(225 ILCS 235/3.25) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2203.25)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)

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.

(Source: P.A. 87-1106; reenacted by P.A. 95-786, eff. 8-7-08.)