Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

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croductian ass~r~edlj Sue ~2 penni?~, $;3,413 In 1~~32s ~f tics acd
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xohai r 2nd S823 in veserinary f2es and 'rugs. I nfse figur2s jc: rzcz
and i ndirec-c coscs) tocslea 541 ,979 from which was subtractsd S6,jEO
for expected normal iasszs <strong>of</strong> adult goats, kids and nonair.
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181. Mr. Cannolly (finding 133) testiiisd :haz intact, ~nbr3kan cgllars ci:
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not pose an ?nv?rcnnenial hazard and wer? not a sijnificanc hazarc :o
collarad 1 ivestock. In the FWS field cests lwich ;he toxic ccilar a
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total <strong>of</strong> 313 collars were used, <strong>of</strong> which 25 :~erl rzccverzd aft2r
having been punc:ur.d by coyot?s, four zore collars wera probabl;
punctured and not recover2d and 14 were lost. In addi~ion, 11
coi 1 ars ;rerp, acci den~a11 y punctured. ,A1 :nough :,he repor? <strong>of</strong> the
aval uation <strong>of</strong> these r,zsts by /4r. Connol ly ackno:v?ed~b rha', the
hazard posed by 10s;: col lars Idas difficul "Lo oOb.ject.i5~e1j/ a ssas, i r.
was pointad out that the col lars were nost 1 ikely to be found by tne
livestock owner, who would be aware <strong>of</strong> the potential hazard rather
than a third person unfamiliar therewith. It was further pointzd out
that the principal danger to the finder would be from opening the
collar and taking the lC8O orally, which he would do only if he failed
221 The actual number <strong>of</strong> collars used was 151 small and 94 lar~e
col 1 a;, the. 31 3 f i gure being the resul t <strong>of</strong> counting separa~el y col 1 arr
used on more than one test. Small collars contained approximately 300
mg toxic solutian while large collars cantain twice that amount.