With guidance on whether Local Environment Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) can be used.
Buffer zones for product applied with horizontal boom equipment
There will some products which have buffer zones specified at distances greater than 5 metres as detailed in interim extension to LERAP scheme guidance. These are on a crop basis and at present there is no search facility for these products. In the interim a list of these products is available from the following link: Table of products with a buffer zone greater than 5m.
Buffer zones for products applied with broadcast air-assisted spraying equipment
A number of products are subject to buffer zones when applied with broadcast air assisted spraying equipment. At present there is no search facility available to search for these products. Full details of the scheme are available in the Orchard scheme booklet -"Broadcast air-assisted sprayers: a step-by-step guide to reducing aquatic buffer zones" (pdf 14 pages).
This free booklet can also be ordered from Defra Publications.
