2009 Southeast Eugene Spray Program

FIVE RIVERS

GYPSY MOTH SPRAY PROGRAM

• Website - Gypsy Moth in North America
• The Complete Tree List showing Gypsy Moth Preferences
  
• Gypsy Moth Life Cycle
• Natural Enemies of the Gypsy Moth
• The 20 most common Gypsy Moth host trees

AERIAL SPRAY IN FIVE RIVERS, OREGON ON APRIL 30, 2003

AERIAL SPRAY #2 IN FIVE RIVERS, OREGON ON MAY 9, 2003

DOCUMENTS:

• Final Environmental Assessment - Gypsy Moth Lincoln County - March 11, 2003
  
• 1995 Gypsy Moth Management in US - Final Environmental Impact Statement Summary
  
• Forest Service Fisheries Report and Biological Evaluation, Febuary 20, 2003, by Michael Northrop
  

• NPDES permit Evaluation Report 1-21-2003
• NPDES permit 3-05-2003
• DEQ memorandum Gypsy Moth Spray Water Quality Analysis 3-05-2003
• Notice of Public Hearing - April 10, 2003 - NPDES permit issued 3-07-2003

• ODA News 1-23-03
• ODA News 4-16-03
• ODA News 4-21-03
  

INFORMATION RESOURCES:

Information about pesticides and alternatives to pesticides:

• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)

PubMed: Information from the National Library of Medicine about chemicals and toxicity:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=PubMed

Search Engine:

• http://www.google.com/

Excellent Website for Information on Gypsy Moth spray program problems:

• http://www.nosprayzone.org/

FORAY 48B - BIOPESTICIDE:

• FORAY 48B Long Label (agriculture)
• FORAY 48B label obtained upon request from manufacturer
• FORAY 48B obtained from ODA
• FORAY 48B Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
• Manufacturer's Manual for FORAY and Dipel (see page 4 "ample surfactants")
  

  "Inert" ingredients in FORAY 48B:

• Freedom of Information Act request for list of inerts in FORAY 48B

  1, 2-Benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT) biocide in FORAY 48B:   enter the chemical name or formula name in the PubMed Search Link above for information about toxicity

  Organo Silicone Surfactant:

• Airborne Exposures to Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki During Gypsy Moth Eradication by Teschke, et. al 2000
  

   HEALTH AND ENVIROMENTAL EFFECTS OF FORAY 48B:

• The Case Against Overhead Pesticide Spraying in the Township of Waskesiu Lake, Prince Albert National Park of Canada by Saskatchewan Environmental Society, January 28, 2003
  
•  Health Risk Assessment of the 2002 Aerial Spray - Auckland, March 2002
• Human Exposures to Bacillus thuringiensis after Aerial Applications by Levin 2002
• Airborne Exposures to Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki During Gypsy Moth Eradication by Teschke, et. al 2000
  

Effects of Pesticides on Salmon - Report on NCAP's website:

• Diminishing Returns: Salmon Decline and Pesticide by Dr. Richard Ewing
  

  Toxicity of the "inert" of organo silicone surfactant, trisiloxane by Cowles, et al, 2000:

• "Inert" Formulation Ingredients with Activity: Toxicity of Trisiloxane Surfactant Solutions to Twospotted Spider Mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) by Cowles, et al 2000
  
• Multistate Research Project Proposal - Bioherbicides with Organosilicone Surfactants
  
• Characteristics of Organosilicone Surfactants and Their Effects on Sulfonylurea Herbicide Activity by Jinxia Sun, PhD Thesis 1996
  

  "Active" ingredient = Bacillus Thuringiensis:

• Bacillus Thuringiensis (B.T.) Factsheet from NCAP
• Human Exposures to Bacillus thuringiensis after Aerial Applications by Levin 2002
  

Spray Drift Articles:

• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - "Indiscriminately From the Skies"
  
• Pesticide Action Network North America - Secondhand Pesticides: Airborne Pesticide Drift in California, May 7, 2003
  

COMMENTS AND RESPONSES:

• Comments to ODA on Draft EA for Gypsy Moth Eradication
  

• DEQ's Response to Comments on the NPDES permit
• Forest Service Response to Comments on Final Environmental Assessment
  

AGENCIES INVOLVED AND CONTACT INFORMATION

FOREST SERVICE (USDA FS):

• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/
• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nwfp.htm
• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/
• http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/contact/
  

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (ODA):

• http://www.oda.state.or.us/
• http://www.oda.state.or.us/Plant/index.html
  

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE (USDA APHIS):

• http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
  

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ):

• http://www.deq.state.or.us/
• http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/
  

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (US EPA):

• http://www.epa.gov/region10/
  

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) - NOAA FISHERIES:

• http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/
  

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA):

• http://www.noaa.gov/
  

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (USFWS) - PACIFIC REGION (1):

• http://pacific.fws.gov/
  

OREGON GOVERNOR TED KULONGOSKI:

• http://governor.oregon.gov/

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION:

• http://www1.faa.gov/
  

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS INFORMATION:

APPEAL OF FOREST SERVICE DECISION RECORD AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (DR AND FONSI):

• Appeal Information
• Forest Service Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact

LEGAL ACTION INFORMATION: