Att4.ProjectDesignFeatures.docx

Attachment 4: Project Design Features for Roseburg District-wide Integrated Noxious Weed Management Program Project Design Features for Integrated Weed Management

1) Prevention activities will be practiced on all projects. Prevention practices include:

a. Vehicles and equipment used on BLM-administered lands (including Rights-of-Ways) shall be cleaned as needed to remove dirt which may contain weed seeds.

b. Certified weed-free seed or straw mulch for restoration will be provided by BLM.

2) All herbicide applications will be applied by an Oregon State licensed and certified applicator.

3) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for each herbicide being applied will be at each project site with the applicator. Guidelines and information found in "Oregon Pesticide Applicator Manual" (Miller 1993) as updated will be followed.

4) Herbicide Use Restrictions are as follows:

a. Refueling of equipment, staging, mixing and loading of herbicides will be done at least 100 feet from surface water.

b. No application of herbicides will occur if wind speeds exceed 8 mph, with the exception of hand wipe applications.

c. Only 2,4-D, and glyphosate and approved combinations will be allowed as per the list of Herbicides Approved for Use on BLM Lands, which is updated annually.

d. None of the products may be applied within 500 feet of any residence or other place of human occupation unless the occupant or resident gives his/her consent in writing.

e. All chemicals will be applied only in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency standards specified on the herbicide label, and the stipulations in this DNA.

f. Herbicide applications will not be made in rain or fog, within 24 hours of a forecast for precipitation, or when snow or ice is on the ground.

g. Herbicide application will not be made when the ambient air temperature is over 85°F.

h. The following restrictions apply within riparian/wetland/pond areas:

· No vehicle mounted boom sprayers or vehicle mounted handguns will be used within 60 feet of surface (live) water. All buffer strips will be delineated on the ground by means of flagging or other similarly effective physical delineation.

· No vehicle mounted booms will be used in riparian/wetland/pond areas where weeds are closely intermingled with trees and shrubs.

· In riparian/wetland/pond areas, no spray equipment will be used when wind speeds exceed 5 mph.

· Hand application of general use herbicides (backpack, hand sprayers, wick wipers) may occur up to 15 feet from surface water. This is only for spot treatments of noxious weeds that do not exceed heights of 2.5 feet.

· Only herbicides formulated for aquatic application (i.e. Rodeo, AquaMaster) may be used up to the existing water surface of an active stream or pond. Only cut stump treatment methods on individual noxious weed plants hand application methods with low pressure hand operated systems may occur.

· Areas of known or suspected sensitive amphibians will have as a minimum 100-foot buffer strip from surface water for all herbicide applications, with the exception of the use of an aquatic formulated herbicide, which is allowed immediately adjacent to surface water.

5) Disturbance is not permitted above ambient noise within 0.25 miles of known nests from January 1 to August 31 or until non-nesting is determined in Bald Eagle habitat.

6) Chainsaw or other gas-powered equipment use will not occur within 65 yards of any known Northern Spotted Owl nest site or activity center from March 1 to July 15.

7) Within 100 yards of occupied sites and/or unsurveyed suitable habitat for Marbled Murrelet, daily operating restrictions (DOR) are in effect from April 1 to August 5. Noxious weed treatments in these areas may occur from two hours after sunrise until two hours before sunset when DOR are in effect.

8) No soil disturbance is permitted at identified cultural resource sites.

9) Pesticides will not be used in riparian areas of the North Umpqua Wild and Scenic River Corridor except along seasonal streams during the dry season.

Page 1 of 2 Revised 3/31/2012