Or. Admin. Code § 603-057-0360 - Sodium Fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and the Livestock Protection Collar; Restrictions on Use
(1) Coyotes
shall be the only species that may be considered to be a regulated pest, as
defined in OAR 603-057-0001(8), and therefore considered to be a target
organism, upon which sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and the livestock
protection collar may be used.
(2)
Only employees of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control, licensed as public pesticide
applicators in the subcategory specified in OAR 603-057-0115(4)(b) shall use
the livestock protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate (Compound
1080).
(3) The following shall
apply to use of the livestock protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate
(Compound 1080):
(a) Use of collars shall
conform to all applicable federal, state and local regulations;
(b) Use of collars shall be limited to
appropriate sites within the geographic boundaries of Curry County,
Oregon;
(c) Collars shall only be
in the possession of the registrant and its employees, except when in
use;
(d) Collars shall only be
filled with Compound 1080 solution by the manufacturer;
(e) Collars shall be used only to take
coyotes that prey upon domestic livestock within fenced pastures no larger than
2,560 acres;
(f) Collars may be
used only after a finding by United States Department of Agriculture, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal Damage Control personnel that
appropriate non-lethal methods of coyote control, by method, have failed to
reduce losses to an acceptable level, and all other available lethal or
non-lethal methods have been found to be ineffective or
inappropriate;
(g) Prior to use of
the livestock protection collar at a particular site, a preapplication
inspection report will be completed by the applicator which identifies the
following:
(A) Non-lethal techniques utilized
at the site, and the reason each one was found to be impractical or
unsatisfactory;
(B) Non-lethal
techniques considered for the site, and the reason each one was considered
impractical or unsatisfactory;
(C)
Lethal techniques utilized at the site, and the reason each one was found to be
impractical or unsatisfactory;
(D)
Lethal techniques considered for the site, and the reason each one was
considered impractical or unsatisfactory.
(h) Where collars are in use, each logical
point of access shall be conspicuously posted with a bilingual
(English/Spanish) warning sign not less than 8" x 10" in size. Such signs shall
be inspected weekly to insure their continued presence and legibility, and will
be removed when all collars are removed and accounted for;
(i) Each collar in use shall be inspected by
the applicator at least twice a week to insure that it is properly positioned
and unbroken;
(j) Damaged or broken
collars shall be removed from the field and either returned to the manufacturer
for repair or disposed of properly;
(k) If a collar is lost, an intensive search
for the missing collar shall be conducted within twelve hours from the time the
loss is noted. Use of all other collars at the particular site shall be
terminated after twelve hours if a search is not conducted for the lost collar
and a cause for the loss identified. If the collar is lost due to a deficiency
which can be corrected, appropriate corrections will be enacted prior to the
continued use of collars on that site;
(l) If a collar is found to have been
punctured by a predator attacking a collared animal, an intensive search shall
be conducted for the animal which punctured the collar;
(m) Disposal of punctured or unserviceable
collars and contaminated animal remains, vegetation and soil shall be
accomplished by deep burial or burning at a safe location, preferably on the
property of the landowner;
(n)
Storage of livestock protection collars containing Compound 1080 shall only be
under lock and key in a dry place away from food, feed, domestic animals and
corrosive chemicals. Collars shall not be stored in any structure occupied by
humans.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561 & ORS 634
Stats. Implemented: ORS 634.306(13) & ORS 634.322(6)
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