{"id":37761,"date":"2023-08-15T19:51:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=37761"},"modified":"2023-08-15T19:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:51:57","slug":"n-s-issues-2023-pesticide-spraying-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=37761","title":{"rendered":"N.S. issues 2023 Pesticide Spraying Approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From a release<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change has issued four new approvals for pesticide spraying, covering 1,415 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approvals are for aerial and ground spraying of glyphosate-based products on land for forestry purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approval holders are ARF Enterprises Inc. and J. D. Irving Ltd. The proposed timeframe for spraying is Monday, August 14, to Friday, September 30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approvals expire December 31, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two multi-year corridor spraying approvals were reissued to Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada and Asplundh Canada, which allow for spraying in Nova Scotia Power&#8217;s utility corridor and CN&#8217;s rail line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All approvals are posted online at: <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/nse\/pesticide-spray\/docs\/pesticide-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/nse\/pesticide-spray\/docs\/pesticide-2023.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health Canada&#8217;s Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency determines whether a product is safe for use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;194&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;188&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia only approves pesticide spraying using chemicals that have been approved by the federal agency.<br \/><br \/>Quick Facts:<br \/>&#8212; approvals include specific terms and conditions that must be met, such as only spraying during a particular range of wind speeds, maintaining separation distances from water and notifying the public about spraying times<br \/>&#8212; spraying is done for forestry management and for public safety along transportation routes<br \/>&#8212; all 10 provinces allow spraying of Health Canada-approved products<br \/>&#8212; there is no aerial or ground spraying taking place on Crown land in 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;192&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] From a release HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change has issued four new approvals for pesticide spraying, covering 1,415 hectares. The approvals are for aerial and ground spraying of glyphosate-based products on land for forestry purposes. The approval holders are ARF Enterprises Inc. and J. D. Irving Ltd. The proposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[50,2592,48,5274,5275],"class_list":["post-37761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-halifax","tag-minister-tim-halman","tag-n-s","tag-n-s-environment-and-climate-change","tag-pesticide-spraying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}