Pesticide Facts: Regulatory Controls

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Pesticide FactsRegulatoryControls

• Carol Ramsay
• Pesticide Education Specialist

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State Pesticide Regulators

• WA Dept. of Agriculture (WSDA)
• Product Registration
• Pesticide Compliance
• Applicator Licensing
• WA Dept. of Ecology (DOE)
• Special permits for applying anypesticide into
  water (Dept. of Health)

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Laws regarding pesticide salesand use

• Federal
• FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
  Rodenticide Act
• US EPA - delegated state authority to WA Dept.
  of Agriculture (WSDA)
• State
• RCW 15.58 and WAC 17.21
• General Rules related to Pesticide Use
• Administered by WA Dept. of Agriculture

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Testing Prior to Registration

• Manufacturer conducts tests
• EPA scientists review data make decisions on
  approval of the labeled product
• Efficacy or performance
• Acute and chronic toxicity
• Degradation and mobility
• Environment and wildlife
• Residue testing (food feed crops)

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WSDA Pesticide Registration

• General Use products
• Home and garden products
• Professional grade products
• Restricted Use products for professionals
• Because of human health or environmental concerns
• Restricted Use by US EPA
• Restricted Use by WSDA

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Mosquito Pesticides

• Home and Garden products
• Aquatic larvicides exempt from Restricted Use
  status
• Adulticides
• Professional Use products
• Aquatic larvicides
• ALL RESTRICTED USE in WA
• All uses require application by a certified
  applicator and a pollutant discharge permit
• Adulticides

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Mosquito Control Products
Remember All non home garden LARVICIDES
are Restricted Use

• Adulticides
• Repellants
• Knockdown and Kill
• Larvicides
• Petroleum oils
• Insect growth regulators
• Microbial (bacteria)
• Organophosphates

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Restricted Use Pesticide

• Can only be purchased by a Certified Applicator
  or their authorized agent
• Can only be used by a Certified Applicator or
  person under their direct supervision

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WSDA Applicator Licensing

• Examination process to document ability of person
  to understand
• Pesticide laws
• Label comprehension
• Human health and environmental safety
• Proper pesticide handling practices
• IPM basics
• Pest management overview

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Certified Applicators in WA

• Public Operator
• Commercial Applicator/Operator
• Private-Commercial Applicator
• Private Applicator
• NOT consultants or dealers

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Public Operator

• Works for public agency or public utility (city,
  county, state, federal)
• License only valid for work being done on the
  job with that agency. Not valid if not employed
  or not working for agency.
• Can provide advice as well

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Commercial Applicator/Operator

• Commercial Applicator
• Head of business - Joint license for a single
  person, can provide advice as well
• Certified in all categories for which the company
  does business
• Commercial Operator
• Employed by a Commercial Applicator
• Exam endorsement for areas in which they work
• Only valid while employed
• Can provide advice as well

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Private-Commercial Applicator

• Applies to private property (owner or employee)
  that does not produce an agricultural commodity.
• Apartment complex, housing association,
  commercial building grounds manager
• Private golf course grounds manager
• Tribal nations, non agriculture

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Private Applicator

• Owner or employee of farm, dairy, ranch, forest,
  nursery, or greenhouse
• Producing an agricultural commodity or associated
  non-cropland

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Who must be certified to APPLY?

• Any person applying or supervising the use of a
  restricted use pesticide
• Any person who is in the business of applying
  pesticides (for hire)
• Any public employee who applies general use
  pesticides through power equipment

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Who must be certified to CONSULT?

• Any person who provides advice regarding the
  selection or use of any non-home and garden
  pesticide
• Public Consultant (i.e. WSU employees)
• Commercial Consultant
• Dealer-Manager (within distribution facility)
• Public or Commercial Applicators/Operators can
  consult

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Mosquito ControlExams and Endorsements Required

• Public, Commercial, Private-Commercial
• Statewide Pest Control (PHPC)
• Public Health Pest Control
• Larvicides into water
• Adulticides
• Aquatic Pest Control
• Larvicides into water
• Adulticides (assoc. w/ aquatic situations)
• only categories which allow larviciding

Applicators Operators Consultants
Must pass Laws Safety Exam
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• Exams/Endorsement for Adulticides onlyPublic,
  Commercial, and Private-Commercial
• Agric. Insect Disease - any agricultural site
  allowed by label
• Turf Ornamental Insect Disease - any turf or
  ornamental site allowed by label
• PCO General - any residential or commercial
  building site for indoor or perimeter spray
  treatments allowed by label
• Livestock Pest Control - on and around livestock

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Mosquito ControlExams and Endorsements Required

• Private farm, forest, nursery, greenhouse
• Private applicator - Adulticides, or larvicides
  into water wholly-contained on their agricultural
  property
• Private applicator plus Aquatic Pest Control -
  larvicides into water that moves off the
  property

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WSDA Exam Locations

• Yakima or Olympia - Every Tuesday
• Other WSDA Offices
• Spokane, Wenatchee, Mt. Vernon
• Monthly - check website
• Moses Lake - bimonthly
• Private Applicator only - some county Extension
  Offices for a 10 exam fee

1-877-301-4555 press 1, 1, 1 to location
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Annual Pesticide License Fees
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Maintain License

• Annual fee - renewal notice in November, reports
  recertification credits as well
• Recertification requirements
• Private Applicator - 20 credits in 5 years, not
  to exceed 8 in any single year
• All others - 40 credits in 5 years, not to exceed
  15 in any single year
• Examination option - every 5 years

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Pesticide Compliance

• Must follow all label directions and precautions
• Can only use on sites listed on the label
• It is a violation of federal law to use this
  product in a manner inconsistent with its
  labeling.
• Chemical trespass concerns

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Pesticide Compliance

• School and Day Care notification and posting
  rules are in effect for public health pesticide
  applications
• Landscape posting rules not in effect for public
  health pesticide applications
• Senstive Person Registry Notification rules not
  in effect , but I would encourage it

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Any questions regarding WSDA requirements?

• Onto WA Dept. of Ecology NPDES Permit

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Laws regarding placing any pesticide into water

• Federal - Clean Water Act
• US EPA - delegate state authority to WA Dept. of
  Ecology (DOE)
• State - RCW 90.48.020
• Administered by WA Dept. of Ecology
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals did not exempt
  applicators from the need to obtain a permit to
  discharge pesticides into water

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NPDES Permit

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
  permit
• Exempts applicator from any liability stemming
  from a legal pesticide application into water
  that followed the guidelines of the NPDES permit
  for that application

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Aquatic Mosquito Control NPDES Permit

• WA Dept. of Ecology general permit covering
  larvicide applications into water for control of
  mosquito larvae
• WA Dept. of Health joined DOE permit for public
  health control

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Aquatic Mosquito Control NPDES Permit

• Entities can apply to DOH to become part of the
  NPDES permit
• It may fall to your local health district
• Entities mosquito control districts,
  municipalities, school districts, counties,
  public agencies, home owner associations, private
  firms, farms, etc (the landholder).

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NPDES Permit Requirements (1)

• Annual application fee - 310
• Covered, if through Dept. of Health
• 38 days pre-application public notification
• Covered, if through Dept. of Health
• Education and outreach
• Covered, if through Dept. of Health
• SEPA (State Envir. Policy Act) review
• Covered, if through Dept. of Health

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NPDES Permit Requirements (2)

• Adopt IPM/BMP measures in Ecologys Best
  Management Practices for Mosquito Control
• http//www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/pesticides/fina
  l_pesticide_permits/mosquito/mosquitocontr-bmpsfi
  nal.pdf
• Or
• Submit your own IPM/BMPs measures with your
  application for approval

IPM
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NPDES - IPM basis

• Minimize contact with people and mosquito
  breeding sites
• Monitoring mosquito populations and disease
  incidence
• May be mosquito species-specific
• Establish action thresholds for control
• Mosquito treatment using IPM

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NPDES - BMP basis for small areas of concern

• Conduct education and outreach to areas of
  control
• Eliminate mosquito breeding sites (standing
  water)
• Use of repellants
• Protections for domestic animals
• Track avian, equine, and human surveillance data
• Action thresholds and IPM strategies

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NPDES BMP basis for wide-areas of concern

• New construction sites, drainage and water
  treatment facilities, residential and commercial
  occupants, farms, and irrigation districts

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NPDES BMP basis for wide-areas of concern

• Education and outreach to areas of control
• Minimize mosquito breeding sites
• Use of repellants
• Protections of domestic animals
• Repellants and vaccines
• Track avian, equine, and human surveillance data
• Action thresholds and IPM strategies

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DOE Permitted Larvicides

• Monomolecular surface film - (suffocation)
• Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (bacteria)
• Bacillus sphaericus (bacteria)
• Methoprene (arthropod-specific growth regulator)
• Petroluem distillates
• Temephos (organophosphate)
• Malathion (organophosphate)

Must be registered in WA and approved by DOE
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Any questions regarding WA Dept. of
Ecology(Dept. of Health) NPDES permits?

• Onto WSU Pesticide Resources

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WSU Pesticide Education

• Web site
• http//pep.wsu.edu
• Schedule for Pre-license courses
• Schedule for Recertification course
• Special courses and conferences
• Fact Sheets
• Pesticide Licensing for Professional Mosquito
  Control
• Prevention and Control of Mosquitoes
• Link to WSDA, WSPRS, DOH-WNV

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Study Manuals for Licensing

• WA Pesticide Laws and Safety, MISC0056 - for
  everyone except private applicators
• Categories have similar names
• Public Health Pest Control exam Public Health
  Pest Control manual, WSU Extension publication
  MISC0151
• Order from Extension Bulletins Office
• Toll free phone [phone]
• Website http//pubs.wsu.edu/

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Public Health Pest Control Licensing Short
Courses

• Laws Safety, plus Public Health Pest Control
• 2-day with exam --gt April 15,16
• Public Health Pest Control
• 1-day with exam
• July and August in Eastern Western WA
• Carol Ramsay, contact ramsay_at_wsu.edu
• http//pep.wsu.edu

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Pesticide Personnel at WSU

• Carol Ramsay - Pesticide Education Specialist
• Carrie Foss - Community IPM Coordinator
• Catherine Daniels - Pest Mgmt. Resource Manager
• Art Antonelli - Urban/Livestock Entomologist
• Doug Walsh - Agricultural IPM Specialist
• Allan Felsot - Environmental Toxicologist

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WSU - WNV Web Site linkshttp//wnv.wsu.edu

• Pesticide Education Programhttp//pep.wsu.edu
• WSDA Pesticide Licensinghttp//www.wa.gov/agr/Pes
  tFert/LicensingEd/default.htm
• WA Dept. of Ecology NPDES permithttp//www.ecy.wa
  .gov/programs/wq/pesticides/index.html
• WA Dept. of Health West Nile Virushttp//www.doh.
  wa.gov/ehp/ts/Zoo/WNV/WNV.html

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Pesticide Education Program
Thank You for Your Participation
Carol Ramsay