Aquatic Mosquito Control General Permit Public Comment

OK. Let the record show that it is 1:52 PM on March 9, 2010, and this public hearing is being held at the rdMoses Lake fire department located at 701 E 3 Avenue in Moses Lake, Washington. The primary purpose of this hearing is to receive public comments regarding the issuance of the draft aquatic mosquito NPDES general permit. The legal notice of this public hearing was published in the Washington State Register, Issue number 10-03-093. Ecology also directly notified the following interested parties. Mosquito Control Districts, statewide local health departments, State Department of Health, State Departments of Agriculture and Fish and Wildlife, the Toxics Coalition, commercial applicators and environmental interests. In addition, information about the permit issuance, public workshop and hearing date were posted on Ecology‟s website and public calendar. When I call your name, please come down and have a seat and please state your name and your address and if you are representing anybody, who you‟re representing and please provide your comments for the record. We have several people who‟ve indicated they‟d like to testify, so I‟m going to give you five minutes to present your testimony, but I guarantee you probably won‟t use that much. Five minutes is an awfully long time to talk. So, if at the end, you didn‟t get all your comments captured, then I‟ll allow you to come back and provide more. So, at this point in time, Mr. Ron Montgomery, if ...