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OREGON CORE MANUAL ADDENDUM
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What State agency(s) regulate pesticide applications made to State and private forest lands? Correct Answer: The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OR-OSHA) all have regulatory authority over different aspects of pesticide applications on State and private forest lands in Oregon. What are the State laws that specifically regulate pesticide applications made to forestland? Correct Answer: The Oregon Forest Practices Act (FPA), the Oregon Forest Practices Chemical Rule, and the Oregon Pesticide Control Law. What is the primary State law that regulates pesticide applications in Oregon?
Correct Answer: The Pesticide Control Law (Oregon Revised Statute [ORS] Chapter
Which State agencies enforce the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) in Oregon? Correct Answer: Both OR-OSHA and ODA enforce different aspects of the WPS. Who does the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) apply to? Correct Answer: WPS applies to agricultural establishments directly related to the production of an "agricultural plant," which includes farms, forests, greenhouses and nurseries Who does the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) apply to? Correct Answer: The HCS applies to anyone working around hazardous chemicals, not just pesticides. What agency enforces the back-siphon/anti-siphon prevention device rules for chemigation? Correct Answer: The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD). Who can make pesticide applications to school property? Correct Answer: Anyone who is properly licensed. Applications made to public school property can be made by Public Pesticide Applicators (PPA), or Commercial Pesticide Applicator (CPA) working for a Commercial
Under what conditions must agricultural employers notify Workers and Handlers of pesticide applications? Correct Answer: They must post a warning sign if REI is greater than 48 hours on outdoor applications. They must keep workers and all other persons, other than appropriately trained and equipped handlers involved in the application, out of the treated area and the AEZ within the boundary of the agricultural establishment. They must keep a record of their applications for two years. What was the Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) designed for, and what is its range? Correct Answer: The AEZ was designed to help prevent pesticide exposures to both workers and other persons. The AEZ can range from 1-100 feet depending on the application equipment. What license type would a farmer need in order to legally apply a restricted use pesticide to his field, orchard, forest or nursery? Correct Answer: A farmer or agricultural producer would need to obtain a Private Pesticide Applicator license to be able to purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides on farmland that they own, lease or rent. What type of license would a person need in order to legally make pesticide
applications, as a business, to someone else's property? Correct Answer: Pesticide application businesses must obtain an Oregon Commercial Pesticide Operator license to apply any type of pesticide products to someone else's land including general use pesticides, restricted use pesticides, organic pesticides and/or 25b products regardless of the type of business ownership. What type of license would a person or business need in order to legally to sell or distribute restricted use pesticides? Correct Answer: A person or business would need a Dealer License to sell or distribute restricted use pesticides in Oregon. If a business has multiple locations, how many Dealer Licenses would be needed to sell and/or distribute restricted use pesticides at all locations? Correct Answer: Each location or branch would need to obtain their own Dealer License. Can a Pesticide Apprentice supervise pesticide applications made by an Immediately Supervised Trainee? Correct Answer: No, a Pesticide Apprentice is not a fully certified and licensed pesticide applicator, and therefore cannot supervise pesticide applications made by others.
Correct Answer: All Commercial Pesticide Operators (CPO), Commercial Pesticide Applicators (CPA) not working for a CPO, Public Pesticide Applicators and Private Pesticide Applicators making applications of RUPs. What information does a dealer need to record? Correct Answer: Pesticide Dealers must record the name, address and pesticide applicator license number of the purchaser,
- The date of sale,
- The identification of the RUP purchased (trade name and manufacturer or EPA registration number and,
- The quantity purchased. How long must pesticide application records for Commercial Pesticide Operators, Public Pesticide Applicators, Pesticide Consultants and Commercial Pesticide Applicators not working for an operator be kept? Correct Answer: Pesticide application records for the above license holders must be kept for three (3) years. How long must a Pesticide Dealer keep sales records?
Correct Answer: A dealer must keep sales records of restricted use pesticides for three (3) years. What information does a Public Pesticide Applicator, Commercial Pesticide Operator, Pesticide Consultant and Commercial Pesticide Applicator not working for an operator need to keep on their application records? Correct Answer: The name, address and telephone number or the person or business who the pesticide application was made.
- The location of the land or property where the application was made.
- The date and approximate time of the application (the time you began and finished the application at each job site).
- The supplier of the pesticides applied.
- Identification of the pesticide product to include either, the trade name and manufacturer of the product or the EPA registration number.
- The amount or concentration that was used in the units of measure from the pesticide label.
- The specific property (use sites), crop or crops to which the pesticide was applied.
- The summary information of the equipment, device or apparatus used (what application equipment was used to make the application) and, if applied by aircraft, the F.A.A. number.
- The name and license number of the pesticide applicator(s), supervising applicators, Pesticide Apprentices and Immediately Supervised Trainee(s).
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- Global Postitioning System (GPS) What information must Private Pesticide Applicators keep for spot treatments (less than 1/10th of an acre) of restricted use pesticide applications? Correct Answer: • Brand/Trade or Product Name
- EPA Registration Number
- Total amount of pesticide concentrate applied (actual product, not diluted solution)
- Location of the field treated, designated as "Spot Application," followed by a brief description
- Month/day/year of the application Explain why the Oregon Department of Agriculture may have state regulations limiting the use of a pesticide in Oregon even though a pesticide label may allow for that use. Correct Answer: There are a number of reasons that a state may enact special pesticide use regulations. Common reasons include that there are: documented incidents of misuse, damage, injury or death; sensitive crops or vulnerable watersheds; or threatened or endangered species. In some cases, it may be difficult for pesticide users to control what happens to treated crops or materials containing treated crops. For example, sometimes vegetation is treated with a long residual herbicide, such as clopyralid. If the vegetation becomes
a component of commercial compost, the compost may cause harm or damage the property of others. It may be necessary to enact a rule to prevent the application. In other cases, ODA has evidence that a pesticide or class of pesticides may pose an unacceptable hazard to a beneficial insect. For example, to protect bees, ODA prohibited the use of four neonicotinoid insecticides for use on linden trees. Explain why it is important to understand special regulations for crops grown for seed. Correct Answer: Prior to allowing a pesticide to be used on a food or feed crop, EPA must establish a pesticide residue tolerance. A tolerance is established prior to the crop being added to a pesticide label. EPA may allow the use of pesticide on a crop grown for seed (seed to be planted) if there are specific label restrictions which can be additionally enforced by state rule. If the state grants a pesticide registration on a crop grown for seed in which there is no tolerance, the label will prohibit the feeding of seed and by-products. Why might a buffer zone be required and name three reasons why a buffer zone might be required. Correct Answer: Buffers might be required to protect people, fish, water, wildlife, endangered plants or sensitive crops. Buffer information will be on the pesticide label, or the label will provide a link to a website.
Give three examples of pests that look like insects, but are not. Correct Answer: Spiders, centipedes, millipedes, crustaceans, and mullosks. Explain what causes diseases in plants. Correct Answer: Diseases are caused by biological agents called pathogens. Name the five organisms that are associated with plant diseases. Correct Answer: Bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans, and nematodes. Describe three ways weeds can be considered a pest. Correct Answer: They can cause skin irritation, be poisonous to people or animals, clog ditches and canals. They can block road signs, cause snow drifts, break up asphalt and concrete sidewalks, crack or damage and sewer lines. They can cause swimmers to become entangled and damage boats. They can harbor insect and vertebrate pests, and diseases. They compete with desirable pests for nutrients, light and water. Name the three major groups of weeds. Correct Answer: Grasses, broadleaves and sedges. Describe the different plant lifecycles. Correct Answer: Annuals germinate from seed, mature and produce seed in less than one year.
Biennials take two years to complete their lifecycle. They germinate from seed, develop a taproot and rosette the first year of it's life and in the second year, they mature, produce seed and die. Perennials have the potential to live more than two years. They can germinate from seed or reproduce from plant cuttings such as roots or rhizomes. What is a vertebrate pest and what does vertebrate mean? Correct Answer: Vertebrates have jointed backbones and some common vertebrate pests are rodents, raccoons, deer, and birds.
