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

in vials <strong>of</strong> 0.3 g and 1.6 g, i r: :vas iv~ossible
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;f a srs,.;: ? %/enjj zkra~~n e2c:? ?sun:', <strong>of</strong> m't. "= , - C~SCY:';H! :he ?r,,irnsn:
~ssd, ; IC!ort3n meat pliii;D for rhe ?tir?os2 ~f 5~3ar ~lir! ncj hans , as
a medieval method <strong>of</strong> application, and asserted thac ckbe o?ungars
frpquently leaked and that the pumps did not work properly if usd in
below freezing or zero weather. 2e stated that 1080 had an affinity
for protsin and would not penecr3te membranes. IF the need?? hit a
membrsne, it a~torna~ically created a h o ~ spot, i.?., an ar2a cf mre
conc?ntra-c2d so1ut;on. He indicat~d that even aStsr :4GC fieid
persor?nel were furnishzd scales, it was still nec2siary t3 estinat?
the amcunt <strong>of</strong> bone, hide, etc. in each ?crticn in det~rniniag :he
?roper quanzity <strong>of</strong> 1080 solu-cion to apply. He statsd hat gradua~ec
containers hoil'd have Deen <strong>of</strong> assistanc2 in ~ixins che proper quantify,
bux xhat such con,;-j.iners Were no; avai iabi?.
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133. 'iith che zxce9t:on <strong>of</strong> Er. Randal 1, tesciinony from 3 ; 1 ~ifnes~~s tine
par-cicipated in or who wera fami 1 iar wizh t h I080 ~ baiting program
was to the effect th{lC deaths <strong>of</strong> non-target species from the baits
were minimal . Beca~se <strong>of</strong> tne charac12r-i s ti c i at.2ncy period fcr toxic
effect after the ingestion <strong>of</strong> Compound 1080, it is probable that xny
animals and birds feeding on the stations and receiving a lethal dose
would not die in the imediate vicinity. The svidencz is that searcks
for birds and animals thought to have been poisoned by ~he stations
were chiefly conducted at the time <strong>of</strong> disposal <strong>of</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> the baits
and that these searches varied widely in scope and intensiry. Sy that