Pesticide Applicator or Dealer Storage Inventory with Cover Letter Due May 1st to Fire Department All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New […]
WPS “Protect Yourself from Pesticides” Poster Now Available
On June 30th the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) launched its next resource, “Protect Yourself from Pesticides”, a poster satisfying the display requirements of the revised 2015 Worker Protection Standard (§170.311). Although agricultural employers aren’t required to include expanded content in the central display area until January 2, 2018, you may begin using this new […]
Revised WPS: Applicability of New Respiratory Protection Requirements
The Revised WPS requires that when a pesticide label requires a handler to wear a respirator, the handler’s employer must provide them with a medical evaluation, fit test, and respirator training. Under WPS, it doesn’t matter if the person is a private applicator, commercial applicator, or neither. If the person is handling (mixing, loading, applying […]
Just posted to Rutgers “Quick-Connect”: 1st WPS Handler Video approved with 2018 Content
See “Quick-Connect”: EPA-approved Handler/Worker Training of EPA Approved Training Resources webpage for this newly-added WPS resource: Video (English) – Agricultural Worker and Handler Pesticide Safety Training (MP4). Iowa State University. May 11, 2017. It is approved by EPA for training of both handlers and workers under the revised Worker Protection Standard (WPS). It is compliant […]
The ONE Date Jersey Licensed Pesticide Applicators NEVER forget – May 1st!!!!!!!!!
All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New Jersey, all licensed pesticide applicators and dealers who store pesticides are required per N.J.A.C. 7:30-9.5 […]