(a) Any applicator or applicators retained by the Corporation
to apply or cause to be applied pesticides for the purpose of suppression
of the invasive citrus pests and diseases in an established pest management
zone will make such applications in accordance with the requirements
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),
the Texas pesticide laws and regulations, the pesticide label requirements
of the product being used, the federal guidelines and any other special
provision provided for in this section.
(b) The Corporation shall establish procedures for
each pest management zone that are consistent with specific parts
of the Texas pesticide regulations relating to prior notification
and reentry into sprayed groves and found at Chapter 7, Subchapter
D of this title (relating to Use and Application), and §8.1 of
this title (relating to General Provisions) to ensure compliance with
requirements regarding prior notification and reentry.
(c) The Corporation shall establish any zone-specific
rules needed in addition to the requirements of subsections (a) and
(b) of this section after analyzing each pest management zone for
specially identified risks to humans, livestock, wildlife, honeybee
colonies, or the environment. Such analysis will allow for specific
rules to be written by the Corporation for each pest management zone
with special concerns.
(d) Beekeepers must file the location of their hives
and their address and phone number with the Chief Apiary Inspector,
Apiary Inspection Service, Entomology Department, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas 77843-2475, so that a list of beekeepers may
be prepared for each county and furnished to the Corporation. In lieu
of filing the location of hives and names and addresses with the chief
apiary inspector, any beekeeper may file such information with the
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agent for the county in which hives
are located. The Corporation shall notify or cause to be notified
beekeepers located adjacent to any fields being sprayed prior to the
application at the earliest time possible to allow the beekeeper to
restrict the bees leaving the hive or to move the hives until danger
to the bees has diminished. In addition, the Corporation will make
available the pest management zone plans to any beekeeper upon request.
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