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Intro: Types of pesticide applicators in Iowa - ANSWER Commercial Applicators
(another person for compensation); Public Applicators (as employee govt agencies);
Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer); Private Applicators (agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides)
Intro: Describe certification & recertification requirements - ANSWER Certification:
Employed by a certified, licensed company; fee paid to IDALS; 21-day grace period (direct
supervision); closed-book exam. Recertification: 3-year qualification cycle; renewable by
either testing every third year or attending approved continuing instruction courses (CIC);
core & categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What agency regulates pesticide use in US - ANSWER U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
C1: Summarize pesticide registration & re-registration - ANSWER FIFRA requires the
EPA to regulate the sale & use & they do this through registration & labeling of pesticide
products; human health & the environment. Re-registration FIFRA requires EPA to conduct
comprehensive reviews of older pesticides human health & environmental effects
C1: Understand the penalties for violations of FIFRA - ANSWER Violations of the legal
provisions established in FIFRA civil penalties as much as $6,500 for each offense; violation
of the law also may subject you to criminal penalties up to $25,000 or one year in prison, or
both.
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,C1: FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1947)
regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, & disposal of all pesticides
C1: FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act sets allowable residue
levels to ensure the safety of the food supply
C1: FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act amended both FIFRA & FFDCA & set a
tougher standard for pesticides on food.
C1: Residues & Tolerances - ANSWER Residues: Small amounts of pesticides on fruits,
vegetables, grains, other foods, & animal feeds. Tolerances: the EPA sets allowable residue
levels under FFDCA regs, safe tolerances "a reasonable certainty of no harm".
C1: How does the ESA relate to pesticides - ANSWER The Endangered Species Act
(ESA): Pesticides use may directly or indirectly, through drift and runoff, affect endangered or
threatened species & their habitat.
C1: Summarize RCRA - ANSWER Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives
EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-grave", rinsates &
hazardous waste; become solid wastes when you want to discard.
C1: Who is protected by the WPS - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard (WPS) helps
protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, & greenhouses from occupational exposure.
C2: List the requirements of pesticide applicator records - ANSWER 1) Name &
certification number of licensee; 2) Name & address of landowner or customer; 3) Address
of the place of application of pesticide; 4) Date of application; 5) Trade name of pesticide;
6) Quantity of pesticide used & the concentration or rate of application; 7) Temperature and
direction & velocity of wind; 8) the use of "restricted use" pesticides; 9) Time pesticide
application begins & ends.
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, C2: Describe the Sensitive Crops Directory - ANSWER It is an online registry to identify
locations of pesticide-sensitive crops & apiaries (bee yards): vineyards, orchards, certified
organic crops, and fruit & vegetable crops. Susceptible to drift & meet minimum acreage
requirements.
C2: Iowa Bee Rule - ANSWER Owners of apiaries shall register location (expires Dec
31); shall not apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees within 1 mile of apiaries between 8
am & 6 pm (registered on 1st day of month)
C2: List the notification requirements for urban pesticide applications -
ANSWER Notification: must post signs at the start of application; display signs for at
least 24 hrs after the application (longer if label requires); does not apply to pesticides
applied within a structure or within 6 ft of the outside perimeter of a structure, nor to the
homeowner or tenant. Also, prenotification, durable signs, remove, provide label
C2: Summarize the Iowa atrazine management rules - ANSWER Atrazine is a restricted
use pesticide due to ground & surface water concerns. Atrazine application rates are limited
to 2.5 lbs per acre per calendar year; restricts rates to 1.5 lbs in 23 counties (7 county -wide
16 in some townships); may not be mixed, loaded, or repackaged within 50 feet of a
sinkhole, well, cistern, lake, water impoundment, this includes, but is not limited to,
abandoned wells, agricultural drainage wells & drainage well surface inlets, & drinking water
wells; atrazine mixing, loading, & equipment cleanout must meet the secondary
containment requirements in the Iowa administrative code.
C2: Recognize the requirements of on-site containment of pesticides - ANSWER All
non-mobile bulk pesticide storage containers must be located within a watertight secondary
containment facility, a structure used to prevent runoff or leaching of pesticide materials. If
you store for more than 30 days & mix more than 300 gal and/or 300 lbs, your facility is
considered a permanent storage & mixing site. Paved & sloped & elevated, curbed;
engineer's design, plans IDALS; rainwater, cracks; washing, rinsates.
C2: Penalties for violations of the Pesticide Act of Iowa - ANSWER If you violate any
provisions of Pesticide Act of Iowa (PAI), max civil penalty must not exceed $500 per
violation;
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Intro: Types of pesticide applicators in Iowa - ANSWER Commercial Applicators
(another person for compensation); Public Applicators (as employee govt agencies);
Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented, or leased by the applicator or the
applicator's employer); Private Applicators (agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides)
Intro: Describe certification & recertification requirements - ANSWER Certification:
Employed by a certified, licensed company; fee paid to IDALS; 21-day grace period (direct
supervision); closed-book exam. Recertification: 3-year qualification cycle; renewable by
either testing every third year or attending approved continuing instruction courses (CIC);
core & categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What agency regulates pesticide use in US - ANSWER U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
C1: Summarize pesticide registration & re-registration - ANSWER FIFRA requires the
EPA to regulate the sale & use & they do this through registration & labeling of pesticide
products; human health & the environment. Re-registration FIFRA requires EPA to conduct
comprehensive reviews of older pesticides human health & environmental effects
C1: Understand the penalties for violations of FIFRA - ANSWER Violations of the legal
provisions established in FIFRA civil penalties as much as $6,500 for each offense; violation
of the law also may subject you to criminal penalties up to $25,000 or one year in prison, or
both.
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,C1: FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (1947)
regulates the production, transportation, sale, use, & disposal of all pesticides
C1: FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act sets allowable residue
levels to ensure the safety of the food supply
C1: FQPA - ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act amended both FIFRA & FFDCA & set a
tougher standard for pesticides on food.
C1: Residues & Tolerances - ANSWER Residues: Small amounts of pesticides on fruits,
vegetables, grains, other foods, & animal feeds. Tolerances: the EPA sets allowable residue
levels under FFDCA regs, safe tolerances "a reasonable certainty of no harm".
C1: How does the ESA relate to pesticides - ANSWER The Endangered Species Act
(ESA): Pesticides use may directly or indirectly, through drift and runoff, affect endangered or
threatened species & their habitat.
C1: Summarize RCRA - ANSWER Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gives
EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-to-grave", rinsates &
hazardous waste; become solid wastes when you want to discard.
C1: Who is protected by the WPS - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard (WPS) helps
protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, & greenhouses from occupational exposure.
C2: List the requirements of pesticide applicator records - ANSWER 1) Name &
certification number of licensee; 2) Name & address of landowner or customer; 3) Address
of the place of application of pesticide; 4) Date of application; 5) Trade name of pesticide;
6) Quantity of pesticide used & the concentration or rate of application; 7) Temperature and
direction & velocity of wind; 8) the use of "restricted use" pesticides; 9) Time pesticide
application begins & ends.
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, C2: Describe the Sensitive Crops Directory - ANSWER It is an online registry to identify
locations of pesticide-sensitive crops & apiaries (bee yards): vineyards, orchards, certified
organic crops, and fruit & vegetable crops. Susceptible to drift & meet minimum acreage
requirements.
C2: Iowa Bee Rule - ANSWER Owners of apiaries shall register location (expires Dec
31); shall not apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees within 1 mile of apiaries between 8
am & 6 pm (registered on 1st day of month)
C2: List the notification requirements for urban pesticide applications -
ANSWER Notification: must post signs at the start of application; display signs for at
least 24 hrs after the application (longer if label requires); does not apply to pesticides
applied within a structure or within 6 ft of the outside perimeter of a structure, nor to the
homeowner or tenant. Also, prenotification, durable signs, remove, provide label
C2: Summarize the Iowa atrazine management rules - ANSWER Atrazine is a restricted
use pesticide due to ground & surface water concerns. Atrazine application rates are limited
to 2.5 lbs per acre per calendar year; restricts rates to 1.5 lbs in 23 counties (7 county -wide
16 in some townships); may not be mixed, loaded, or repackaged within 50 feet of a
sinkhole, well, cistern, lake, water impoundment, this includes, but is not limited to,
abandoned wells, agricultural drainage wells & drainage well surface inlets, & drinking water
wells; atrazine mixing, loading, & equipment cleanout must meet the secondary
containment requirements in the Iowa administrative code.
C2: Recognize the requirements of on-site containment of pesticides - ANSWER All
non-mobile bulk pesticide storage containers must be located within a watertight secondary
containment facility, a structure used to prevent runoff or leaching of pesticide materials. If
you store for more than 30 days & mix more than 300 gal and/or 300 lbs, your facility is
considered a permanent storage & mixing site. Paved & sloped & elevated, curbed;
engineer's design, plans IDALS; rainwater, cracks; washing, rinsates.
C2: Penalties for violations of the Pesticide Act of Iowa - ANSWER If you violate any
provisions of Pesticide Act of Iowa (PAI), max civil penalty must not exceed $500 per
violation;
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