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Statewide Use Restrictions Inside Canal and Ditch Banks

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Use of pesticides registered for agricultural, outdoor industrial, and outdoor institutional use containing chemicals listed in section 6800(a) is prohibited below the high water line inside unlined canals and ditches, unless at least one of the following applies:

 


(a)

(b)
the pesticide user can document that the percolation rate of the canal or ditch is equal to or less than 0.2 inches per hour; or
the pesticide is applied six months before water is run in the canal or ditch.