New Hampshire
New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules, section 506.07, states that aerial applications cannot occur when children are commuting to and from school and when there is outdoor activity. This section also prohibits aerial applications in sensitive areas, including day care centers and school buildings and property, playgrounds and athletic fields. Distance to the school is subject to the aerial application permit.
New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules, section 508.01, requires signs to be posted when commercial applications are made to turf areas. The signs are to remain posted for 24 hours.
New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules, section 506.07(b) and (c), states that pesticides are not to be applied aerially in sensitive areas, such as school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields and any other property of the school “where exposure to the pesticide(s) may have an adverse effect on human health, wildlife, and the environment.” (N.H. CODE ADMIN. R. DIV. PEST. CNTRL. § 506.09(b) (1998)).
www.agriculture.nh.gov/laws-rules/index.htm#pesticidecontrol
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