Spray Drift Management: Principles, Strategies Ans Supporting Information

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Spray Drift Management focuses on managing the risks associated with pesticide spray application, in particular, spray drift onto non-target areas where there may be risk of injury or damage to humans, plants, animals, environment or property. Safe handling practices are also included because of their importance in creating a safe workplace. * Provides a guide to the minimum standard of planning that everyone involved in chemical application should aim to attain. * Draws together the current scientific and technical information on the causes of chemical spray drift and looks at ways to reduce it. To date, such information has been difficult to access in a single and simple to understand document. Spray Drift Management is designed to assist chemical users develop spray drift management strategies that address the specific nature of the pest problem and the climatic and geographic characteristics of the region involved. The comprehensive nature of the supporting information makes it a useful tool for developing education and training programs and is a useful reference for policy makers The Australian Commonwealth and State/Territory governments created several new Ministerial Councils from the amalgamation and redirection of the work of several existing Councils. These changes saw the winding up of ARMCANZ (and SCARM) and the establishment of a new Council, the Primary Industries Ministerial Council, its primary source of advice will flow from a committee of senior officials, the Primary Industries Standing Committee (PISC).

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Primary Industries Standing Committee