these fields may begin after 26 days. <br />1. For water contained within a tailwater recovery system, ponded on fallow land, or <br />contained in other systems appropriate for preventing discharge, the system may discharge 19 <br />days following the last application within the system unless: <br />(a) The system is under the control of one permittee, then water may be discharged four the <br />application site in a manner consistent with product labeling (14 -day water -hold period). <br />(b) The system includes drainage from more than one permittee, then water must be retained on <br />the site of application for six days before discharged from the application site into the system. <br />(c) Water is on fields within the bounds of areas that discharge negligible amounts of rice field <br />drainage into perennial streams until fields are drained for harvest, then water -hold may be <br />reduced to six days if the commissioner evaluates such sites and verifies the hydrologic isolation <br />of the fields. <br />Emergency release requirements (Salinity damage): <br />The county agricultural commissioner may authorize the emergency release of field water after a <br />minimum 19 -day water -hold period after the last thiobencarb application, following the review of <br />a written application that demonstrates salinity levels are damaging to the crop. <br />A. Applicants for such emergency releases must provide the following information: <br />1. All information indicated on the emergency release request (Form A), including a description of <br />the severity and extent of salinity damage. <br />2. Electrical conductivity (EC) measurements, expressed as deciSiemens per meter (dS/m) or <br />microSiemens per centimeter (Ocm), from field water in each paddy suspected of having <br />salinity problems. To most effectively demonstrate salinity problems, measurements should be <br />taken wherever salinity problems are evident. <br />3. The instrument (make and model) used to determine EC measurements. The instrument must <br />have a sensitivity range that accommodates the full range of EC values in intake and paddy water <br />(usually a range of 0-5.0 dS/m or 0-5,000,uS/cm should be sufficient) and should have a <br />resolution of not less than five percent. The instrument must be calibrated according to the <br />manufacturer's instructions. The applicant must specify the method of temperature compensation <br />(i.e., automatic, conversion table). <br />4. Who made the EC measurements. <br />5. The source of irrigation water (e.g., district supply canal, drainage canal, well, etc.). <br />B. An emergency release may be granted only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: <br />1. All required information is provided. <br />