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Rules and Responsibilities for Pesticide Applicators

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Licensing and Recertification

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Getting Recertification Credit

• New Attendance Procedures!!
• Need to scan license card in AND out!
• If missing one scan-

NO CREDIT GIVEN!

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Workshop Goals & Expectations

• Goals
• Meet educational requirements to maintain license (recertification)
• Refresh knowledge
• Engage in peer-to-peer learning
• Provide updates
• Expectations
• Arrive on time, stay the entire day
• Scan pesticide license card start and finish
• Be respectful to speakers and engage in presentations

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Recertification and License Renewal

• Recertification and License Renewal are different!
• You need both!

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Recertification License Renewal

• It is a training requirement
• Helps ensure your knowledge and

competence

• Today’s fees (for workshops) go to the

workshop sponsors

• Annual administrative fee paid to MDA for the

license

• Retesting & paying the retest fee is an

alternative to recertification

• You cannot renew your license without either

recertifying OR retesting every 2 years

• Renew before March 1 to avoid late fee

Recertification and Retesting

You always have 2 options:

• Option 1: Recertification through workshops
• Option 2: Recertification through retesting

Recertification (workshop) attendance requirements met within renewal period Applicator renews license annually MDA issues your license Recertification (workshop) attendance requirements NOT met within renewal period Retest to meet recertification requirement, pay retest fees, and pass exam Applicator renews license annually MDA issues your license

Pesticide Regulation in Minnesota

• What is the law?
• Federal Insecticide Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - authority delegated

to Minnesota Department of Agriculture

• The pesticide’s label
• Minnesota Pesticide Control Law
• Authority granted to MDA to issue credentials

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License Type: Commercial

• Commercial Pesticide Applicator License:
• Required to apply any pesticide for hire (General Use Pesticides and Restricted Use

Pesticides)

• Required to appy Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs)
• Must meet the financial responsibility requirements

*MN law does not allow supervised applications by unlicensed applicators

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License Type: Noncommercial

• Noncommercial Pesticide Applicator License
• Not-for-Hire
• Part of the license holder’s job performed on property owned or controlled by the employer
• Required to apply Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) on employer’s property

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3/29/2018 - 12/31/2018

Your License

• Keep your license with you

when applying pesticides!

• A license is valid when:
• The date is current
• The license types and categories

match your scope of work

• The correct employer is listed

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Your License

License Renewal

• Mailed early December
• Renew online or by mail
• Online is only available if there are NO changes to your license

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License Questions

• Licensing Changes and Questions
• 651-201-6615
• pesticide.licensing@state.mn.us
• www.mda.state.mn.us

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Conditions to Maintain Your License

• How do I maintain my license?
• Your license type and categories should match the scope of your work
• The expiration date is current
• The correct employer is listed
• You renew each year; and pay your renewal fee
• You recertify or retest when needed
• Financial responsibility and workers’ compensation requirements are met (where

applicable)

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Category J & Applicator Responsibilities

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Applicator Responsibilities

• Applicator Responsibilities
• Carry your license
• Use, handle, and store pesticides:
• According to the label
• Only in the targeted area
• DO NOT use, handle, and store pesticides in any way that:
• Endangers humans and pets
• Damages agricultural produces
• Causes environmental damage
• Is inconsistent with the label, MN Pesticide Law, or your license

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Category J Changes: Manual and Test

• Manual is new with Category J changes
• 2nd Edition, November 2016
• Exam is new with Category J changes
• Implemented December 1, 2016

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What does Category J include?

• For application of pesticides to terrestrial vegetation and some insects

and diseases in natural areas, forests, and rights-of-way

• Allows treatment of exposed parts of emergent vegetation
• Does not allow application directly to water

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Natural Areas, Forestry, Rights-of-Way

What does Category J include?

Natural Areas

• Landscapes such as prairies, grasslands, riverbanks, lakeshores, and

woodlands

Pesticides applied to:

• Kill vegetation prior to seeding for restoration
• Spot treat weeds in native plant community
• Treat invasive in native plantings
• Control invasive woody plants (buckthorn) (some overlap with Category E)

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Natural Areas, Forestry, Rights-of-Way

What does Category J include?

Forests

• Establishment and management of forests; silviculture (not arboriculture)

Pesticides applied to:

• Manage large wooded areas grown for timber
• Prepare sites for planting
• Remove competing trees
• Maintain trails in state or county forests

Natural Areas, Forestry, Rights-of-Way

What does Category J include?

Rights-of-Way

• Zones along roads and railroads; electric, telephone, pipeline utilities; power substations

Pesticides applied to:

• Maintain facilities & structures
• Improve visibility and safety
• Maintain planted vegetation
• Maintain clearance
• Control noxious and invasive plants

Natural Areas, Forestry, Rights-of-Way

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What does Category J include?

Some Aerial Applications

• All aerial applications for controlling infestations of tree insect pests in nurseries,

forests, and urban landscapes

Examples:

• Gypsy Moth
• Forest Tent Caterpillar

Natural Areas, Forestry, Rights-of-Way

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Applicator Responsibilities: Spills

• Applicator Responsibilities
• Report spills to the MN Duty Officer

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Applicator Responsibilities: Incident Response Plan

• Incident Response Plan
• Persons using or distributing

agricultural chemicals must maintain an incident response plan

• Plans must be:
• Updated every three years or when

changes occur

• Reviewed with employees at least

annually

• Also upon changes and new hires
• Offered to local first responders

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Sample Incident Response Plan

• How can I find the sample plan?
• Visit www.mda.state.mn.us

Search: “Preparing for a Spill”

Applicator Responsibilities: Recordkeeping

• Keep records of each pesticide application

*Non-Commercial applicators must keep records of all RUP applications

• How do I keep compliant records?
• Record an application within 5 days of the application date
• All in one document
• Required information is different per category – provided by MDA

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Applicator Responsibilities: Recordkeeping

• What information should I record?
• Visit www.mda.state.mn.us

Search: Pesticide Application Templates

Remember You MUST license at exit

If you don’t scan license at exit, you will not receive credit!

Thank you!!

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