North Dakota Agricultural Association

2010 Safe Send Dates and Locations Announced

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has determined the 2010 dates and locations of their popular program, Project Safe Send. Project Safe Send helps farmers and the general public safely and legally get rid of unusable pesticides. This 18 year old program is safe, simple and non-regulatory. According to Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, “Project Safe Send provides a valuable service to agriculture producers, agribusiness and the public in disposing of outdated or unusable pesticides”.

The program accepts any pesticides (i.e. herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides and fungicides) that are old, unusable or banned and is open to the public including farmers, ranchers, pesticide dealers and applicators, government agencies and homeowners. After the collections, hazardous pesticides are carefully packed and shipped out of state for incineration. Project Safe Send is funded through the fees paid by pesticide manufacturers to register their products in North Dakota.

Please check your storage areas for any unusable pesticides and set them aside for Project Safe Send. In the meantime, keep pesticides locked up safely. If you have deteriorating or leaking containers, over pack them in larger containers and add absorbent materials. Free heavy-duty plastic bags are available from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture.

People with more than 1,000 pounds of pesticides should preregister. No other preregistration is required. A maximum of 20,000 pounds of pesticide per participant will be accepted. Pesticide rinse water also will be accepted at any of the 12 collection sites. The first 100 pounds of rinse water will be taken free of charge; a fee will be applied for each additional pound.

If you would like preregister over 1,000 pounds of pesticides, receive heavy duty plastic bags or have questions about Project Safe Send, please call Jessica Johnson at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture at (800) 242-7535 or jnjohnson@nd.gov .
Please see the schedule below with dates and locations. The collections will run from 9 AM to 3 PM local time.

Location	Date	Address and directions
New England	July 7^th, 2010	11704 61^st St SW- east side of junction of highway 21 and highway 22 just south of New England
Watford City	July 8^th, 2010	11^th Ave SW- on US Highway 85, ¾ mile south of junction of US Highway 85 and ND Highway 23, west side of 85
Crosby	July 9^th, 2010	10320 119^th Avenue NW- Northeast corner of ND highway 5 and county highway 42 intersection, on west edge of Crosby
Minot	July 12^th, 2010	1305 Highway 2 Bypass East- from intersection of US highway 83 and 2, go east about 3 miles, DOT is on the eastside of Highway 2, just north of gooseneck implement (John Deere Dealership)
Underwood	July 13^th, 2010	337 Old Highway 83- just north of Underwood on the west side of 83
Ashley	July 14^th, 2010	520 7^th Street SW- ½ mile south of Ashley on Highway 3
Carrington	July 15^th, 2010	6739 Highway 200- ½ mile east of junction of ND highway 200 and US highway 281 on the north side of the road
Valley City	July 16^th, 2010	1524 8^th Avenue SW- south of I-94 at exit 292
Adams	July 19^th, 2010	804 First Avenue-in Adams, from the intersection of 1^st Ave and Park St. go East one block, on the south side of the road
Cando	July 20^th, 2010	7411 68^th Avenue NE- two blocks north of ND highway 17 on east edge of Cando, about one mile east of US highway 281
Larimore	July 21^st 2010	1524 Towner Avenue- north side of Larimore, west side of highway 18
Wahpeton	July 22^nd, 2010	7930 180 R Avenue SE- ½ mile west of Wahpeton on south side of ND highway 13

USED PESTICIDE CONTAINER RECYCLING

This year Container Services Network, LLC with the Agriculture Container Recycling Council will be accepting used plastic pesticide containers at five Project Safe Send collection sites. The sites are as follows:
Minot 7/12/10
Underwood 7/13/10
Ashley 7/14/10
Valley City 7/15/10
Carrington 7/16/10

Only these five sites will offer recycling, please do not bring recycling to other sites

If you want to bring in your containers to recycle, please note the following:
• The CSN/ACRC program covers containers made from HDPE up to 55 gallons in size (no shuttles or IBCs will be accepted during this pilot program)
• All containers must be triple rinsed and free of residue
• All caps, gaskets, and closures must be removed
• All booklets and labels must be removed

CSN is running this pilot program with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture to increase the amount of recycling in your State and minimize the environmental impact of land filling the containers. Considering this is the first time this service has been offered during Project Safe Send, we are asking that applicators interested in using the program call CSN and pre-register. This is necessary in order to set up the proper logistical support for this initial phase. CSN will have staff on site to discuss any recycling or Container Containment Compliance questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you in July.