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MN Pesticide Applicator (Category A)
Pesticide Misuse - ANSWER✔ -Not using a pesticide according to label directions
-using a pesticide not registered for sale or use in MN
-applying without a license
-applying in a endangering way to animals/ppl/environment
MDA - ANSWER✔ MN Department of Agriculture
FIFRA - ANSWER✔ Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act .
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - ANSWER✔ Pesticide formulation designed and approved by
the FIFRA
Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs) - ANSWER✔ All pesticides other than RUPs including
general use and unclassified pesticides, organic pesticides, etc
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) - ANSWER✔ These applicators apply pesticide 'for
hire' in, on or around their customers buildings and other structures.
Re-certification - ANSWER✔ There are two ways to recertify .
1 - attend an MDA approved category specific recertification workshop.
2 - re-test by taking the category certification exams and pay retest fees.
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Reciprocity - ANSWER✔ Allow someone residing in licensed in another state to obtain a
pesticide applicator license in MN without being required to take MN initial certification exams
or completing MN recertification requirements .
Endangered Species - ANSWER✔ A plant or animal in danger of extinction.
Examples-
MN Dwarf Trout Lily
Piping Plover
Topeka Shiner
Karner Blue Butterfly
Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
Threatened Species - ANSWER✔ A plant or animal likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future.
Examples-
Leedy's Roseroot
Prairie bush clover
Western prairie fringed orchid
Canada Lynx
Candidate Species - ANSWER✔ Plants or animals that are being considered for designation as
threatened or endangered .
Examples-
Spragues Pipit
Eastern Massasauga
Dakota Skipper
Snuffbox
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Sheepnose
Spectaclecasew
Pesticide Management Plan - ANSWER✔ A plan of protection for groundwater and surface
water.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) - ANSWER✔ These are practical, research-based ways for
users of pesticides to prevent or minimize contamination.
Application Setbacks - ANSWER✔ The distance of untreated land between a pesticide treated
area in the areas that need protection from the pesticides.
Depth to Groundwater - ANSWER✔ The distance from the soil surface down to the water table.
Backflow - ANSWER✔ When the water source filling the pesticide application equipment has a
water pressure drop unexpectedly in the supply line, electricity is shut down or a pump fails and
the pesticide runs back into the water source, contaminating it.
Air Gap - ANSWER✔ A physical separation, or gap, between the water source and the rim of the
tank or container you are filling, designed to prevent backflow.
Reduced Pressure Principal Device - ANSWER✔ Two independent check valves in the water
supply line, with an automatic pressure differential valve located between the two valves.
Pressurized Vacuum Breaker - ANSWER✔ Vees stop backflow in the waterline is under
continuous water pressure and the waterline pressure is lost.
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker - ANSWER✔ These let air from the atmosphere into the waterline
to break the backflow siphon at the event of pressure loss in the waterline.
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4 Ways to prevent Backflow - ANSWER✔ 1) Airgap
2) Use a reduced pressure principle device
3) Use a pressurized vacuum breaker
4) Use an atomspheric vacuum breaker
Chemigation - ANSWER✔ Application of pesticides and fertilizers through irrigation systems
(Must have a Chemigation permit to do)
Pesticide Waste - ANSWER✔ Includes both pesticides that you cannot use as originally
intended, old pesticides that may no longer be effective or pesticides you no longer need or
want.
Waste Pesticides - ANSWER✔ Pesticides that are no longer usable or wanted.
Examples-
The government has banned the use of the pesticide.
The pesticide has been stored too long and lost effectiveness or changed in other ways so it no
longer works.
The pesticide is left over or you no longer need or want it.
Agricultural Chemicals - ANSWER✔ Substances such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers
STARR - ANSWER✔ Secure - Key people/children/pet/animals away from site and wear PPE
Telephone - if there is a threat to public safety call 911 and or fire department if needed. Then
call safety duty officer to report
Abate - Control the source of contamination and contain the contamination so it does not
spread any further
Recover - collect the released chemical and any contaminated soil or other materials
Remediate - dispose of recovered chemical in contaminated soil and materials
MN Pesticide Applicator (Category A)
Pesticide Misuse - ANSWER✔ -Not using a pesticide according to label directions
-using a pesticide not registered for sale or use in MN
-applying without a license
-applying in a endangering way to animals/ppl/environment
MDA - ANSWER✔ MN Department of Agriculture
FIFRA - ANSWER✔ Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act .
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) - ANSWER✔ Pesticide formulation designed and approved by
the FIFRA
Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs) - ANSWER✔ All pesticides other than RUPs including
general use and unclassified pesticides, organic pesticides, etc
Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA) - ANSWER✔ These applicators apply pesticide 'for
hire' in, on or around their customers buildings and other structures.
Re-certification - ANSWER✔ There are two ways to recertify .
1 - attend an MDA approved category specific recertification workshop.
2 - re-test by taking the category certification exams and pay retest fees.
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Reciprocity - ANSWER✔ Allow someone residing in licensed in another state to obtain a
pesticide applicator license in MN without being required to take MN initial certification exams
or completing MN recertification requirements .
Endangered Species - ANSWER✔ A plant or animal in danger of extinction.
Examples-
MN Dwarf Trout Lily
Piping Plover
Topeka Shiner
Karner Blue Butterfly
Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
Threatened Species - ANSWER✔ A plant or animal likely to become endangered within the
foreseeable future.
Examples-
Leedy's Roseroot
Prairie bush clover
Western prairie fringed orchid
Canada Lynx
Candidate Species - ANSWER✔ Plants or animals that are being considered for designation as
threatened or endangered .
Examples-
Spragues Pipit
Eastern Massasauga
Dakota Skipper
Snuffbox
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Sheepnose
Spectaclecasew
Pesticide Management Plan - ANSWER✔ A plan of protection for groundwater and surface
water.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) - ANSWER✔ These are practical, research-based ways for
users of pesticides to prevent or minimize contamination.
Application Setbacks - ANSWER✔ The distance of untreated land between a pesticide treated
area in the areas that need protection from the pesticides.
Depth to Groundwater - ANSWER✔ The distance from the soil surface down to the water table.
Backflow - ANSWER✔ When the water source filling the pesticide application equipment has a
water pressure drop unexpectedly in the supply line, electricity is shut down or a pump fails and
the pesticide runs back into the water source, contaminating it.
Air Gap - ANSWER✔ A physical separation, or gap, between the water source and the rim of the
tank or container you are filling, designed to prevent backflow.
Reduced Pressure Principal Device - ANSWER✔ Two independent check valves in the water
supply line, with an automatic pressure differential valve located between the two valves.
Pressurized Vacuum Breaker - ANSWER✔ Vees stop backflow in the waterline is under
continuous water pressure and the waterline pressure is lost.
Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker - ANSWER✔ These let air from the atmosphere into the waterline
to break the backflow siphon at the event of pressure loss in the waterline.
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4 Ways to prevent Backflow - ANSWER✔ 1) Airgap
2) Use a reduced pressure principle device
3) Use a pressurized vacuum breaker
4) Use an atomspheric vacuum breaker
Chemigation - ANSWER✔ Application of pesticides and fertilizers through irrigation systems
(Must have a Chemigation permit to do)
Pesticide Waste - ANSWER✔ Includes both pesticides that you cannot use as originally
intended, old pesticides that may no longer be effective or pesticides you no longer need or
want.
Waste Pesticides - ANSWER✔ Pesticides that are no longer usable or wanted.
Examples-
The government has banned the use of the pesticide.
The pesticide has been stored too long and lost effectiveness or changed in other ways so it no
longer works.
The pesticide is left over or you no longer need or want it.
Agricultural Chemicals - ANSWER✔ Substances such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers
STARR - ANSWER✔ Secure - Key people/children/pet/animals away from site and wear PPE
Telephone - if there is a threat to public safety call 911 and or fire department if needed. Then
call safety duty officer to report
Abate - Control the source of contamination and contain the contamination so it does not
spread any further
Recover - collect the released chemical and any contaminated soil or other materials
Remediate - dispose of recovered chemical in contaminated soil and materials
