WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR ACTUAL

WISCONSIN PESTICIDE APPLICATOR (ACTUAL / )

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What are your options for disposing of hazardous waste? - --- Answers---

What is the importance of emergency planning? - ---Answers- --It is one of the most important tools you can have to prevent an emergency situation form becoming a catastrophic event. It can help protect the health and welfare of employees and the community, minimize environmental damage and potentially reduce liability int he event of an accident.

When should you comply with emergency planning and community right-to-know reporting? - ---Answers---If you store or use any listed substance in a quantity at or greater than its threshold planning quantity.

Who must you report to if you do need to comply with the community right-to-know requirements? - ---Answers---you must report to the Wisconsin Emergency Management agency and your local Emergency Planning Committee.

What constitutes as a spill? - ---Answers---A spill is a release of a compound into the environment in any manner other than its intended use.

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What agencies do you need to report a spill to? - ---Answers- --You need to report a spill to the proper authorities, in Wisconsin there is a Spill hotline made available by the DNR.

What are some of the conditions where you need to report a spill? - ---Answers---If the spill is not contained within secondary containment, and it had caused or threatens to cause adverse effects on human health or the environment, and does not meet the the conditions for exemption form reporting in NR 706.

What are the "3Cs" of spill management? - ---Answers--- Control, Contain and Clean. Controlling the spill means that you prevent the release of more material. Containing the spill means that you prevent the already spilled material from reaching non affected areas. Cleaning the spill means that you decontaminate and neutralize the affected spill area.

What type of assistance will state agencies provide for a spill event? - ---Answers---They can provide technical assistance to you via cleanup instructions. In the event of a major spill, emergency response personnel will assist in control and containment. Cleanup activities are ultimately your responsibility.

What steps can you take to protect yourself and others when applying pests.? - ---Answers---Wearing the proper PPE, let at least one other person know where you are while applying pests., plan ahead if working in remote locations. Keep children, pets, livestock and unauthorized people away from 2 / 4

the site and pest. app. equipment by notifying the public of an area that has pest. applied to it via signage.

What are your responsibilities for notifying a customer about a pesticide application? - ---Answers---You must provide the customer post application notification in writing.

Who may enter a posted site during an REI (restricted entry interval)? - ---Answers---Only personnel meeting the requirements specified on the product label (usually meaning they are wearing the proper PPE) may enter an REI site.

In what situations would you need to post at a site before making an application? - ---Answers---Any time an application is made to a site that is located in a sensitive area (i.e. near a school, park, or residential area) where people or animals can be easily exposed to the pest. or if the label requires it.

What does "natural area" mean and what does "right-of-way" mean? - ---Answers---Natural area means native, undeveloped or wild land and land that is preserved or restored and managed for its natural or native features including parks, forests, and native grassland on public and private land. Right-of-way is land used for, or adjacent to, areas of access or transportation, such as electric power lines, pipelines, railways, public roads or other similar purposes.

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What information is given on the label about pollinator protection? - ---Answers---There will be a pollinator protection box with a "bee icon" which will have special instructions for use to protect honey bees. Such directions may state "do not use while bees are foraging, do not apply to plants that are flowering, or only apply after all flower petals have fallen off".

What are the regulations regarding the use of pesticides to control mammals or birds or to apply pests. to water? - --- Answers---you must obtain a special permit from DATCP and/or the Wisconsin DNR. In most cases you do not need a permit to control mice or rats. IF you wish to apply pests. to water, you must first become certified in Category 5.0 Aquatic and Mosquito.

What is the legal definition of landscape and how is it significant to pest. app. made in this certification category? - -- -Answers---Landscape is any turf, ornamental, or mulched area, including an area being prepared for such a purpose, that is in or around residential premises, public or commercial facilities, parks, workplaces, care facilities, recreational areas or public lands. Certain notifications must be made to certain people at certain times, and you must recognize and know this.

What are your responsibilities for notifying a customer on the landscape registry about pest. app? - ---Answers---If you are making a for hire application, you must offer in writing to provide certain information before you make the first application for your customer.

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