Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

<strong>of</strong> frcm C.7 7ercant to 3 p?rcsnt, gross incone couid increas2 frcn
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$317 to $1 ,260, ?roCuction CosTj cculd increase frcm 5107 to $429
and returns frsm preda~or contr3l and to nanagsnen: couid incr3as2
from 3212 to 5831. The largest benefits would be enjoyed by the
2,400 head sheep operator using range lambing having a reduction in
lamb losses ranging from 1.5 percent to 12 oercznc. Gross income
for this produc2r could increase frcm 51,845 to S15,35L and production
costs could increase frm $707 to 55,925, resul ti ng in retirns frcn
predator control and to management incre2sins from 51,139 to 2s
much as $9,529. These estimates do not include increases in cost
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for predator conzrol: inese are, <strong>of</strong>8 course, sstirnates bas2a on
lasses considered to be average or represzntztive and like all
averages, ccu13 underest'mate sr over~sti~at2 the financial impact
cn individual pr~ducsrs suffering predation lossss.
Issue 5 - Envirm~~en~ai Safe:;/
38. In F1,JS cescs l~i th toxic col 1 ars, :ol 1 ars ere 1 ost , others were
accidentally punctured 2nd still others probably ?uncmred and not
recovered. Lost collars woula mcst lik21y 5e found by the rancher
or 1 ivestock owner ,xilo wcuid be familar wir,~~ tne hazzrds reprgsentoa
by the collars. An adult finding an intact collar would be unlikely
to open the reservoir,if he noticed the hazard notic? printed
thereon. While it is conceivable that a child <strong>of</strong> tender years
might wander into a pasture or other area wnere collared livestock
had been kept and find a punctured or leaking collar, get the soiuti~n