WASHINGTON PESTICIDE LAWS MAIN EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is a precautionary statement? - ✔✔hazardour to humans and animals, what
ppe to wear, wash hand and clothes, wear long sleaves, pants, and rubber boots
✔✔What us FIFRA - ✔✔Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
requires EPA to register all pesticides
and to approve each use of that pesticide and approve the product label
- use of restricted pesticides to be by a certified or work under the direct supervision of a
licenced private applicator.
- provides penalties for "use inconsistent with the label."
- ilegal to store or dispose of pesticides or container in a manner other than as directed
by regulations
-civil penalties when the violation of a regulation is unintentional
-EPA authority to develop regulations
- criminal penalties when the law is violated knowingly.
✔✔FFDC Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act - ✔✔Sets tolerance for residue left on
food and crop after harvest
✔✔ORS 634 & OAR 603
Oregon Revised Statute 634 - ✔✔Oregons administrative rules oregons main pesticide
control laws. Each pesticide product distributed, sold, or offered for sale in Oregon must
be registered by the ODA (Oregon Dep. or Ag.) Each product must be registered each
year
-ODA only registers products that the EPA has registered first
✔✔WPS Worker Protection Standard - ✔✔Epa created WPS to protect workers from
exposure to pesticide at work. Covers people who work on farms, forests, nurseries,
and greenhouses which reducing the risk of poisoning and injury to workers protects
two kinds of workers (pesticide handlers, ag. workers)
✔✔OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act - ✔✔Law applies to an employer who
has more than 11 workers.
Employer must keep records when workers have serious accidents that cause them to
become injured or sick or die.
-employer must provide info and assistance about pesticide use, reentry, potential
health effects or other hazards
✔✔HCS Hazard Communication Standard - ✔✔Makes sure employers and workers
learn about the dangerous chemicals they use
✔✔ESA Endangered Species Act 1976 - ✔✔Protects threatened and endangered
species
, ✔✔What requirements are needed for a private pesticide applicator - ✔✔Must have
passing score on privet applicator exam and licensing fee.
✔✔what requirements are needed for a commercial pesticide applicator ? -
✔✔Completed financial responsibility insurance certificate, licensing fee, commercial
applicator license
✔✔Commercial pesticide applicator - ✔✔Passing score on laws and safety exam &
category exams, licensing fee
✔✔Directly supervised Commercial Pesticide Trainee - ✔✔Passing score on trainee
test, licensing fee, and can be renewed only once
✔✔Immediately supervised commercial pesticide trainee - ✔✔Licensing fee and can be
renewed indefinitely
✔✔What is non-point source pollution - ✔✔pesticides applied to a site may move down
with rain or irrigation water and reach the water table below
✔✔What is point source pollution? - ✔✔Pesticides may enter a well from a spill or back
siphoning and get into the ground water directly.
✔✔What are the four main factors that determine weather a pesticide will move from
soil into ground water in the transfer processes? - ✔✔1. Adsorption - binding of one
particle to another, depends on pesticide, OGM, soil moisture, pH, and soil texture
2. Run off - depends on slope and soil
3. Leaching
4. Volatilization - solid/liquid change to gas/vapor
✔✔What are some factors that influence persistence? - ✔✔persistent pesticides can
harm plants and animals. Cause pests to build a resistance.
✔✔What are the three way a pesticide degrades? - ✔✔Microbial degradation, chemical
degradation, photo degradation
✔✔ A key to minimizing the hazard of pesticide use to the applicator is to avoid
exposure (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a ________ control method for
insects - ✔✔Physical
✔✔Drift problems can be reduced by:
a. using lower pressure, smaller nozzle orifices
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is a precautionary statement? - ✔✔hazardour to humans and animals, what
ppe to wear, wash hand and clothes, wear long sleaves, pants, and rubber boots
✔✔What us FIFRA - ✔✔Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act
requires EPA to register all pesticides
and to approve each use of that pesticide and approve the product label
- use of restricted pesticides to be by a certified or work under the direct supervision of a
licenced private applicator.
- provides penalties for "use inconsistent with the label."
- ilegal to store or dispose of pesticides or container in a manner other than as directed
by regulations
-civil penalties when the violation of a regulation is unintentional
-EPA authority to develop regulations
- criminal penalties when the law is violated knowingly.
✔✔FFDC Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act - ✔✔Sets tolerance for residue left on
food and crop after harvest
✔✔ORS 634 & OAR 603
Oregon Revised Statute 634 - ✔✔Oregons administrative rules oregons main pesticide
control laws. Each pesticide product distributed, sold, or offered for sale in Oregon must
be registered by the ODA (Oregon Dep. or Ag.) Each product must be registered each
year
-ODA only registers products that the EPA has registered first
✔✔WPS Worker Protection Standard - ✔✔Epa created WPS to protect workers from
exposure to pesticide at work. Covers people who work on farms, forests, nurseries,
and greenhouses which reducing the risk of poisoning and injury to workers protects
two kinds of workers (pesticide handlers, ag. workers)
✔✔OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act - ✔✔Law applies to an employer who
has more than 11 workers.
Employer must keep records when workers have serious accidents that cause them to
become injured or sick or die.
-employer must provide info and assistance about pesticide use, reentry, potential
health effects or other hazards
✔✔HCS Hazard Communication Standard - ✔✔Makes sure employers and workers
learn about the dangerous chemicals they use
✔✔ESA Endangered Species Act 1976 - ✔✔Protects threatened and endangered
species
, ✔✔What requirements are needed for a private pesticide applicator - ✔✔Must have
passing score on privet applicator exam and licensing fee.
✔✔what requirements are needed for a commercial pesticide applicator ? -
✔✔Completed financial responsibility insurance certificate, licensing fee, commercial
applicator license
✔✔Commercial pesticide applicator - ✔✔Passing score on laws and safety exam &
category exams, licensing fee
✔✔Directly supervised Commercial Pesticide Trainee - ✔✔Passing score on trainee
test, licensing fee, and can be renewed only once
✔✔Immediately supervised commercial pesticide trainee - ✔✔Licensing fee and can be
renewed indefinitely
✔✔What is non-point source pollution - ✔✔pesticides applied to a site may move down
with rain or irrigation water and reach the water table below
✔✔What is point source pollution? - ✔✔Pesticides may enter a well from a spill or back
siphoning and get into the ground water directly.
✔✔What are the four main factors that determine weather a pesticide will move from
soil into ground water in the transfer processes? - ✔✔1. Adsorption - binding of one
particle to another, depends on pesticide, OGM, soil moisture, pH, and soil texture
2. Run off - depends on slope and soil
3. Leaching
4. Volatilization - solid/liquid change to gas/vapor
✔✔What are some factors that influence persistence? - ✔✔persistent pesticides can
harm plants and animals. Cause pests to build a resistance.
✔✔What are the three way a pesticide degrades? - ✔✔Microbial degradation, chemical
degradation, photo degradation
✔✔ A key to minimizing the hazard of pesticide use to the applicator is to avoid
exposure (T/F) - ✔✔True
✔✔The use of temperature or humidity manipulation is a ________ control method for
insects - ✔✔Physical
✔✔Drift problems can be reduced by:
a. using lower pressure, smaller nozzle orifices
