(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)

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Sec. 3.25. "Integrated pest management" is defined as a pest management system that includes the following elements:

(a)identifying pests and their natural enemies;

(b)establishing an ongoing monitoring and recordkeeping system for regular sampling and

assessment of pest and natural enemy populations;

(c)determining the pest population levels that can be tolerated based on aesthetic,

economic, and health concerns, and setting action thresholds where pest populations or environmental conditions warrant remedial action;

(d)the prevention of pest problems through improved sanitation, management of waste,

addition of physical barriers, and the modification of habitats that attract or harbor pests;

(e)reliance to the greatest extent possible on nontoxic, biological, cultural or

mechanical pest management methods, or on the use of natural control agents;

(f)when necessary, the use of chemical pesticides, with preference for products that

are the least harmful to human health and the environment; and

(g)recordkeeping and reporting of pest populations, surveillance techniques, and

remedial actions taken.