§ 33B-13. Integrated pest management on County property.

(a) Adoption of program. The Department must adopt an integrated pest management program for all property owned by the County.

(b) Requirements. Any program adopted under subsection (a) must require:

(1) monitoring the turf or landscape as appropriate;

(2) accurate record-keeping documenting any potential pest problem;

(3) evaluating the site for any injury caused by a pest and determining the appropriate treatment;

(4) using a treatment that is the least damaging to the general environment and best preserves the natural ecosystem;

(5) using a treatment that will be the most likely to produce long-term reductions in pest control requirements and is operationally feasible and cost effective in the short and long term;

(6) using a treatment that minimizes negative impacts to non-target organisms;

(7) using a treatment that is the least disruptive of natural controls;

(8) using a treatment that is the least hazardous to human health; and

(9) exhausting the list of all non-chemical methods and listed pesticides for the targeted pest before using any other treatments.

(c) The Department must provide training in integrated pest management for each employee who is responsible for pest management. (, § 1.)

Editor’s note—, § 3, states as follows: The prohibitions and requirements related to the use of registered pesticides and neonicotinoids on County-owned property and in County parks contained in Sections 33B-10, 33B-12, 33B-13 and 33B-14 take effect on July 1, 2016.