NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR

PERMIT TO APPLY PESTICIDES

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has applied to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for a permit to apply pesticides to invasive orange

hawkweed growing in the margins of water bodies near Ugashik. The following project is proposed and is being reviewed by the appropriate regulatory

programs. DEC requests comments from the public regarding the permit application. Copies of the application are available on-line or upon request.

PROJECT NAME: 2024 Ugashik Orange Hawkweed Pesticide Use Permit.

WRITTEN COMMENTS: Comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on March 6, 2024. To ensure that your comments are considered in relation to this application, please include the project name at the beginning of your comment. To be considered, comments must be submitted online to DEC at https://dec.alaska.gov/comment/ or in writing to DEC:

Rebecca Colvin

Department of Environmental Conservation Pesticide Program

555 Cordova Street, Anchorage AK 99501

Fax: 907-269-7510

Email: Rebecca.colvin@alaska.gov

PROJECT SUMMARY AND LOCATION: The USFWS has applied to DEC for an aquatic pesticide use permit to apply pesticide to invasive orange hawkweed growing in the margins of water bodies near Ugashik. The proposed pesticide is Roundup Custom Herbicide, with EPA registration number 524-343, with active ingredient glyphosate. The product will be applied with a backpack sprayer,

targeting individual infestations. Treatment would occur between May 1 and August 31 throughout the duration of the permit.

PROJECT NEED: Orange hawkweed is an invasive plant that is capable of outcompeting and displacing native plants that provide important ecological functions for fish and wildlife. Manual

and mechanical control methods are ineffective or not practical for these plants.

PERMIT APPLICANT:

Benyamin Wishnek

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

P.O. Box 2139

Soldotna, AK, 99669

FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPLICATION CONTACT:

Karin Hendrickson

Department of Environmental Conservation

Pesticide Control Program

1700 E. Bogard Rd. #B103, Wasilla AK 99654

Phone: (907) 376-1856

Email: karin.hendrickson@alaska.gov

The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a

special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Meg Kohler at megan.kohler@alaska.gov or (907) 269-4198 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY

within 15 days of this publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.