P-9.3, r. 1 - Pesticides Management Code

Section 73 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

73. An owner or operator of a golf course who applies pesticides or has pesticides applied on the golf course must, every 3 years beginning on 3 April 2006, send a pesticide reduction plan to the Minister.

The plan must contain the following information:

(1)  identification:

(a)  the name and address of the owner or operator of the golf course;

(b)  the name and address of the golf course;

(c)  the name and address of the person or permit holder who is responsible for pesticide applications;

(d)  the name of the person responsible for maintaining the green areas of the golf course; and

(e)  the total area of the golf course including only the greens, tee off areas, alleyways, sand traps and roughs, in hectares;

(2)  pesticides:

(a)  the total quantity of pesticides applied annually in the 3 years preceding the sending of the plan to the Minister for the following classes of pesticides, with an indication of the area treated for each class:

— fungicides;

— insecticides;

— herbicides;

— rodenticides; and

— other pesticides; and

(b)  the name of each pesticide used for each category and its registration number;

(3)  pesticide reduction objectives for the next 3 years, expressed in percentage or in quantity, for each of the following classes of pesticides:

(a)  fungicides;

(b)  insecticides;

(c)  herbicides;

(d)  rodenticides; and

(e)  other pesticides;

(4)  methods used to observe, monitor and detect harmful organisms and the data collected, the preventive measures, the cultivation methods and the control methods used to attain the pesticide reduction objectives;

(5)  measures taken to prevent pesticides from migrating outside the premises; and

(6)  an evaluation of the results attained in regard to the reduction plan for the 3 previous years, their justifications and the corrective adjustments to be made, if any.

The plan must be signed by an agronomist who is a member of the Ordre des agronomes du Québec.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 73.