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

the baits be placzo 3s la2 in In? =a1 l as ?raczicab:e in kze?ins
with saf3ty to neat eating na~mals 2nd bjrds ar,d s3ndi tions <strong>of</strong> weati?er
and travel. Sai ts were also to be removed as early in the spring as
weather and travel conditions penittzd, the theory being that chjs
would el imi nate exposufz to bears and other hibernating animal s.
Because ai dense snow pck and otker raasons, there were ocr3sions
when baits could not be renoved and desi~oyed until zarly sumer
or iatsr, lflnich vras long after animals wcu:id be auz <strong>of</strong> hi bernacion.
45. Large baits were to be treatsd at the rate <strong>of</strong> 1 .5 grams <strong>of</strong> 1680 per
1Otf pounds <strong>of</strong> bait. ' by usi l;g a syri nrj?
or meac pump 2nd making injecxions <strong>of</strong> the toxic sold~icn ar eveniy
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spaced interval s ~i7: ,? the meat was stil l 61a.m. 3zcaus2 bone,
hide, erc., had to be deducted in derarmining the #,~eish: af he
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bai s for app1icat;cn <strong>of</strong> cha a~propria~ amount <strong>of</strong> toxic solu~ion,
and because <strong>of</strong> .the field condi ti ons under lrihi ch -,he ba~ ts wer2
prepar?d, even distribution <strong>of</strong> the coxic solution in the baits !has
difficult or impossible to achieve.
46. A1 1 but one witness 1,qho participated in or ~rino :das familiar with the
1080 large-bai ting program testified that the deaths <strong>of</strong> non-target
species kere ninimal. Searches for target and non-tar3et animals,
however, were normally conducted only at the time <strong>of</strong> disposal <strong>of</strong> the
baits or the remains there<strong>of</strong> and such searches varied widely in scope
and int2nsicy. The characteristic latency period after the ingestion
<strong>of</strong> C~mpound 1080 makas it likely :hat a1 1 birds and animals poiscned
thereby ~ould not die in the imediate vicinity <strong>of</strong> the bait. Because