Post on 23-Sep-2020
Division of
Consumer & Industry
Pesticides Section
David Newbill, West TN Regional Supervisor
Governor Haslam’s # 1 Initiative
for Tennessee
CUSTOMER FOCUSED
GOVERNMENT
• You are TDA’s customer
• Your customer is TDA’s customer
Working Together to Achieve
Great Customer Service
3 Important Steps to Our Success
1. Provide quality products & services
2. Documentation of products & services
3. Cooperation
Certification Required
for Active License
• Rule 0080-09-04-.05
(3) Licenses will be suspended upon
expiration of the license holder’s
certification and reinstated when
certification is obtained again…
Certification Required
for Active License
If there is only one licensee attached to the
charter and the license is suspended for
lack of current certification, the charter can
automatically be suspended.
62-21-119 (d) A charter shall automatically
be suspended should the licensed pest
control operator, whose name appears on
the charter, cease to be in charge…
Certification Required
for Active License
A suspended license and charter means:
NO Applications of pesticides and no sales of
pesticide applications by anyone within the
company can be made until compliance with
the laws and regulations has be achieved
Note: Technicians can be violated for making
applications or sales without a valid supervising
licensee.
Submitting Bids for Pesticide
Applications
Submitting a bid for grounds
maintenance that includes
the application of pesticides
Requires the bidder to have a
charter with TDA as per
T.C.A. 62-21-103
Submitting Bids for Pesticide
Applications If you don’t have a TDA charter and wish
to bid, you can sub-contract the pesticide
application service by:
Attaching a separate bid for the pesticide
application service from a TDA chartered
& licensed pest control company.
READ the LABEL !!!!!
• Labels are changing each year
• Labels are dated – on the last page
• Information on the label is needed for
you to complete your application
records.
Parts of a Pesticide Label
• Classification – GUP or RUP?
• Brand Name – Roundup / Atrazine 4L
• Ingredient Statement - Active / Inert
• EPA Registration Number
• EPA Establishment Number
• Name & Address of the Manufacturer
• Net Contents
• Type of Pesticide – WP, EC, Granular
Parts of a Pesticide Label
• Signal Word – Danger, Warning,
Caution
• Statement of Practical Treatment –
First Aid / antidote / Information for
Doctors
• Precautionary Statements - Hazards to
Humans, animals & environment,
Personal Protective Equipment required
for mixing & use
Parts of a Pesticide Label
• Directions for Use
1. Insects, Weeds, Fungi, etc. controlled
2. Intended Target Sites
3. The correct amounts to use (rate)
4. Mixing & applying instructions
5. How often the product can be applied
6. Restricted Entry Interval
7. Storage & Disposal Instructions
8. Restrictions – Set backs, buffer zones
(all “Do Nots”)
Pesticide Application Records
• Application date
• Application address
• Applicator name
(certification pin no.#)
• Target site
• Target pest
• Pesticide used
• Use dilution volume
• Application rate
• Use dilution
percentage / rate
Pesticide Application Records
Why are Pesticide Application Records
Important ??????
Pesticide Application Records
Application records need to contain
sufficient information to completely
describe how the pesticide was mixed &
applied without the need to ask you
any questions.
Pesticide Application Records
Most common violations in recordkeeping
• Applicator name
(certification pin no.#)
The full name of the applicator will not appear
Examples: initials, first name only, last name only,
failure to list Certification Pin Number
Pesticide Application Records
Most common violations in recordkeeping
• Target site
Failure to list the type of
grass or ornamental treated
Pesticide Application Records
“Target Site” as define in rule 0080-09-04-.09
(d) The crop, plant, house, business, or building the
pesticide is applied on or to and the location thereof;
including the physical address or Farm Services
Agency number;
Pesticide Application Records
Most common violations in recordkeeping
• Use dilution percentage
Is the percentage of active ingredient
in the amount of water used.
Calculating a Use Dilution %
Princep Liquid
Example exercise:
• Mix 32 ozs. Princep Liquid in 100 gals. Water
• 4.0 lbs. AI in 1 gal. of Princep Liquid
• 1 gal. water weighs 8.3 lbs.
Calculating a Use Dilution %
1) 4.0 lbs.(AI) x 32 ozs. (Princep) ÷ 128 ozs. = 1.0 lb.(AI) in 32 ozs.
2) 1.0 lb. of AI ÷ 830 lbs. of water = 0.0012 ratio
3) 0.0012 x 100 = 0.12% finished use dilution
A simpler accepted method to record this is:
Pesticide Application Records
Most HLT/ROW labels do not express a
use dilution percentage
TDA will except the following in your record:
64 ozs. in 80 gals. water per acre
0.2 ozs. in 5 gals. water per 1000 sq. ft.
Pesticide Application Records
Most common violations in recordkeeping
• Total amount of pesticide used
Mixed Use Dilution by volume or weight
Not just the amount of concentrate
Pesticide Application Records
• Total amount of pesticide used
Record the amount of pesticide used
at each individual address.
EXAMPLE:
You have a retirement
community under contract.
The property has 50 individual
homes. You must record the
amount of pesticide applied to
each individual yard.
Pesticide Application Records
Most common violations in recordkeeping
• Application rate
Application rates that are expressed in the
pesticide label must be recorded in your pesticide
application records.
• Pesticides can be applied
at less than label rates
but never above label rates
Application Rates
An Application Rate
is
Application Volume per a specific measured unit of area
Application Rates
Examples:
• 50 gals. per acre
• To the point of run-off
• 1 ounce per 1000 sq. ft.
• 3 ounces per acre in 10 gals of water per acre
• Crack & Crevice
• Spot
Make Sure to Read the Label
Important information:
• Apply in a minimum of 15 gals. water/acre
• Do not apply after June 1
• Do not make more than 2 applications per year
• Do not exceed 3 qts. per acre per year
Employee Records
Remember to immediately report to TDA
Hires & Fires
Non Certified Applicators
There is no grace period for employees to
obtain their certification.
If non certified employees are applying
pesticides they must be in the physical
presence of a licensed and/or certified
applicator.
Personal
Protective Equipment
• Using and properly maintaining
your PPE is extremely important.
• PPE requirements are located in
the “Precautionary Statements”
section of the label.
• Different levels of PPE maybe
required for mixing & applying
Your daily use of PPE is also
Important when you get Home
Don’t Contaminate Yourself
or Your Family
Remember Your PPE
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA
Cancellations
After
December 31, 2013 all uses on Residential and Commercial Lawns
are
Cancelled
BUT……..
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA
Cancellations
If you have existing stocks of MSMA, DSMA
or CAMA products bearing the
“OLD LABEL”
It can be used on residential and commercial
lawns until the supply of the old labeled
product is exhausted
Note: All old labeled product should be exhausted by
now. If you claim to still have old label to use TDA
will investigate to verify the validity of your claim .
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA
Cancellations Under Further Review
• EPA is extending the continued
registration of golf course, sod farm and
highway right of way uses for 3 years
or until further notice.
• The effective date of the extension was:
September 14, 2012
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA Cancellation Review Period Restrictions
For Golf Course Use:
• Spot treatments only (100 sq. ft. per spot)
cannot exceed 25% of total course acreage
per year
• One broadcast treatment for newly
constructed courses only
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA Cancellation Review Period Restrictions
For Sod Farm Use:
• Maximum of 2 broadcast applications per
year
• 25 foot buffer around permanent water
bodies
MSMA, DSMA, CAMA
Cancellations Under Further Review
For Highway Right of Way Use:
• Maximum of 2 broadcast applications per
year
• 25 foot buffer around permanent water
bodies
ATRAZINE / SIMAZINE
APPLICATION SET BACK
RESTRICTIONS
Atrazine / Simazine Application
Set Back Restrictions
• Atrazine set back restrictions have been in place
since 2000.
• New application set back restrictions began
appearing on product labels containing Simazine
in 2008.
• All products containing Simazine must have
application set back restrictions on the label by
the end of 2012.
• No Drop Dead Date on product bearing old
labeled uses. Use as per label until exhausted.
Atrazine / Simazine Application
Set Back Restrictions
• The Application Set Back
Restrictions appear in the
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS
section of the product label.
Atrazine / Simazine Application
Set Back Restrictions
• Must not mix, load or clean equipment
within 50 feet of any well or sink hole
• Must not mix, load or clean equipment
within 50 feet of intermittent streams or
rivers, natural or impounded lakes or
reservoirs
Atrazine / Simazine Application
Set Back Restrictions
• Product must not be applied within 66 feet of
points where field surface water runoff enters
perennial or intermittent streams or rivers…
• Product must not be applied within 200 feet of
natural or impounded lakes and reservoirs
Atrazine / Simazine Application
Set Back Restrictions
• Do not apply directly to water or to areas
where surface water is present…
Remember ! The Pesticide Applicator is Responsible
if violations are found
The Ticket Comes to YOU !
Not to your Company,
Supervisor, Owner or
Licensee
Problems with Dicamba
Herbicides in 2016 & 2017
Use Formulations Containing
Dicamba With Caution
• Formulations of herbicides containing
Dicamba can be extremely volatile.
• If your target site is at or near
agricultural fields of cotton or soybeans.
consider using something else.
Dicamba Damage
Legislative Bill Search Online
Go to the Tennessee Government Web Page
to track any legislative action that my have
bearing on the Pest Control Industry and
your business.
In your search engine type Tennessee State Government
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