Incident Report
Subform I: General Information
1. Report Type.
New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2013-2730
2. Registrant Information.
Registrant Reference Number: 2013-6
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): BASF Canada
Address: 100 Milverton
City: Mississauaga
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: L5R4H1
3. Select the appropriate subform(s) for the incident.
Environment
4. Date registrant was first informed of the incident.
01-MAY-13
5. Location of incident.
Country: UNITED STATES
Prov / State: LOUISIANA
6. Date incident was first observed.
26-APR-13
Product Description
7. a) Provide the active ingredient and, if available, the registration number and product name (include all tank mixes). If the product is not registered provide a submission number.
Active(s)
PMRA Registration No. 23713
PMRA Submission No.
EPA Registration No. 241-431
Product Name: Arsenal
7. b) Type of formulation.
Liquid
Application Information
8. Product was applied?
Yes
9. Application Rate.
Unknown
10. Site pesticide was applied to (select all that apply).
Site: Industrial / Industriel
Préciser le type: powerline are containing honeybee hives
11. Provide any additional information regarding application (how it was applied, amount applied, the size of the area treated etc).
Area sprayed around bees approx 3 mile by 400 ft wide sometime in the period April 22-26
To be determined by Registrant
12. In your opinion, was the product used according to the label instructions?
Unknown
Subform IV: Environment (includes plants insects and wildlife)
1. Type of organism affected
Terr. Invrtbrt-Honey Bee/Inv.Ter-Abeille
2. Common name(s)
honeybee
3. Scientific name(s)
Unknown
4. Number of organisms affected
90000
5. Description of site where incident was observed
Fresh water
Terrestrial
Other
Salt Water
6. Check all symptoms that apply
Death
7. Describe symptoms and outcome (died, recovered, etc.).
Beekeeper lost 3 of 4 hive colonies which were sprayed sometime between April 22-26
8. a) Was the incident a result of (select all that apply)
Drift
8. b) i) How many times has the product been applied this year?
Unknown
8. b) ii) What was the date of the last application?
Unknown
9. Did it rain
9. a) During application?
Unknown
9. b) Up to 3 days after application?
Unknown
10. a) Was there a buffer zone?
Unknown
10. b) What type?
10. c) What was the size of the buffer zone?
11. a) Were environmental samples collected and analysed?
No
To be determined by Registrant
12. Severity classification (if there is more than one possible classification, select the most severe)
Major
13. Please provide supplemental information here
Unknown likelihood inconsistent with known toxicity.