Oregon Pesticide Application Test QUESTIONS
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The Federa Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA)
- Requires U.S. EPA register all pesticides
- Requires EPA to approve each use of pesticed and
approve the product label
FIFRA - Requires all registered pesticides be classified as
either general-use or restricted-use
- Requires users of restricted-use be certified or work
under liscenced supervision
- Provides penalties for "use inconsistent with the
labeling" of a pesticide.
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938
- Under FFDCA, a certain amount of residue is
allowed on food and feed crops after harvest.
- The FFDCA created the FDA.
- The EPA sets the tolerance, but FDA is responsible
FFDCA
for enforcement of tolerances.
- In Oregon, the Oregon Deparment of Agriculture
Food Safety Division cooperates with FDA to make
sure that the pesticide residue on food crops and in
milk are not greater than the tolerance.
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After applying a pesticide, a small amount of it
Residue
remains on plants and produce.
Tolerance The amount of legally permitted residue.
The Federal Aviation Administration
- In charge of the rules for applying pesticides by
airplane.
- FAA certifies commercial and private farm aircraft
FAA
pilots.
- Pilots must have the correct pesticide liscense from
Oregon Deparment of Agriculture (ODA), before
applying pesticides.
The Pesticide label is a legal document under both
federal and state laws. Anyone who applies a
Label Directions
pesticide in a way that does not agree with label
directions is breaking the law.
You must have special labeling for uses that are not
Supplemental Labeling
stated on the container label.
-Any pesticide that poses special risks, even when
used according to the label, is classified as a
restricted-use pesticide (RUP).
Restricted-Use Pesticide
- You must have a pesticide aapplicator license to buy
or use a RUP or be working under the supervision of
someone who does.
- If a product's label does not state "restricted-use
pesticide," then it is a general-use pesticide.
General-Use Pesticide - General-use pesticides should not harm people,
animals, or the environment when used according to
label directions.
Section 3
3 types of pesticide
Section 24(c)
registrations
Section 18
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Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS 634) and the Oregon
Pesticide Regulations are the main Pesticide Control
laws. ORS 634 states that each pesticide product
Section 3 distributed, sold or offered for sale in Oregon must
be registered with ODA. Each product must be
registered every year. ODA registers products that the
EPA has registered first unser Section 3 of FIFRA.
Special Local Need
- If a pest causes serious damage to a crop and there
is no pesticide that already is registered to control it,
section 24(c) of FIFRA allows states to give a Special
Local Need.
-24(c) may add sites, increase rates, or change the
way to apply the pesticide. These are different from
the federally registered label.
Section 24(c) - The person or group asking for a SLN registration
must give specific data to ODA. The data must show
that the product will control the pest and not harm
the treated animals, plants, or crop. The pesticide
must have an existing tolerance set by EPA.
- You must have the SLN label with you when you use
a pesticide registered under Section 24(c). If you do
not have the label, you are breaking federal and state
law.
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