MN Pesticide Applicator (Category A)

Pesticide Misuse

-Not using a pesticide according to label directions

-using a pesticide not registered for sale or use in MN

-applying without a license

-applying in a endangering way to animals/ppl/environment

MDA

MN Department of Agriculture

FIFRA

Federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act .

Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs)

Pesticide formulation designed and approved by the FIFRA

Non-Restricted Use Pesticides (Non-RUPs)

All pesticides other than RUPs including general use and unclassified pesticides, organic pesticides, etc

Structural Pest Control Applicator (SPCA)

These applicators apply pesticide 'for hire' in, on or around their customers buildings and other structures.

Re-certification

There are two ways to recertify .

1 - attend an MDA approved category specific recertification workshop.

2 - re-test by taking the category certification exams and pay retest fees.

Reciprocity

Allow someone residing in licensed in another state to obtain a pesticide applicator license in MN without being required to take MN initial certification exams or completing MN recertification requirements .

Endangered Species

A plant or animal in danger of extinction.

Examples-

MN Dwarf Trout Lily

Piping Plover

Topeka Shiner

Karner Blue Butterfly

Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel

Winged Mapleleaf Mussel

Threatened Species

A plant or animal likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.

Examples-

Leedy's Roseroot

Prairie bush clover

Western prairie fringed orchid

Canada Lynx

Candidate Species

Plants or animals that are being considered for designation as threatened or endangered .

Examples-

Spragues Pipit

Eastern Massasauga

Dakota Skipper

Snuffbox

Sheepnose

Spectaclecasew

Pesticide Management Plan

A plan of protection for groundwater and surface water.

Best Management Practices (BMPs)

These are practical, research-based ways for users of pesticides to prevent or minimize contamination.

Application Setbacks

The distance of untreated land between a pesticide treated area in the areas that need protection from the pesticides.

Depth to Groundwater

The distance from the soil surface down to the water table.

Backflow

When the water source filling the pesticide application equipment has a water pressure drop unexpectedly in the supply line, electricity is shut down or a pump fails and the pesticide runs back into the water source, contaminating it.

Air Gap

A physical separation, or gap, between the water source and the rim of the tank or container you are filling, designed to prevent backflow.

Reduced Pressure Principal Device

Two independent check valves in the water supply line, with an automatic pressure differential valve located between the two valves.

Pressurized Vacuum Breaker

Vees stop backflow in the waterline is under continuous water pressure and the waterline pressure is lost.

Atmospheric Vacuum Breaker

These let air from the atmosphere into the waterline to break the backflow siphon at the event of pressure loss in the waterline.

4 Ways to prevent Backflow

1) Airgap

2) Use a reduced pressure principle device

3) Use a pressurized vacuum breaker

4) Use an atomspheric vacuum breaker

Chemigation

Application of pesticides and fertilizers through irrigation systems (Must have a Chemigation permit to do)

Pesticide Waste

Includes both pesticides that you cannot use as originally intended, old pesticides that may no longer be effective or pesticides you no longer need or want.

Waste Pesticides

Pesticides that are no longer usable or wanted.

Examples-

The government has banned the use of the pesticide.

The pesticide has been stored too long and lost effectiveness or changed in other ways so it no longer works.

The pesticide is left over or you no longer need or want it.

Agricultural Chemicals

Substances such as pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers

STARR

Secure - Key people/children/pet/animals away from site and wear PPE

Telephone - if there is a threat to public safety call 911 and or fire department if needed. Then call safety duty officer to report

Abate - Control the source of contamination and contain the contamination so it does not spread any further

Recover - collect the released chemical and any contaminated soil or other materials

Remediate - dispose of recovered chemical in contaminated soil and materials

Agricultural Chemical Response and Reimbursement Account (ACRRA)

A fund that provides partial reimbursement for cleanup cost for agricultural chemical incidents

Adjuvant

An additive to a pesticide that enhances pesticide effectiveness.

Aquatic life

Organisms that spend all or part of their life on surface waters.

Direct pesticide application

A precise application to a specific area or site so only weeds are sprayed during a band application to crops.

Indirect pesticide applications

Unintentional or intentional treatment of pests through spraying or placement of a pesticide on a plant rather than on the pest .

Leaching

The downward movement of pesticides and nutrients through the soil.

Non-target species

Organisms not intended to be managed

Runoff

The movement of water and associated Materials over the top of the soil or impervious surfaces.

Toxicity

The extent to which a chemical or substance is poisonous.

Transformation

Change in a pesticides chemical structure

Transportation

The movement of a pesticide away from its intended site of action.

Pollinator protection statements

EPA required statements on pesticide labels which provide information on use of the product in a manner that reduces impacts on pollinators .

Pollinators

Insects and other organisms that carry pollen from one flower to another i.e. birds or bees

Solubility

How well it dissolves in water

Particle drift

How far the droplets of the pesticide or fertilization goes from the application site. This is unwanted and to be avoided

Violatilization

This occurs when a pesticide changes from a solid or liquid phase to a gas station a spad this occurs when a pesticide changes from a solid or liquid phase to a gaseous phase.

Absorption

The movement of pesticides in the plants.

Aesthetic threshold

The pest population density level when pest management measures must be applied to prevent reaching unacceptable levels of aesthetic damage to a plant or landscape .

Calibration

The practice of verifying and adjusting fertilizer or pesticide application equipment to accurately apply a predetermined or calculated amount of product per area unit .

Economic level injury

The pest population density were pest damage causes a reduction in the value of the crop or plant that is greater than the cost of control

Economic threshold

The pest population density level when pest management measures must be applied to prevent reaching the economic injury level

Environmental thresholds

The pest population density level when pest management measures must be applied to prevent unacceptable damage to the environment

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

A sustainable approach to reduce pest to a tolerable level by using the best balance of cultural physical, biological and chemical message while minimizing economic, environmental and health risks

Mode of action

The way in which a pesticide exerts a toxic effect on the target plant, annual, or micro organism

Pressure sprayer

The pesticide solution is forced through the spray system at a specific pressure and sprayer speed. The sprayer may have one or several nozzles. Jobs can be handled by low or high pressure sprayers which can be hand carried compressed air or knacksap sprayers

Soil injection

The placement of a pesticide below the surface of the soil

Spraygun

Handheld devices attached to a hose and taking a quick did with the trigger the regulate the application of the liquid from inside the tank

Sprayer overlap

Intentional application on top of a previous application to account for reduced volume of material applied at the edges of fertilize Asian or herbicide application and to ensure adequate coverage

Systematic herbicides

There absorbed by the roots or through the foliage and then are translocated to other parts of the plant. Systematic herbicides will work on annual and perennial weeds, but are often used to control perennial weeds

Rinsate

Water containing low concentrations of contaminants, resulting from the cleaning of containers etc.

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheet

Diaphragm Pumps

A pump using a flexible diaphragm in place of a piston.

3 C's

Control - Contain - Cleanup

Spot Application

Only spray certain areas

Broadcast Application

The uniform application of a pesticide or other material over an entire field or area.

Band Application

The placement of fertilizers in about 2 in. to one side of and slightly below the seed.

Area of a Rectangle

L x W = A

Area of a Square

L x L = A

Area of a Circle

(3.14 x r)squared = A

Area of a Triangle

(B x H)/2 = A

Mechanical Control

Insect pest control which uses a purpose-built mechanical device or hands (and feet).

Biological Control

Insect pest control which uses other predators to eat away the pests

GPA

Gallons per Acre

Microbial Decomposition

The chemical and physical processes during which organic matter is broken down and reduced to its original elements.

Professional Conduct

Read the label - don't be inappropriate - don't lie - be polite

Filter Stips & Vegetative Buffers

Untreated grass strips next to streams, ponds, etc. meant to trap pesticide

Household Hazardous Waste Facility

In MN - country run facilities that accept most types of hazardous waste

Incident

In this context: pesticides released into the enviroment beyond what the label permits