Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification Rule

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• Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification
  Rule

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Commercial Fertilizer and Manure Applicator
CertificationBegins in January 1, 2011Must be
certified by January 1, 2012
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FERTILZER CERTIFICATION Rule

• Persons who apply or transport commercial
  fertilizer material for hire.
• Persons who apply or transport manure, from the
  following
• Indiana regulated confined feeding operations.
• Operations outside Indiana that would be confined
  feeding operations if they were located in
  Indiana.

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Applicable to

1. Any person applying fertilizer material (both
   commercial fertilizer and manure) FOR HIRE must
   have a commercial fertilizer applicator license
   AND be working for a licensed commercial
   fertilizer business.

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Applicable to

• Any person applying manure from a confined
  feeding operation (CFO) on any property, must be
  certified.
• Includes manure from CFO size facilities out of
  state.
• An exception is made for people that use amounts
  under 10 cubic yards or 4,000 gallons of manure
  per year.

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• EXCEPTIONS
• People that apply less than 10 cubic yards or
  4,000 gallons of manure per year
• Farmers that apply commercial fertilizers to
  their own property
• Are NOT covered by this regulation

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CFO Confined Feeding Operation is any animal
feeding operation engaged in the confined feeding
of at least 300 cattle, or 600 swine or sheep, or
30,000 fowl, such as chickens, turkeys or other
poultry. The Indiana Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM) regulates these confined
feeding operations.
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Applicable to

• Distribution of fertilizer material (including
  manure) must be through a licensed fertilizer
  DEALER.
• Registration only, no testing required.

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How Growers Become Certified As A Manure
Applicator

• Pass the Category 14 multiple choice exam.
• Manual can be ordered from The Education Store ?
  888-398-4636.
• Test can be taken
• free at regional sites in the winter
• free at monthly test-only days at Purdue
• fee-based training in the summer/fall by PPP
• Submit application for individual certification.

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How Growers Become Certified As A Manure
Applicator

• No fee if the examinee currently holds an OISC
  private applicator credential. Category 14 will
  be added to your private applicator card.
• 20 fee if this is your first OISC credential.
• Private applicator card valid for five years.

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To Become Certified Commercial Fertilizer
Business

• Pass the Category 14 fertilizer exam
• Submit application for the individuals license
  and the business license.
• No fee if the examinee currently holds an OISC
  credential. Category 14 will be added to list of
  categories on your card.
• No fee if business currently holds a pesticide
  business license.
• A first time applicator license and business
  license for Category 14 each is 45 (annually).

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Recertification Process

• Private applicators may re-examine or attend 3
  PARP, private applicator recertification
  programs, to recertify for another five years.
• PARP Programs can now include both fertilizer and
  pesticide topics, or only fertilizer or pesticide
  topics. Each PARP now approved will count
  toward updating fertilizer and pesticide
  components of private applicator card.
• Approved PARP programs are posted on-line
  http//btny.agriculture.purdue.edu/parpevents/
• And listed on the PhoneLine 800-319-3090

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Recertification Process

• Commercial applicators can re-examine or obtain 3
  CCHs (continuing certification hour) over a
  five-year period.
• Approved CCH programs are listed on the Office of
  Indiana State Chemist website
• https//www.isco.purdue.edu/exec/index.php?navpes
  tp1conf

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Supervision

• A certified supervisor can supervise up to 10
  trained employees.
• A certified applicator is responsible for
  uncertified trained employees.

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Supervision

• A certified applicator is responsible for
  uncertified trained employees and must
• Insure that the noncertified employee has
  received training
• Keep record of the training
• Provide the supervised noncertified trained
  employee with the means and instructions to
• Establish direct voice communication during the
  use or distribution of fertilizer material and
• Immediately contact the Indiana Department of
  Environmental Management to report any fertilizer
  material spill that may threaten waters of the
  state
• Make work assignments for the supervised
  noncertified trained employee
• Know the status of the work assignments made to
  supervised trained employee

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Questions

• Leo Reed
• Certification and Licensing Manager
• OISC
• reedla_at_purdue.edu
• Matt Pearson
• Engineering Specialist
• OISC
• pearsonm_at_purdue.edu
• Office of Indiana State Chemist 765 494 1492