P-9.3, r. 1 - Pesticides Management Code

Section 29.1 Disposition versions

2023-07-06

29.1. Despite section 29, a pesticide may be applied on the following conditions:

(1)  it is applied by paint-on treatment, injection, basal application, cut stump application or foliar application using a backpack sprayer;

(2)  it is applied under a program, directive or intervention plan established by the government, the federal government, a department or body of such a body or a municipality to control

(a)  poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans);

(b)  hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium);

(c)  giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum);

(d)  alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus);

(e)  European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica);

(f)  Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica);

(g)  giant knotweed (Reynoutria sachalinensis);

(h)  the introduced sub-species of common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. subsp. australis);

(i)  wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa);

(3)  it is applied in the unwatered portion of the target site.

The species mentioned in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph include all varieties, cultivars and hybrids of those species.

The person responsible for the work to control plants must, at least 21 days before its application, notify the Minister and the local municipality concerned or, in the case of an unorganized territory, the regional county municipality concerned.

O.C. 990-2023, s. 14.