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Contract Number:K2284 <br />ATTACHMENTA <br />Plan of Work <br />Kittitas County <br />and its agent the Kittitas County Horticultural Pest and Disease BoardAppleMaggotControlandEradication <br />July 1,2017 to June 30,2019 <br />Kittitas County will conduct pest prevention/control activities on apple maggot (Rhaeoletis <br />pomonella)in Kittitas County,Washington in accordance with chapter 15.09 RCW.This effort isfocusedoncontainingexistingpopulationsidentifiedbyWSDA,preventing establishment andpossiblespreadingtoadjacentareasanderadicatingnewinfestationswherepossible.WSDA <br />will conduct an apple maggot detection program in Kittitas County and will provide a list of allnewpositivesitestotheKittitasCountyHorticulturalPestandDiseaseBoardControl <br />Coordinator (hereafter known as the control coordinator). <br />Kittitas County will contract for apple maggot control services for infestations known or <br />discovered in Kittitas County.The Kittitas County control coordinator and contractor(s)will use <br />an integrated pest management approach that incorporates tree and/or fruit removal,andinsecticideapplication.Kittitas County will ensure contracting procedures are in compliancewithallapplicablelaws,rules,regulations,and ordinances.All control methods employed will <br />be consistent with the rules and regulations of Washington State and Kittitas County.No tools orequipmentwillbepurchasedasapartofthisagreement. <br />Any contractor(s)providing apple maggot control services will be required to work closely with <br />the control coordinator.The control coordinator will consult with the WSDA project entomologistbasedinYakimaorhis/her supervisor,or the Pest Program Manager in Olympia,prior to applemaggotcontrolactivity(including insecticide application)at any site.The contractor(s)will beavailabletobeactiveinthefieldfromapproximatelyJuly10throughSeptember30,2017 andJuly10throughSeptember30,2018.The apple maggot flight season,control methodsavailableandsiteconditionsmaycausethesedatestovaryslightly. <br />DELIVERABLES <br />On or before December 15,2017,and again on or before December 15,2018,the control <br />coordinator will submit a written report to the WSDA Agreement administrator,documenting,at <br />a minimum,the following information for each site on which apple maggot control activity <br />occurs:location of site,date(s)of the control effort(s),type of control effort (i.e.tree removal,fruit removal,insecticide application)and results insofar as can be determined of the controleffort.Copies of all commercial pesticide application records will be attached to the report.AllreportsofunusualorunanticipatedeffectsontheenvironmentandreportsofnegativehumanhealtheffectsshallalsobereportedtoWSDAimmediatelyupondiscovery. <br />The Kittitas County Apple Maggot Control and Eradication Program will be coordinated with <br />state,local,and private control efforts. <br />Page 1 of 1