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(d) In the case of an emergency vegetation management situation that results in a public health hazard to the extent that it necessitates a temporary exemption from this article, the mayor or director of the applicable department may request a temporary exemption from the council. A temporary exemption may be granted by the council if it finds the following: (1) The temporary exemption is necessary to address an emergency public health hazard; (2) All other methods available do not adequately mitigate the public health hazard; and (3) That a reasonable time period for this exemption has been proposed. Section 14-145. Use of herbicides during transition. (a) During the transition period from January 1, 2020 until December 31, 2023, the director of the department of environmental management, the director of the department of parks and recreation and the director of the department of public works, shall take steps to reduce the use of substances that are listed on the schedule of prohibited herbicides. These steps shall include: (1) Creating and carrying out, in concert with ongoing advisement from the vegetation management transition committee, a program to transition from using prohibited herbicides to using minimum risk and eco-friendly products and methods; and (2) Establishing and maintaining a County-wide record system to document the County's use of herbicide usage, prohibited and otherwise, the use of other methods, effectiveness of the various choices, and associated costs. These records shall be shared with the vegetation management transition committee. (b) During the transition period, if the departments of environmental management, parks and recreation, or public works intend to apply a substance listed on the prohibited herbicide schedule on a County owned or maintained public park or alongside a County owned or maintained road, bikeway, sidewalk, trail, drainageway, or waterway: (1) A notice shall be posted that a prohibited herbicide, identified by name, will be applied on a specified date and site. The notice shall be posted in a visible location at the site where the herbicide will be used, at least twenty-four hours before application; (2) The area sprayed shall be made inaccessible to the public until the sprayed product dries, but for no less than four hours, or in accordance with the product's label, whichever is greater; (3) A blue dye shall be applied to the product to make it visible to the naked eye; and (4) All directions on the label must be adhered to, such as wind or rain condition restrictions. 4