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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 15.22.02.08" title_num="15" subtitle_num="22" chapter_num="02" heading="Pest and Disease Control.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A producer may use the following practices and substances consistent with applicable label instructions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adjuvants and wetting agents (organic);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Allelochemics (attractants, deterrents, repellants, locomotor stimulants, and convalescents);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Beneficial insects, predators, parasites;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Biological pesticides and emulsifiers or synergists;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5-1)">
      <text>Cryolite;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Cultural practices (timing, environments);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Diatomaceous earth;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Dormant oils;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Elemental sulfur or liquid sulfur;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Fiber row covers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Fungicidal soaps;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Garlic, hot peppers, or pureed plants;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Growth regulators, only if organically derived;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Herbal or plant-derived controls (deer repellent);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Hydrogen peroxide;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>Insect extracts or purees;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>Lime sulfur, including calcium polysulfide;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>Mechanical or electrical controls;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>Microbial or viral agents;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>Micronutrients, with toxicity to be avoided;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>Natural barriers, which include fencing and protective coatings from approved natural products;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21-1)">
      <text>Neem;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21-2)">
      <text>Pesticides from naturally occurring organisms;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>Pheromones;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(23)">
      <text>Physical barriers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(24)">
      <text>Pyrethrums, if from a botanical source;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(25)">
      <text>Quassias;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(26)">
      <text>Resistant varieties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(27)">
      <text>1 percent Rotenone;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(28)">
      <text>Ryania;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(29)">
      <text>Ryania, pyrethrum, and rotenone blends, if from a botanical source;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(30)">
      <text>Sabadilla;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(31)">
      <text>Seed inoculants;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(32)">
      <text>Soaps;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(33)">
      <text>Sound;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(34)">
      <text>Summer oils;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(35)">
      <text>Supplemental feeding or management techniques;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(36)">
      <text>Timing of plantings;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(37)">
      <text>Trapping substances;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(38)">
      <text>Tree seals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(39)">
      <text>Vacuuming;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(40)">
      <text>Viral sprays; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(41)">
      <text>Vitamins.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A producer may use the following substances and practices subject to applicable label instructions, but only for the purpose listed for each:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Arsenic, which may only be used in pressure-treated wood but not for growing boxes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Baking soda and vinegar, which may be used for sanitation only;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Boric acid, which may not be used on edible plant parts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Chlorine bleach, which may only be used as a disinfectant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Dormant oils (woody dormant);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Hydrated lime, which may be used only as a foliar fungicide;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Lime sulfur, which may be used only as a foliar fungicide; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Summer oil, which may not be used as a herbicide.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If approved by the Department as part of the farm plan, a producer may use the following substances subject to applicable label instructions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Streptomycin, with overuse to be avoided;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Treated seeds;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Bordeaux mixture;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Copper hydroxide;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Copper sulfate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Cupric oxide; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Tribasic copper formulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A producer using any of the copper-containing products listed in §C(3)—(7) of this regulation shall monitor the soil to avoid copper buildup.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A producer may use traps containing pesticides prohibited by this subtitle that do not contact, and are not added to, soil or water.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An organic producer may not use:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Synthetically compounded pesticides;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Nonsynthetic compounds, such as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Arsenic;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ash from manure burning;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Lead salts;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Sodium floualuminate (mined);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Strychnine; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Tobacco dust, or nicotine-based products; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Genetically engineered or modified organisms.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A producer shall forward to the Department before use the label and any other instructions for a product not listed in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>