MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
P.O. Box 30017, 525 West Allegan, 5th Floor
Lansing, Michigan 48909
N O T I C E
Restriction of Use of 2,4-D or MCPA in Grape Growing Areas
In accordance with Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amended, notice is hereby given that orders heretofore issued on April 16, 1963, subsequent to public hearings and publication, shall continue in effect during the period from May 1 to October 1, 2008, unless a petition for modification or recission of the order, signed by 10 or more grape growers or 50 or more persons not grape growers in the affected area, is filed with the Director of Agriculture on or before April 15. The grape growing areas affected by the orders are described as follows:
Order No. 1
All of Antwerp, Paw Paw, and Porter Townships; Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Waverly Township; Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 36, Lawrence Township; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Decatur Township; Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36, Almena Township; and Sections 24 and 25, Hamilton Township; Van Buren County, Michigan; all of Texas Township; and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, Oshtemo Township; Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
Order No. 2
All of the land contained in Hagar, Benton, Bainbridge, Coloma, Watervliet, Sodus, Pipestone, Berrien, Oronoko, Royalton, St. Joseph, Lincoln, Lake, Baroda, and Chikaming
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Townships; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, Weesaw Township; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 24, Buchanan Township; and Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Niles Township; Berrien County; Sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31, Pokagon Township; and Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, and 18, Silver Creek Township; Cass County; Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, Keeler Township; Sections 17, 22, 23, and 28, Hartford Township; Sections 14, 23, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35, Covert Township; and Section 36 West of Covert Township; Van Buren County; and all part of the State of Michigan.
It is ordered that pursuant to the authority granted the Director of Agriculture by Act No. 6 of the Public Acts of 1959, as amended, any and all persons shall cease and desist from the use of the volatile ester forms of 2,4-D and MCPA within the above described areas during the period of May 1 to October 1, 2008, and that the amine forms of 2,4-D and MCPA be applied at sprayer pressures not to exceed forty pounds and that sprayer booms be operated over crops at a height not greater than 25 inches.
March 10, 2008Don Koivisto, Director
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