TURF AND ORNAMENTAL PESTICIDE
APPLICATOR ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
●● How much can you be fined for FIFRA violations?
Answer: $5,000 for commercial applicators. Criminal penalties can be
$25,000/1 year of prison. The EPA can fine up to $1,000 for each
offense.
●● What can the EPA do under FIFRA?
Answer: Fine offenders, stop sales or use, issue removal orders, seize
products, reevaluate older pesticides, protect workers
●● Exceptions to FIFRA
Answer: Control a pest not on the label if the specific crop or site is
listed, use methods not prohibited, use at a lower dosage than specified,
in a pesticide-fertilizer mixture
●● Restricted use pesticide
Answer: A pesticide that the EPA or a State Regulatory Agency
determines to have the potential to cause unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment or human health, when applied in accordance with its
directions for use; requires additional regulatory restrictions
,●● General Use Pesticide
Answer: A pesticide that can be purchased and used by the general
public with minimal toxicity when used according to the label.
●● Who regulates federal and state pesticide laws and regulation
including the Kentucky Fertilizer and Pesticides Storage, Pesticide Use
and Application Act of 1996?
Answer: The Division of Environmental Services of the Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
●● What is the KDA department for?
Answer: Regulating the sale, registration, distribution, proper use,
storage, disposal, and application of pesticides in the state of Kentucky
●● Application
Answer: The spreading of lawn chemicals in liquid or dry form on a
lawn
●● Applicator for hire
Answer: Any person who makes an application of lawn chemicals to a
lawn for compensation, including applications made by an employee to
lawns owned, occupied, or managed by their employer
●● Certification
,Answer: Recognition by the KDA that a person has demonstrated a
minimum level of competence by examination and CEU's and is
authorized to use or supervise the use of pesticides in their area of
certification
●● Commercial Pesticide Applicator
Answer: Any individual employed by an operator to apply pesticides.
Applicators must be certified in the appropriate categories and must
have a valid license issued by the KDA. The annual applicator license
expires on December 31st.
●● Commercial Pesticide Operator
Answer: An individual who owns or manages a business that applies
pesticides on the lands of another for hire. Operators must be certified in
the appropriate category and must have a valid license issued by the
KDA. A licensed commercial pesticide operator also must be registered
as a pesticide dealer or must be employed by a registered dealer. The
annual operator license expires on December 31
●● Customer
Answer: a person who makes a contract, either written or verbal, with an
applicator for hire to apply a pesticide to a lawn.
●● Direct on the job supervision
Answer: when a licensed operator or applicator is physically on site and
is directly supervising or training an individual to apply a pesticide.
, ●● Lawn
Answer: a land area covered with turf kept closely mown, except land
areas used for agricultural production, commercial production of turf, or
land situated within three (3) feet of the foundation of a structure when a
pesticide is applied to this area as a preventive or control measure for
structural pests.
●● Lawn chemicals
Answer: fertilizers, pesticides, or defoliants applied or intended for
application to lawns.
●● License renewal
Answer: There is a 25% fine for license holders who do not file a
renewal before March 1. The licensee must take a new certification
examination if the license is not renewed before
●● Noncommercial applicators
Answer: an employee of a golf course, municipal corporation, public
utility, or other governmental agency certified and licensed to apply
pesticides to lands owned, occupied, or managed by his or her employer.
The annual non-commercial applicator license expires on December 31,
there is no license fee.
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APPLICATOR ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
●● How much can you be fined for FIFRA violations?
Answer: $5,000 for commercial applicators. Criminal penalties can be
$25,000/1 year of prison. The EPA can fine up to $1,000 for each
offense.
●● What can the EPA do under FIFRA?
Answer: Fine offenders, stop sales or use, issue removal orders, seize
products, reevaluate older pesticides, protect workers
●● Exceptions to FIFRA
Answer: Control a pest not on the label if the specific crop or site is
listed, use methods not prohibited, use at a lower dosage than specified,
in a pesticide-fertilizer mixture
●● Restricted use pesticide
Answer: A pesticide that the EPA or a State Regulatory Agency
determines to have the potential to cause unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment or human health, when applied in accordance with its
directions for use; requires additional regulatory restrictions
,●● General Use Pesticide
Answer: A pesticide that can be purchased and used by the general
public with minimal toxicity when used according to the label.
●● Who regulates federal and state pesticide laws and regulation
including the Kentucky Fertilizer and Pesticides Storage, Pesticide Use
and Application Act of 1996?
Answer: The Division of Environmental Services of the Kentucky
Department of Agriculture
●● What is the KDA department for?
Answer: Regulating the sale, registration, distribution, proper use,
storage, disposal, and application of pesticides in the state of Kentucky
●● Application
Answer: The spreading of lawn chemicals in liquid or dry form on a
lawn
●● Applicator for hire
Answer: Any person who makes an application of lawn chemicals to a
lawn for compensation, including applications made by an employee to
lawns owned, occupied, or managed by their employer
●● Certification
,Answer: Recognition by the KDA that a person has demonstrated a
minimum level of competence by examination and CEU's and is
authorized to use or supervise the use of pesticides in their area of
certification
●● Commercial Pesticide Applicator
Answer: Any individual employed by an operator to apply pesticides.
Applicators must be certified in the appropriate categories and must
have a valid license issued by the KDA. The annual applicator license
expires on December 31st.
●● Commercial Pesticide Operator
Answer: An individual who owns or manages a business that applies
pesticides on the lands of another for hire. Operators must be certified in
the appropriate category and must have a valid license issued by the
KDA. A licensed commercial pesticide operator also must be registered
as a pesticide dealer or must be employed by a registered dealer. The
annual operator license expires on December 31
●● Customer
Answer: a person who makes a contract, either written or verbal, with an
applicator for hire to apply a pesticide to a lawn.
●● Direct on the job supervision
Answer: when a licensed operator or applicator is physically on site and
is directly supervising or training an individual to apply a pesticide.
, ●● Lawn
Answer: a land area covered with turf kept closely mown, except land
areas used for agricultural production, commercial production of turf, or
land situated within three (3) feet of the foundation of a structure when a
pesticide is applied to this area as a preventive or control measure for
structural pests.
●● Lawn chemicals
Answer: fertilizers, pesticides, or defoliants applied or intended for
application to lawns.
●● License renewal
Answer: There is a 25% fine for license holders who do not file a
renewal before March 1. The licensee must take a new certification
examination if the license is not renewed before
●● Noncommercial applicators
Answer: an employee of a golf course, municipal corporation, public
utility, or other governmental agency certified and licensed to apply
pesticides to lands owned, occupied, or managed by his or her employer.
The annual non-commercial applicator license expires on December 31,
there is no license fee.
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