Introduction: Categories of pesticide applicators in Iowa Commercial
Applicators (any other person for compensation); Public Applicators (as
employee govt agencies); Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented,
or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer); Private Applicators
(agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing, mixing or loading pesticides)
Introduction: Describe the requirements of certification & recertification -
ANSWER Certification: Employed by a certified, licensed company; fee paid to
IDALS; 21-day grace period (direct supervision); closed-book exam.
Recertification: 3-year qualification cycle; renewable by either testing every
third year or attending approved continuing instruction courses (CIC); core &
categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What government organization is responsible for the oversight of pesticides
use in the United States? ANSWER US Environmental Protection Agency US
EPA
C1: Describe the procedure and rationale behind the registration, and
reregistration of pesticides - ANSWER FIFRA mandates that the EPA monitor
the marketing & use & do so through registration & labeling of pesticide
products; human health & the environment. Reregistration FIFRA mandates
EPA to conduct thorough reevaluations of older pesticides human health &
environmental effects
C1: Know the fines for violations of FIFRA - ANSWER Violations of the
legal provisions in FIFRA civil penalties as much as $6,500 for each offense
violation of the law also may subject you to criminal penalties up to $25,000 or
one year in prison, or both.
,C1: FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(1947) controls production, transportation, sale, use, & disposal of all pesticides
C1: FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act establishes
allowable residue levels to protect the food supply
C1: FQPA ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act amended both FIFRA &
FFDCA & set a tougher standard for pesticides on food.
C1: Residues & Tolerances ANSWER Residues: Small amounts of pesticides
on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, & animal feeds. Tolerances: the EPA
sets allowable residue levels under FFDCA regs, safe tolerances "a reasonable
certainty of no harm".
C1: How does the ESA relate to pesticides - ANSWER The Endangered
Species Act (ESA): Pesticides use may directly or indirectly, through drift and
runoff, affect endangered or threatened species & their habitat.
C1: Summarize RCRA - ANSWER Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-
to-grave", rinsates & hazardous waste; become solid wastes when you want to
discard.
C1: Who does the WPS protect - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard
(WPS) helps protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, & greenhouses
from occupational exposure.
, C2: List the requirements of pesticide applicator records - ANSWER 1) Name
& certification number of licensee; 2) Name & address of landowner or
customer; 3) Address of the place of application of pesticide; 4) Date of
application; 5) Trade name of pesticide;
6) Quantity of pesticide applied & concentration or rate of application; 7)
Temperature and direction & wind velocity; 8) Use of "restricted use"
pesticides; 9) Start and stop times of pesticide application.
C2: Describe the Sensitive Crops Directory - ANSWER It is an on-line registry
to find the locations of pesticide-sensitive crops & apiaries (bee yards):
vineyards, orchards, certified organic crops and fruit & vegetable crops. Subject
to drift & minimum number of acres.
C2: Iowa Bee Rule - ANSWER Apiaries' owners shall register location-the
expiration date is on Dec 31; shall not apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees
within 1 mile of apiaries between 8 am & 6 pm-registered on 1st day of month
C2: List the notification requirements for urban pesticide applications -
ANSWER Notification: must post signs at the start of application; display signs
for at least 24 hrs after the application (longer if label requires); does not apply
to pesticides applied within a structure or within 6 ft of the outside perimeter of
a structure, nor to the homeowner or tenant. Also, prenotification, durable signs,
remove, provide label
C2: Summarize the Iowa atrazine management rules - ANSWER Atrazine is a
restricted use pesticide because of ground & surface water concerns. Atrazine
application rates are limited to 2.5 lbs per acre per calendar year; restricts rates
to 1.5 lbs in 23 counties (7 county -wide 16 in some townships); may not be
mixed, loaded, or repackaged within 50 feet of a sinkhole, well, cistern, lake,
water impoundment, this includes, but is not limited to, abandoned wells,
agricultural drainage wells & drainage well surface inlets, & drinking water
Applicators (any other person for compensation); Public Applicators (as
employee govt agencies); Noncommercial Applicators (property owned, rented,
or leased by the applicator or the applicator's employer); Private Applicators
(agricultural); Certified Handlers (preparing, mixing or loading pesticides)
Introduction: Describe the requirements of certification & recertification -
ANSWER Certification: Employed by a certified, licensed company; fee paid to
IDALS; 21-day grace period (direct supervision); closed-book exam.
Recertification: 3-year qualification cycle; renewable by either testing every
third year or attending approved continuing instruction courses (CIC); core &
categories; fee & you get a form.
C1: What government organization is responsible for the oversight of pesticides
use in the United States? ANSWER US Environmental Protection Agency US
EPA
C1: Describe the procedure and rationale behind the registration, and
reregistration of pesticides - ANSWER FIFRA mandates that the EPA monitor
the marketing & use & do so through registration & labeling of pesticide
products; human health & the environment. Reregistration FIFRA mandates
EPA to conduct thorough reevaluations of older pesticides human health &
environmental effects
C1: Know the fines for violations of FIFRA - ANSWER Violations of the
legal provisions in FIFRA civil penalties as much as $6,500 for each offense
violation of the law also may subject you to criminal penalties up to $25,000 or
one year in prison, or both.
,C1: FIFRA - ANSWER Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(1947) controls production, transportation, sale, use, & disposal of all pesticides
C1: FFDCA - ANSWER Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act establishes
allowable residue levels to protect the food supply
C1: FQPA ANSWER Food Quality Protection Act amended both FIFRA &
FFDCA & set a tougher standard for pesticides on food.
C1: Residues & Tolerances ANSWER Residues: Small amounts of pesticides
on fruits, vegetables, grains, other foods, & animal feeds. Tolerances: the EPA
sets allowable residue levels under FFDCA regs, safe tolerances "a reasonable
certainty of no harm".
C1: How does the ESA relate to pesticides - ANSWER The Endangered
Species Act (ESA): Pesticides use may directly or indirectly, through drift and
runoff, affect endangered or threatened species & their habitat.
C1: Summarize RCRA - ANSWER Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) gives EPA the authority to control hazardous waste from the "cradle-
to-grave", rinsates & hazardous waste; become solid wastes when you want to
discard.
C1: Who does the WPS protect - ANSWER Worker Protection Standard
(WPS) helps protect employees on farms, forests, nurseries, & greenhouses
from occupational exposure.
, C2: List the requirements of pesticide applicator records - ANSWER 1) Name
& certification number of licensee; 2) Name & address of landowner or
customer; 3) Address of the place of application of pesticide; 4) Date of
application; 5) Trade name of pesticide;
6) Quantity of pesticide applied & concentration or rate of application; 7)
Temperature and direction & wind velocity; 8) Use of "restricted use"
pesticides; 9) Start and stop times of pesticide application.
C2: Describe the Sensitive Crops Directory - ANSWER It is an on-line registry
to find the locations of pesticide-sensitive crops & apiaries (bee yards):
vineyards, orchards, certified organic crops and fruit & vegetable crops. Subject
to drift & minimum number of acres.
C2: Iowa Bee Rule - ANSWER Apiaries' owners shall register location-the
expiration date is on Dec 31; shall not apply a pesticide labeled as toxic to bees
within 1 mile of apiaries between 8 am & 6 pm-registered on 1st day of month
C2: List the notification requirements for urban pesticide applications -
ANSWER Notification: must post signs at the start of application; display signs
for at least 24 hrs after the application (longer if label requires); does not apply
to pesticides applied within a structure or within 6 ft of the outside perimeter of
a structure, nor to the homeowner or tenant. Also, prenotification, durable signs,
remove, provide label
C2: Summarize the Iowa atrazine management rules - ANSWER Atrazine is a
restricted use pesticide because of ground & surface water concerns. Atrazine
application rates are limited to 2.5 lbs per acre per calendar year; restricts rates
to 1.5 lbs in 23 counties (7 county -wide 16 in some townships); may not be
mixed, loaded, or repackaged within 50 feet of a sinkhole, well, cistern, lake,
water impoundment, this includes, but is not limited to, abandoned wells,
agricultural drainage wells & drainage well surface inlets, & drinking water
