- (a) The North Carolina Pesticide Board hereby declares the eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus, and the hairy-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri, to be pests.
(b) Pesticides registered for use to control the eastern mole and the hairy-tailed mole may be used when either species is tunneling in managed turf in the following areas:
- (1) residential;
- (2) commercial;
- (3) government property, excluding federal and State parks;
- (4) golf courses, driving ranges, and golf instructional facilities;
- (5) sod farms;
- (6) athletic fields; or
- (7) cemeteries.
- (c) For purposes of this Rule, managed turf shall not include pastures.
- (d) Pesticides used to control the eastern mole and the hairy-tailed mole shall not be applied within 100 feet of natural or man-made bodies of water, including streams, rivers, ponds, swamps, lakes, and wetlands.
- (e) Pesticides used to control the eastern mole and the hairy-tailed mole shall not be applied at elevations of 4000 feet or greater.
History Note: Authority G.S. 143-444(1); 143-458;
Eff. April 1, 2015;
Readopted Eff. August 1, 2020.