Monday, August 8, 2011

Do you know what a "No-Spray Zone" is?

No-Spray areas are those areas in which any herbicide spraying is prohibited. These include the following areas when they are within a right-of-way and within:

(a) any Zone I area around a public water supply wellhead;
(b) 100 feet of any Class A Surface Water Source;
(c) 100 feet of any tributary or associated surface water body where the tributary or associated surface water body runs within 400 feet of a Class A surface water source;
(d) ten feet of any tributary or associated surface water body where the tributary or associated surface water body is at a distance greater than 400 feet from a Class A surface water source;
(e) a lateral distance of 100 feet for 400 feet upstream, on both sides of the river, of a Class B Drinking Water Intake;
(f) 50 feet of any identified Private Well;
(g) ten feet of any Wetlands or Water Over Wetlands;
(h) ten feet of the mean annual high-water line of any river; and
(i) ten feet of any Certified Vernal Pool.