A. The director shall designate pesticide management areas. Pesticide management areas may be urban areas that are adjacent to farmlands and have a history of concerns known by the department regarding nearby aerial pesticide applications. The director may adopt rules for designating pesticide management areas.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-366

  • Department: means the Arizona department of agriculture. See Arizona Laws 3-101
  • Pesticide: means any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for defoliating plants or for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects, fungi, bacteria, weeds, rodents, predatory animals or any form of plant or animal life which is, or which the director may declare to be, a pest which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, humans, animals or households or which may be present in any environment. See Arizona Laws 3-361

B. If possible at least twenty-four hours before applying a pesticide listed by the director under section 3-362, subsection A, paragraph 3 by aircraft in a pesticide management area the applicator shall notify the department. In any event, every reasonable attempt shall be made to notify the department before every application of pesticide in a pesticide management area.

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