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Appendix H <br /> Aluminum and Magnesium Phosphide for Burrowing Rodent <br /> Control Recommended Permit Conditions <br /> Background In April 2010,the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(U.S.EPA) <br /> requested that aluminum and magnesium phosphide products for burrowing <br /> rodent control be labeled with additional restrictions to protect human health. <br /> This included prohibiting use around residential areas and increasing the <br /> distance from 15 feet to 100 feet from the application to a building that is,or <br /> may be occupied by, humans and/or animals,especially residences. <br /> Subsequently, in March 2012, U.S.EPA allowed registrants to amend label <br /> and labeling(Applicator's Manual), reinstating outdoor use around residential <br /> and other properties, but prohibited use within 100 feet of any building where <br /> humans and/or domestic animals do or may reside. <br /> Recommended Because there still may be aluminum and magnesium phosphide products <br /> permit with older labeling lacking the U.S EPA restrictions in the channels of trade, <br /> conditions the following permit restrictions are recommended to ensure that the more <br /> restrictive use requirements are applied to all aluminum or magnesium <br /> phosphide products for burrowing rodent control. <br /> 1. Aluminum and magnesium phosphide must only be used out-of-doors for <br /> control of burrowing pests on agricultural areas, orchards,non-crop <br /> areas, pastures,rangeland,golf courses, athletic fields,airports, <br /> cemeteries,rights-of-ways,earthen dams,parks and recreational areas, <br /> other non-residential institutional or industrial sites and on residential or <br /> other commercial properties. <br /> 2. Use of aluminum and magnesium phosphide is prohibited within 100 feet <br /> of any building where humans and/or domestic animals do or may reside <br /> on single and/or multi-family residential properties and nursing homes, <br /> schools (except athletic fields [application is allowed less than 100 feet to <br /> an occupied structure]),daycare facilities,hospitals and other commercial <br /> buildings that are regularly occupied. <br /> Continued on next page <br /> H-1 <br /> (Rev. 12-14) <br />