The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public feedback to import Method 240 SL Herbicide to control wilding conifers and other woody weeds.

Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd has applied for approval to import the herbicide. 

The active ingredient, aminocyclopyrachlor, would be a new substance to New Zealand. It is approved in Australia, Canada, and the USA.

If approved, the herbicide would be used to control wilding conifers and other woody weeds such as gorse, broom, blackberry and thistles.

The herbicide would be sprayed on non-crop farmland and conservation land such as native bush, recreational and tourist areas and on industrial sites such as railways and roadways. 

The applicant says the risk associated with the product is low, and is proposing a 9.1D classification (slightly harmful to the aquatic environment). 

The EPA is seeking public views on the potential benefits or adverse effects additional to those described by the applicant.

Submissions close at 5.00 pm on July 31.

Click here to read the application documents and make a submission.