PESTICIDE REGULATIONS AND ANTIFOULING PAINTS WISCONSIN MARINE ASSOCIATION MARCH 12, 2015 MIKE MURRAY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Regulates use & safety of pesticides; Registers pesticides; Classifies pesticides by specific use and risk; Restricts environmentally harmful pesticides

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION (DATCP) Enforces state and federal regulations and policies Pesticide use, control and management Certify and License Pesticide Applicators License Pesticide Business Locations and Restricted-Use Pesticide Dealers State program must meet federal benchmarks

AGRICHEMICAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU Feed Fertilizer Water Quality Pesticides

PEST CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION STORAGE HANDLING SPILLS DISPOSAL WORKER PROTECTION SAFETY PESTICIDE PROGRAM ATCP 29 - ATCP 30 - ATCP 31 - ATCP 33

12,000 REGISTERED PESTICIDES What is a pesticide? s (25) Wis Stats "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances labeled or designed or intended for use in preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest, or as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. Herbicide – Insecticide – Fungicide – Rodenticide – Fumigant – Antimicrobial – etc.

PESTICIDE USE IMPACTS MANY INDUSTRIES Agriculture Public Health Landscaping Utilities Greenhouse & Nurseries Invasive Species Control Forestry Food Processing And more

INDIVIDUAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENT Certification Competency to use pesticides Licensing Legal ability to use pesticides

APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION Commercial Categories# Applicators 001.1Field & Vegetable Fruit Livestock & Poultry Forestry Turf & Landscape Greenhouse & Nursery Seed Treatment Aquatic & Mosquito Antifouling Paint Right of Way and Natural Area Structural Space & Commodity Fumigation Termite Wood Preservation Sewer Root Aerial Application Companion Animal Mixer & Loader Soil Fumigation Chemigation7 Total Private Categories # Applicators 100.0/101.0General Farming /105.0Greenhouse & Nursery Fumigation by Private Applicator Chemigation Aerial Application /113.0Fruit Crop616 Total Commercial and Private 6,000 exams per year >29,000 certified applicators 3,000 new every year Partner with UW PAT

HOW TO BECOME CERTIFIED Purchase UW Pesticide Applicator Training Program certification category manual Study Pass DATCP certification exam Valid for 5 years

INDIVIDUAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIRED FOR: Applicators using “Restricted-Use” pesticides Commercial applicators For-Hire Use any pesticide on public school property (K-12) Your business may want employees to be certified

INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATOR FOR-HIRE Contracts pesticide application work Use either general or restricted-use pesticide products To property they do not own Must be certified and licensed

INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATOR NOT-FOR-HIRE Only applies pesticides on property that they and/or their employer owns, rents, or controls Receives no compensation for the application, other than normal wages Must be certified and licensed to use restricted-use pesticide products Landlords, shipbuilders…

ANNUAL LICENSING 1.Individual Applicator Pass category certification exam Complete application form and pay fee For-Hire applicators must work at licensed business 8,300 Individual Pesticide Applicators 2.Commercial Pesticide Application Business Exemptions: Government and educational entities. 2,200 Application Businesses Annual, expires December 31.

USING PESTICIDES IN WISCONSIN Product must be registered in Wisconsin Follow all applicable directions, restrictions, and precautions on the label Personnel protective equipment Application rate Disposal

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE Follow label directions Stay on target Personal protective equipment Record keeping Information to customer Post application precautions Tolerance

APPLICATION RECORD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Applicator’s complete name, license and certification number. 2. Customer’s name and address. 3. Treated site (trees, shrubs, etc.). 4. Specific location of application site. 5. Month, day, year, approximate start and finish times of the application. 6. Brand, product or common chemical name AND EPA product registration number of each pesticide used. 7. Each location, other than a licensed business location, at which the pesticide was mixed and loaded. 8. At least one of the following: a. The concentration and total quantity of each pesticide used. OR b. The amount of each pesticide applied per unit area and the total area treated.

COMPLIANCE ObservationsComplaints InspectionsInvestigations

FIELD STAFF Not Just Pesticides Fertilizer Feed Toxic Response Spills Remediation Soil Plant Additives Lime Worker Protection Bulk Storage

QUESTIONS? Mike Murray Pesticide Program Manager DATCP