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What do State and Federal Pesticide laws regulate? - ANSWER - the manufacture, sale, transportation, and use of pesticides What is the national level regulatory agency? - ANSWER - U.S. EPA What is the California Pesticide regulatory agency? - ANSWER - Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Which agency gave a mandate to EPA? - ANSWER - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) What is the most important function of the EPA, DPR, and FIFRA? - ANSWER - Protection for pesticide handlers, workers, and the public from pesticide exposure Based on FIFRA, what regulations does the EPA set? - ANSWER - pesticide registration and labeling and for setting residue tolerance in foods. What is the EPA standard for restricted-use pesticides - ANSWER - Must be a certified
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What do State and Federal Pesticide laws regulate? - ANSWER - the manufacture, sale, transportation, and use of pesticides What is the national level regulatory agency? - ANSWER - U.S. EPA What is the California Pesticide regulatory agency? - ANSWER - Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Which agency gave a mandate to EPA? - ANSWER - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) What is the most important function of the EPA, DPR, and FIFRA? - ANSWER - Protection for pesticide handlers, workers, and the public from pesticide exposure Based on FIFRA, what regulations does the EPA set? - ANSWER - pesticide registration and labeling and for setting residue tolerance in foods. What is the EPA standard for restricted-use pesticides - ANSWER - Must be a certified private applicator or certified commercial applicator to use or supervise the use of restricted-use pesticides. California's pesticide and pest control laws are part of: - ANSWER - California Food and Agricultural Code Title 3, California Code of Regulations: - ANSWER - Code containing regulations regarding pest control and pesticides Who proposes regulations in California? - ANSWER - DPR, via notice to the public What does a QAC or QAL license in the Landscape category allow one to do? - ANSWER - use or supervise the use of general-use and restricted-use (restricted material) pesticides when performing pest control for hire to control pests in natural or planted landscape and turf areas, other outside areas around buildings, and interiorscapes. Is a person using pesticides for new construction required to obtain the Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business License? - ANSWER - No
Who has the authority to enforce pesticide use laws and regulations? - ANSWER - Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the county agricultural commission Pesticide Label (def): - ANSWER - a legal document that you are required to follow when using or handling pesticide. You are required to have the complete label at the application site for each pesticide being used. What is a supplemental label? - ANSWER - a label required if the attached label is too small to contain all the required information When should you read a pesticide label? - ANSWER - 1. Before you buy -Confirm restrictions if any -check for weather use conditions -confirm that it applies to the life stage of the pest
plant defoliants are used primarily to - ANSWER - remove leaves from crops prior to harvest what are disadvantages of emulsifiable concentrates? - ANSWER - they are easily absorbed into human skin and they may be phytotoxic what type of test is done to check for pesticide incompatibility? - ANSWER - the jar test what must happen before DPR can register a pesticide? - ANSWER - the pesticide must first be registered by the U. S. EPA what is an SLN? - ANSWER - a type of emergency pesticide registration what is NOT true about pesticide regulations? - ANSWER - they are signed by the governor DPR and the State Water Board have equal regulatory authority for pesticides - - ANSWER - false who does not have to report pesticide use? - ANSWER - home owner's using non- restricted pesticides what are examples of agricultural pesticide uses? - ANSWER - an insecticide application to a cotton crop, the use of an herbicide in a federal wildlife area, the use of an herbicide in along a state highway and the use of a rodenticide bait around a poultry production facility what activities requires a peat control dealer license? - ANSWER - selling restricted pesticides and soliciting sales by making agricultural use recommendations what needs to be done before a company can start work as a commercial pest control operator? - ANSWER - a response sible person in the company must obtain their QAL, the company must obtain their pest control business license from. DPR and the community. pang must register with the county agricultural commissioner office. The difference between CA laws and DPR regulations is that laws are: A)Passed by county ag commissioners and regulations are passed by the CA legislature B)Passed by the CA legislature and regulations are adopted by DPR to carry out the laws C)Supplements to Federal regulations D)Adopted by DPR to carry out regulations signed by the governor - ANSWER - B)Passed by the CA legislature and regulations are adopted by DPR to carry out the laws Which of the following is not one of the purposes of CA's pesticide and pest control laws and regulations?:
A)Protecting workers from pesticide exposure B)Providing proper, safe and effective use of pesticides C)Encouraging people to use more pesticides D)Protecting public health and safety - ANSWER - C)Encouraging people to use more pesticides A cooperating agency that helps DPR enforce pesticide use laws and regulations in CA is the: A)County department of health B)State department of water resources C)State department of labor D)County agricultural commissioner - ANSWER - D)County agricultural commissionor County agricultural commissioners may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of the: A)department of pesticide regulation B)Office of the governor C)county board of supervisors D)CA state legislature - ANSWER - A)department of pesticide regulation Which of the following is considered to be pesticide labeling? A)Spray nozzle catalog B)A printed pesticide advertisement C)The federal worker protection standard D)A written recommendation - ANSWER - C)The federal worker protection standard When a pesticide registrant allows a pesticide product registration to lapse, pest control dealers: A)Must immediately return all unsold stock B)Can sell and deliver the pesticide product for two years C)Must retrieve all previously sold stock D)Can indefinitely sell and deliver the pesticide product - ANSWER - B)Can sell and deliver the pesticide product for two years When a pesticide product registration is cancelled, the sale and use of this product... A)is automatically prohibited under all circumstances B)May continue under conditions imposed by the regulatory agency responsible for the cancellation C)Will be allowed for two years from the cancellation date D)Is not affected as long as detailed sales records are kept current - ANSWER - B)May continue under conditions imposed by the regulatory agency responsible for the cancellation A Special local need registration (SLN) allows... A)growers to apply the pesticide to any crop as long as the SLN is valid in the grower's state
B)illegal C)allowed only if you obtain written authorization from the county ag commissioner D)Allowed only if the product is tank mixed with another similar product - ANSWER - B)illegal Four ways that weeds compete with the desirable plants: - ANSWER - water, nutrients, light, reduced visual beauty Name six pests to landscape (besides weeds) - ANSWER - insects, mites, fungi, bacteria, viruses, & nematodes Pests that are vertebrates: - ANSWER - rodents that make burrows, mounds, & chew on roots, bark, & leaves Four main groups of landscape pests: - ANSWER - Weeds, invertebrates, vertebrates, plant pathogens Weeds are classified as: - ANSWER - undesirable plants Invertebrate pests are: - ANSWER - insects, spiders, mites, nematodes, snails, slugs Vertebrate pests are: - ANSWER - rodents, other mammals, birds Plant pathogens are: - ANSWER - bacteria, viruses, fungi, other microorganisms Ways that weeds reproduce: (2) - ANSWER - many seeds (dormant for up to 20 years), vegetative structures (stolons, rhizomes, tubers), Two main classifications of weeds: - ANSWER - dicots & monocots Definition of Dicot: - ANSWER - Broadleaves, produces two seedling leaves (cotyledons) Parasitic Dicots: (2) - ANSWER - Mistletoe and dodder Invertebrates are: - ANSWER - animals without backbones Arthropods: - ANSWER - "Jointed foot" external skeleton and jointed body parts (insects, spiders, mites, and their relatives) Biotic Disease Factors: - ANSWER - Pathogens that are spread form one host to another. Three landscape biotic pathogens: - ANSWER - bacteria, fungi, & viruses
Fungi characteristics: - ANSWER - Can live off both living and dead plant tissue Fungi vegetative body is called: - ANSWER - Mycelium Major form of fungal reproduction: - ANSWER โ Spores Pesticides are - ANSWER - Substance that control pests, they may be either naturally- occurring compounds like sulfur or synthetic (i.e. man-made) compounds like the insecticide malathion. Pesticides are - ANSWER - 1. Compounds that control pests
Emergency Registration - Makes it possible to register a pesticide quickly in case of economic or human health emergencies. 2 types Emergency Registration - ANSWER - Section 24(c) Special Local Need (SLN) can be authorized by the states for the emergency use of federally-registered pesticides A Section 18 is required when the emergency use involves a pesticide that does not yet have federal registration. Lapsed or Cancelled Registration - ANSWER - 1. Registrants cannot sell pesticides with lasped registrations.
Class:Insecta / Order: Coleoptera - ANSWER - Beetles, weevils, wood borers (chewing mouth parts) (Some beetles prey on other insects) Class: Insecta / Order: Lepidoptera - ANSWER - Butterflies, moths, skippers Class: Insecta / Order: Hymenopterans - ANSWER - Bees, Wasps, ants, sawflies, horntails U.S. EPA may classify a pesticide as a restricted use pesticide if it? - ANSWER - Presents a significant dermal hazard to applicators Any person in California who applies or supervises the application of a restricted material must - ANSWER - Be a DPR- certified commercial or private applicator Which two documents must individuals who are engaged in pest control for hire have avai-label when making an ag use application of a pesticide that requires a permit - ANSWER - Copies of the written pest control recommendation or growers work order and the current restricted materials permit MSDS: - ANSWER - Material Safety Data Sheets Site Specific Hazards to be aware of: - ANSWER - 1. Check for plants, animals, objects, structures that can be injured or damaged
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