Specifications include, but are not limited to: a) Written description of Spill Prevention Procedures to guard against spills or leaks when storing, handling, mixing/loading, or applying mosquitocides used by the aerial spray Contractor. b) Written description of Spill Response Procedures whenever spills or leaks might occur associated with storing, handling, mixing/loading, or applying mosquitocides used by the aerial spray contractor. This should include descriptions of how spills, leaks and other releases will expeditiously be stopped, contained, or cleaned up. Should also include description of how aerial spray contractor’s employees have been trained for such emergency situations. c) Written description of Pesticide Application Equipment Maintenance and Calibration Procedures, including schedules of spray equipment maintenance, cleaning, or repair to ensure proper operating conditions when applying mosquitocides used by the aerial spray Contractor; and schedules for calibration procedures for determining or ensuring proper or required spray rates, spray droplet sizes, swath widths, etc. when applying mosquitocides used by the aerial spray contractor. The latter section dealing with spray calibration schedules and procedures will also be in large measure a responsibility of the Mosquito Control Section, but any overlap or redundancy in producing and adhering to such schedules and procedures can only be helpful. d) Written description for Adverse Incident Response Procedures, for how an aerial spray Contractor will respond in the field to an adverse incident observation or report; and to then report to the Mosquito Control Section and DNREC/DW in a timely manner any significantly adverse incidents associated with storing, handling, mixing/loading, or applying mosquitocides used by the aerial spray contractor. Such incidents could involve significantly adverse effects or impacts to the applicator or the applicator’s staff, to the public, to non-target organisms, or to the environment. e) An aerial spray Contractor might also have to take on at the contractor’s expense some Pesticide Monitoring roles or tasks that will be described in writing by the Mosquito Control Section, as part of the Section’s Pesticide Monitoring Schedule and Procedures. It is anticipated that most such roles for an aerial spray contractor will be confined only to some casual, visual monitoring of possible adverse environmental impacts associated with a spray application; and due to the nature of spraying by aircraft, the capability for even this type of visual monitoring in any type of meaningful manner will be quite limited.
