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Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
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determine whether a pesticide could be approved for use considering the maximum single application
rate specified on pesticide labels for habitat management and croplands/facilities maintenance
treatments pertaining to refuges. Where the “worst-case scenario” likely would only result in minor,
temporary, and localized effects to listed and non-listed species with appropriate BMPs (see Section
5.0), the proposed pesticide’s use in a PUP would have a scientific basis for approval under any
application rate specified on the label that is at or below rates evaluated in a Chemical Profile. In
some cases, the Chemical Profile would include a lower application rate than the maximum labeled
rate in order to protect refuge resources. As necessary, Chemical Profiles would be periodically
updated with new scientific information or as pesticides with the same active ingredient are proposed
for use on the refuge in PUPs.
Throughout this section, threshold values (to prevent or minimize potential biological and
environmental effects) would be clearly identified for specific information presented in a completed
Chemical Profile. Comparison with these threshold values provides an explicit scientific basis to
approve or disapprove PUPs for habitat management and cropland/facilities maintenance on refuge
lands. In general, PUPs would be approved for pesticides with Chemical Profiles where there would
be no exceedances of threshold values. However, BMPs are identified for some screening tools that
would minimize/eliminate potential effects (exceedance of the threshold value) as a basis for
approving PUPs.
Date: Service personnel would record the date when the Chemical Profile is completed or updated.
Chemical Profiles (e.g., currently approved pesticide use patterns) would be periodically reviewed
and updated, as necessary. The most recent review date would be recorded on a profile to document
when it was last updated.
Trade Name(s): Service personnel would accurately and completely record the trade name(s) from
the pesticide label, which includes a suffix that describes the formulation (e.g., WP, DG, EC, L, SP,
I, II or 64). The suffix often distinguishes a specific product among several pesticides with the same
active ingredient. Service personnel would record a trade name for each pesticide product with the
same active ingredient.
Common chemical name(s): Service personnel would record the common name(s) listed on the
pesticide label or material safety data sheet (MSDS) for an active ingredient. The common name of a
pesticide is listed as the active ingredient on the title page of the product label immediately following
the trade name, and the MSDS, Section 2: Composition/ Information on Ingredients. A Chemical
Profile is completed for each active ingredient.
Pesticide Type: Service personnel would record the type of pesticide for an active ingredient as one
of the following: herbicide, dessicant, fungicide, fumigant, growth regulator, insecticide, pisicide, or
rodenticide.
EPA Registration Number(s): This number (EPA Reg. No.) appears on the title page of the label
and MSDS, Section 1: Chemical Product and Company Description. It is not the EPA
Establishment Number that is usually located near it. Service personnel would record the EPA Reg.
No. for each trade name product with an active ingredient based upon PUPs.
Pesticide Class: Service personnel would list the general chemical class for the pesticide (active
ingredient). For example, malathion is an organophosphate and carbaryl is a carbamate.
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