Iowa Pesticide Applicator (2025)
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Terms in this set (91)
, Commercial Applicators (another
person for compensation); Public
Applicators (as employee govt
Intro: Types of agencies); Noncommercial
pesticide Applicators (property owned,
applicators in rented, or leased by the applicator
Iowa or the applicator's employer);
Private Applicators (agricultural);
Certified Handlers (preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides)
Certification: Employed by a
certified, licensed company; fee
paid to IDALS; 21-day grace period
Intro: Describe (direct supervision); closed-book
certification & exam. Recertification: 3-year
recertification qualification cycle; renewable by
requirements either testing every third year or
attending approved continuing
instruction courses (CIC); core &
categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What agency U.S. Environmental Protection
regulates Agency (EPA)
pesticide use in
US
, FIFRA requires the EPA to regulate
the sale & use & they do this
through registration & labeling of
C1: Summarize
pesticide products; human health &
pesticide
the environment. Re-registration
registration &
FIFRA requires EPA to conduct
re-registration
comprehensive reviews of older
pesticides human health &
environmental effects
Violations of the legal provisions
established in FIFRA civil penalties
C1: Understand
as much as $6,500 for each
the penalties for
offense; violation of the law also
violations of
may subject you to criminal
FIFRA
penalties up to $25,000 or one year
in prison, or both.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (1947) regulates
C1: FIFRA
the production, transportation, sale,
use, & disposal of all pesticides
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act sets allowable residue levels to
C1: FFDCA
ensure the safety of the food
supply
, Food Quality Protection Act
amended both FIFRA & FFDCA &
C1: FQPA
set a tougher standard for
pesticides on food.
Residues: Small amounts of
pesticides on fruits, vegetables,
grains, other foods, & animal feeds.
C1: Residues &
Tolerances: the EPA sets allowable
Tolerances
residue levels under FFDCA regs,
safe tolerances "a reasonable
certainty of no harm".
The Endangered Species Act (ESA):
C1: How does Pesticides use may directly or
the ESA relate indirectly, through drift and runoff,
to pesticides affect endangered or threatened
species & their habitat.
Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the
authority to control hazardous
C1: Summarize
waste from the "cradle-to-grave",
RCRA
rinsates & hazardous waste;
become solid wastes when you
want to discard.
comprehensive questions and
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Terms in this set (91)
, Commercial Applicators (another
person for compensation); Public
Applicators (as employee govt
Intro: Types of agencies); Noncommercial
pesticide Applicators (property owned,
applicators in rented, or leased by the applicator
Iowa or the applicator's employer);
Private Applicators (agricultural);
Certified Handlers (preparing,
mixing, or loading pesticides)
Certification: Employed by a
certified, licensed company; fee
paid to IDALS; 21-day grace period
Intro: Describe (direct supervision); closed-book
certification & exam. Recertification: 3-year
recertification qualification cycle; renewable by
requirements either testing every third year or
attending approved continuing
instruction courses (CIC); core &
categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What agency U.S. Environmental Protection
regulates Agency (EPA)
pesticide use in
US
, FIFRA requires the EPA to regulate
the sale & use & they do this
through registration & labeling of
C1: Summarize
pesticide products; human health &
pesticide
the environment. Re-registration
registration &
FIFRA requires EPA to conduct
re-registration
comprehensive reviews of older
pesticides human health &
environmental effects
Violations of the legal provisions
established in FIFRA civil penalties
C1: Understand
as much as $6,500 for each
the penalties for
offense; violation of the law also
violations of
may subject you to criminal
FIFRA
penalties up to $25,000 or one year
in prison, or both.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (1947) regulates
C1: FIFRA
the production, transportation, sale,
use, & disposal of all pesticides
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act sets allowable residue levels to
C1: FFDCA
ensure the safety of the food
supply
, Food Quality Protection Act
amended both FIFRA & FFDCA &
C1: FQPA
set a tougher standard for
pesticides on food.
Residues: Small amounts of
pesticides on fruits, vegetables,
grains, other foods, & animal feeds.
C1: Residues &
Tolerances: the EPA sets allowable
Tolerances
residue levels under FFDCA regs,
safe tolerances "a reasonable
certainty of no harm".
The Endangered Species Act (ESA):
C1: How does Pesticides use may directly or
the ESA relate indirectly, through drift and runoff,
to pesticides affect endangered or threatened
species & their habitat.
Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) gives EPA the
authority to control hazardous
C1: Summarize
waste from the "cradle-to-grave",
RCRA
rinsates & hazardous waste;
become solid wastes when you
want to discard.
