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<br /> composters an opportunity to have"for sale"
<br /> compost tested both by a laboratory analysis and Confront The most widely used product for
<br /> with bioassays.The testing will be voluntary and established turf sold in commercial
<br /> the individual participant's name kept market.
<br /> confidential. Other turf products listed by Dow
<br /> AgroSciences:
<br /> What happens if there are problems? Battleship,Chaser Ultra,Strike
<br /> DEQ will continue to work in cooperation with Three Ultra,Millenium Ultra,
<br /> ODA and representatives of the Composting Momentum,and PmScape
<br /> Council of Oregon(CCO)to evaluate options to fertilizer.
<br /> reduce or eliminate elopyralid's potential to Preen'n Manufactured by Lebanon
<br /> damage sensitive plants.CCO has also formed a GrL cons Seaboard Corporation for the retail
<br /> separate committee to advise composters on market.(Look for EPA no.961-390
<br /> operational changes to be taken to ensure a good and active ingredient
<br /> product if test results indicate a problem. clopyralid0.12%on the label.)
<br /> 'Clopyralid`Products Used in'-kgriculture
<br /> Advice for compost operators InFtudes , marc na h
<br /> • Bin to conduct bwassi or have
<br /> labom[o�ne on X compost Curtail Wheat,barley,grasses grown for seed,
<br /> • Participate in DEQ's voluntary study. rangeland and permanent grass pasture,
<br /> • Begin to communicate with your feedstock conservation reserve program.
<br /> provider of turf,animal bedding and manure Lontrel Turf grown for seed or sod fames,and
<br /> to ask if they know if clopyralid is being used certain ornamental plantings such as
<br /> conifers and non-leguminous woody
<br /> and alert them to the potential problem. species,in landscapes and nurseries.
<br /> • Asked to be placed on the interested parties Transline Industrial manufacturing and storage
<br /> list with DEQ and the Composting Council sites,rights of way,wildlife openings,
<br /> of Oregon. tree plantations,rangeland and
<br /> • permanent grass pastures.
<br /> Report any contamination problems to EPA
<br /> at:clopvmlid.compost(n,epa.gov Stinger Asparagus,Christmas[rtes,mint,tree
<br /> plantations,tallow cropland field tom,
<br /> grasses grown for seed,sugar beets,
<br /> Residential lawn care and backyard wheat,barley,oars,conservation
<br /> composting advice reserve program acres,non-cropland,
<br /> First,learn natural gardening techniques that rangeland,permanent grass pastures.
<br /> reduce the use of chemicals. Second,if you use
<br /> pesticide products and backyard compost yard Resources and contacts
<br /> trimmings,read and follow all label instructions. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
<br /> EQ),Martineoberts- illon,811
<br /> Third,if you have a lawn-care or pest control Portland OR 97204,03-229-6738 SW Sixth Ave.
<br /> company apply pesticide products to your lawn roberts-oillonmartine(a),deq.state or us
<br /> or yard,ask for information about what pesticide Oregon Department of Agriculture(ODA)
<br /> products are being applied.Finally,If you Pesticides Division,635 Capitol St.NE,Salem,OR
<br /> recycle yard debris,do not use clopyralid- 97310,503-986-4635,btty://oda.statc.or.uS/pqsticide
<br /> Composting Council of Oregon(CCO)
<br /> containing products. htty://www.comMstingcomcilofor.orgJhome.htn-d
<br /> Metro,John Foseid,600 NE Grand Ave.
<br /> How can people be assured they're Portland,OR 97232-2736,503-797-1674
<br /> purchasing compost products that won't foseidiPmetro.dst onus
<br /> damage garden plants? U.S.Compost Council(USCG)
<br /> Contact your local compost company to find out http://compost(ahompostingeouncil.org/index cfm
<br /> what it is doing to ensure that its compost does Washington State University
<br /> not contain plant-damaging levels of clopyralid. Compost facility has had problems with clopyralid.
<br /> Find directions to conduct bioassays.
<br /> Several compost producers are now testing each htti3://css.wsu.edu/comppst/comr)ost.htm
<br /> batch to ensure that products do not contain National Pesticide Information Center(NPIC)
<br /> damaging levels of clopyralid.If you are Oregon State University.Information on pesticide
<br /> concerned,you may want to make your own products.hump://npic.omt.edu
<br /> compost for use in your garden where you grow Us EPA Headquarters,Joanne Miller,Washington
<br /> beans,peas,tomatoes and sunflowers. DC,millerjoaroe(aileoa.gov
<br /> Clopyralidcontaining products Alternative Formats
<br /> Alternative fommats of this document can be made
<br /> The table at right includes clopyralid-containing available.Contact DEQ's Office of Communications
<br /> products that might be used in composting and Outreach,Portland,for more information,at
<br /> feedstocks.It is not a complete list of all 503-229-5696
<br /> clopyralid products. o
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