LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel will begin taking public comments next week and hold a hearing in February on a plan to allow restricted use of an herbicide that was banned following complaints that it drifted onto crops and caused damage.
The Arkansas Plant Board will begin accepting public comments Monday through Feb. 5th on the proposed restrictions for the use of dicamba. The new restrictions prohibit dicamba’s in-crop use from May 21st to Oct. 31st. The rule includes a one-mile buffer zone around research stations, organic crops, specialty crops, non-tolerant dicamba crops and other sensitive crops for applications from April 16th to May 20th.
The panel will hold a public hearing Feb. 20th on the proposed regulations.
The state had previously banned dicamba’s use from April 16th through Oct. 31st.
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