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COLORADO QS/CO PESTICIDE TEST
WITH ACTUAL EXAM TIPS
Laws that provide federal control of pesticide
distribution, sale, and use.
EPA carries out enforcement.
Users must take exams for certification as applicators.
Federal Insecticide,
EPA must register new pesticides and re-register all
Fungicide, and
existing pesticides.
Rodenticide Act
Applies to people who manufacture, market,
(FIFRA)
distribute, use, or dispose of pesticide products.
What are the two main General use and restricted use
pesticide classifications?
Generally have a lower toxicity and have less potential
to harm humans or the environment
General Use Pesticide
Can be bought and used by the public without special
permits or restrictions
Might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on
human health and/or the environment
Restricted Use Pesticide
(RUPs) Application by trained persons is required to use
these products This classification will be stated on
the label
Since 1988, the EPA has been in charge of this.
A pesticide must have a substantially complete
Pesticide Registration database and must not cause unreasonable risks to
human health or the
environment when used in accordance with its
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approved label directions and precautions.
Section 3 - full federal label
Section 18 - emergency
4 types of pesticide
registration exemptions
Section 24c - special local needs
label Section 25b - minimum risk
pesticides
Outlines pesticide registration requirements that
Pesticide Registration:
Section 3 manufacturers must follow.
- Full Federal Label Most pesticides are registered this way
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Allows state and federal agencies to permit an
additional use during a short term pest management
Pesticide Registration: crisis in a specific locality. Manufacturer is not
Section 18
allowed to advertise or promote the use of the
- Emergency Exemptions
product under this, even though the use is legal.
This is used when there is a crisis and there are
no federally registered pesticides available to
control the problem.
Colorado can register additional uses of a federally
listed pesticide.
Pesticide Registration:
These uses are for additional distribution and use in a
Section 24c - Special Local
specific area.
Needs Label
These are valid only in the state of issue.
Can register pesticides that have a very limited set of
active and inert ingredients specified by the EPA,
Pesticide Registration:
and are not required to have an EPA registration
Section 25b - Minimum
number.
Risk Pesticides
These pesticides are required to be registered with
CDA in order to be sold and used in Colorado.
Individual who has been recognized by the state,
tribe, territory, or agency responsible for regulating
pesticides (in CO this is the CDA) as being
Certified Operator
competent to use or supervise the use of
restricted use pesticides (RUPs).
Must know how to read a pesticide label and be
bale to follow directions to use them properly
and safely
2 categories of certified Private Applicators
operators Commercial Applicators
Individual who uses or supervises the use of RUPs in the
Private certified operator production of agricultural commodities on land
owned or rented by him/her or his/her employer
Individual who engages in the business of applying
Commercial certified
operator pesticides or operating a device for hire.
COLORADO QS/CO PESTICIDE TEST
WITH ACTUAL EXAM TIPS
Laws that provide federal control of pesticide
distribution, sale, and use.
EPA carries out enforcement.
Users must take exams for certification as applicators.
Federal Insecticide,
EPA must register new pesticides and re-register all
Fungicide, and
existing pesticides.
Rodenticide Act
Applies to people who manufacture, market,
(FIFRA)
distribute, use, or dispose of pesticide products.
What are the two main General use and restricted use
pesticide classifications?
Generally have a lower toxicity and have less potential
to harm humans or the environment
General Use Pesticide
Can be bought and used by the public without special
permits or restrictions
Might result in an unreasonable adverse effect on
human health and/or the environment
Restricted Use Pesticide
(RUPs) Application by trained persons is required to use
these products This classification will be stated on
the label
Since 1988, the EPA has been in charge of this.
A pesticide must have a substantially complete
Pesticide Registration database and must not cause unreasonable risks to
human health or the
environment when used in accordance with its
,2|Page
approved label directions and precautions.
Section 3 - full federal label
Section 18 - emergency
4 types of pesticide
registration exemptions
Section 24c - special local needs
label Section 25b - minimum risk
pesticides
Outlines pesticide registration requirements that
Pesticide Registration:
Section 3 manufacturers must follow.
- Full Federal Label Most pesticides are registered this way
, 3|Page
Allows state and federal agencies to permit an
additional use during a short term pest management
Pesticide Registration: crisis in a specific locality. Manufacturer is not
Section 18
allowed to advertise or promote the use of the
- Emergency Exemptions
product under this, even though the use is legal.
This is used when there is a crisis and there are
no federally registered pesticides available to
control the problem.
Colorado can register additional uses of a federally
listed pesticide.
Pesticide Registration:
These uses are for additional distribution and use in a
Section 24c - Special Local
specific area.
Needs Label
These are valid only in the state of issue.
Can register pesticides that have a very limited set of
active and inert ingredients specified by the EPA,
Pesticide Registration:
and are not required to have an EPA registration
Section 25b - Minimum
number.
Risk Pesticides
These pesticides are required to be registered with
CDA in order to be sold and used in Colorado.
Individual who has been recognized by the state,
tribe, territory, or agency responsible for regulating
pesticides (in CO this is the CDA) as being
Certified Operator
competent to use or supervise the use of
restricted use pesticides (RUPs).
Must know how to read a pesticide label and be
bale to follow directions to use them properly
and safely
2 categories of certified Private Applicators
operators Commercial Applicators
Individual who uses or supervises the use of RUPs in the
Private certified operator production of agricultural commodities on land
owned or rented by him/her or his/her employer
Individual who engages in the business of applying
Commercial certified
operator pesticides or operating a device for hire.
