ND Pesticide Applicator flashcards

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North Dakota pesticide authority

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture administers state pesticide registration, applicator certification, dealer licensing, and enforcement under state law and FIFRA.

FIFRA

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is the federal law governing pesticide registration, labeling, distribution, sale, and use in the United States.

Section 24(c) registration

A state-specific special local need registration that adds a use not on the federal label, or modifies one, and must be more restrictive or fill an unmet need.

EPA Registration Number

The number on a pesticide label identifying the product's federal registration; it is distinct from the establishment number that identifies the producing facility.

Restricted-use pesticide

A pesticide that may be sold and used only by or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator because of its potential to harm people or the environment.

Private applicator

A certified applicator who applies or supervises restricted-use pesticides on agricultural commodities on land they own, rent, or lease.

Commercial applicator

A certified applicator who applies pesticides for hire or on property they do not own or rent, requiring certification in the appropriate use category.

Continuing education units

Approved CEU credits earned during a certification cycle that satisfy recertification requirements in place of retaking a certification examination.

Pesticide misuse

Applying a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling; it violates FIFRA and state law and may result in civil penalties or certification action.

Stop-sale order

An enforcement action prohibiting the distribution or sale of a pesticide product found to be unregistered, misbranded, adulterated, or otherwise noncompliant.

Inspection authority

NDDA inspectors may examine application equipment, storage, records, and containers and may collect samples; refusal can support license suspension or revocation.

Recordkeeping requirement

Restricted-use pesticide sales and application records must be maintained and made available to the state; failing to keep or produce them is a violation.

Chain of custody

Documentation tracking enforcement samples from collection through laboratory analysis, preserving evidence integrity for use in administrative or legal proceedings.

Enforcement escalation

Progressive enforcement that typically moves from notice of violation or warning to administrative civil penalty, then to suspension or revocation of certification.

Applicator responsibility

The certified applicator is accountable for label compliance even when a dealer or adviser recommends the use; an illegal recommendation is not a defense.

Compliance assistance

Non-enforcement education from NDDA staff that helps applicators understand labels, records, and licensing and correct problems before violations occur.

The label is the law

Label directions, restrictions, and precautionary statements are legally binding, and labeling includes all materials attached to or referenced by the label.

Application record elements

Records should include date, time, location, target pest, product and EPA number, rate, total applied, applicator identity, and weather conditions.

Mode-of-action rotation

Using pesticides with different MOA groups in sequence or mixture, as label resistance-management guidance directs, to delay pest resistance.

Tank mix compatibility

Following label guidance on mixing order and compatibility, sometimes requiring a jar test, to avoid clumping, separation, or crop injury from incompatible products.

Spill response sequence

Stop the source, contain the spill, protect people and water, absorb or recover material, and report reportable releases per label and state requirements.

Triple rinsing

A container-cleaning procedure in which the empty pesticide container is rinsed three times and rinse water added to the spray tank, as the label directs.

Agricultural Use Requirements box

The label box stating the restricted-entry interval and any early-entry requirements that apply to agricultural uses covered by the Worker Protection Standard.

Restricted-entry interval

The time after a pesticide application during which entry into a treated area is prohibited, except under the narrow early-entry exceptions on the label.

Agricultural worker

A person who performs hand-labor tasks such as cultivating, weeding, or harvesting in a treated area on an agricultural establishment covered by the WPS.

Pesticide handler

A person who mixes, loads, applies, or otherwise handles pesticides, or who performs tasks such as flagging, on an agricultural establishment.

WPS training frequency

Workers and handlers must be trained before working in treated areas or handling pesticides, and retrained at least every 12 months.

Central posting location

A required display area with the WPS safety poster, emergency information, and application details including product, EPA number, REI, and application time.

Decontamination supplies

Water, soap, towels, and a change of clothing provided to workers within a quarter mile and to handlers at the mixing and loading site.

Handler PPE provision

The employer must provide, clean, and maintain label-required personal protective equipment; respirator use also requires fit testing and medical evaluation.

Application notification

Required posting of warning signs or oral warnings before an application, delivered in a manner workers and handlers can understand.

First aid after exposure

Follow the label's first-aid statements, get medical attention promptly, and take the product label and information to the medical provider.