Pesticide Notification Requirements for Waters of the State

According to the Water Quality Standards for the State of North
Dakota, the ND Department of Health, Division of Water Quality
must be notified before any pesticide or herbicide is applied to
waters of the state.  Rule, 33-16-02-04-05 reads as follows:

     This Department must be notified at least twenty days prior
to the application of any herbicide or  pesticide to surface
waters of the State for control of aquatic pests.

     The notification must include the following information:

     a.  Chemical name and composition.

     b.  Map which identifies the area of application and number
          of square feet.

     c.  A list of target species of aquatic biota the applicant
          desires to control.

     d.  The calculated concentration of active ingredient in
          surface waters immediately after application.

     e.  Name, address, and telephone number of the certified
          applicator.

Waters of the state are defined in the North Dakota Century Code,
Section 61-28-02, "all waters within the jurisdiction of North
Dakota, including all streams, lakes, ponds, impounding
reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, waterways, and all other
bodies of accumulations of water on or under the surface of the
earth, natural or artificial, public or private, situated wholly
or partly within or bordering upon the state, except those
private waters which do not combine or effect a junction with
natural surface or underground water just defined."

For further information or questions concerning the pesticide
notification requirements please contact the North Dakota
Department of Health, Division of Water Quality at (701) 328-
5210.

(Submitted by:  Eric Pearson, Environmental Scientist, ND Dept.
of Health, Div. of Water Quality)