(1) Area 5 description.
(a) Cold Creek buffer zone. An area including
all lands lying within a boundary line beginning at the southwest corner of
Section 7, T12N, R24E; thence east five miles along section lines to the
southeast corner of Section 11, T12N, R24E; thence north approximately seven
miles along section lines to the Columbia River; thence easterly approximately
two miles along the Columbia River to the east section line of Section 6, T13N,
R25E, near the Vernita Bridge; thence south approximately eight and one-half
miles along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 18, T12N, R25E;
thence west seven miles along section lines to the Benton-Yakima County line at
the southwest corner of Section 18, T12N, R24E; thence north one mile along the
county line to the point of beginning.
(b) Roza buffer zone. An area including all
lands lying within a boundary line beginning at the northwest corner of Section
25, T10N, R26E; thence west four miles along section lines to the northwest
corner of Section 29, T10N, R26E; thence south one mile along the section line
to the southwest corner of Section 29, T10N, R26E; thence west eleven miles
along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 29, T10N, R24E; thence
north one mile along the section line to the intersection with Anderson Road at
the northeast corner of Section 29, T10N, R24E; thence west two miles along
Anderson Road and section lines to the Benton-Yakima County line at the
northwest corner of Section 30, T10N, R24E; thence north two miles along the
county line to the northwest corner of Section 18, T10N, R24E; thence east four
miles along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 15, T10N, R24E;
thence south one mile along the section line to the southeast corner of Section
15, T10, R24E; thence east seven miles along section lines to the southwest
corner of Section 13, T10N, R25E; thence north one mile along the section line
to the northwest corner of Section 13, T10N, R25E; thence east six miles along
section lines to the northwest corner of Section 13, T10N, R26E; thence south
two miles along section lines to the point of beginning.
(c) Horse Heaven Hill southwest buffer zone.
An area including all lands lying within a boundary line beginning at the
northwest corner of Section 13, T6N, R24E; thence south five miles along
section lines to the southwest corner of Section 1, T5N, R24E; thence east
three miles along the section lines to the northeast corner of Section 8, T5N,
R25E; thence south one mile along the section line to the southeast corner of
Section 8, T5N, R25E; thence west one mile along the section line to the
southwest corner of Section 8, T5N, R25E; thence south approximately five miles
to the Washington Oregon border; thence northeasterly along the Washington
Oregon border until its intersection with the eastern section line of Section
8, T5N, R26E; thence north approximately six miles along section lines to the
northeast corner of Section 17, T6N, R26E; thence west nine miles to the point
of beginning.
(2) Area 5
restrictions.
(a) Application by air of use
restricted herbicides as defined by WAC
16-230-810
may be made by written permit only.
(b) The use or application of low volatile
ester formulations of use restricted herbicides is prohibited on and after
April 5th through October 31st of each year: Provided, That hormone sprays may
be applied by aircraft to orchards for the prevention of fruit drop.
(c) On and after April 5th through October
31st of each year all applications of use restricted herbicides are prohibited
daily from three hours prior to sunset until two hours after sunrise the
following morning: Provided, That applications of use restricted herbicides are
exempt from the sunset and sunrise restrictions when using an application rate
of forty gallons of water carrier or greater per treated acre and conforming to
the manufacturer's specified combination of nozzle type/size and pressure in
pounds per square inch (psi) at the nozzle that produces a spray droplet size
that falls within the very coarse (or larger) range as defined by the ASABE
standards: Provided further, That applications of granular and pellet
formulations of the use restricted herbicides are exempt from the sunset and
sunrise restrictions: Provided further, That applications of the use restricted
herbicides on small experimental plots for research purposes are exempt from
the sunset and sunrise restrictions.