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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