Title: Restricted-Use Pesticide Recordkeeping
1Restricted-Use Pesticide Recordkeeping
- Montana State University
- Pesticide Safety Education Program
2Restricted Use Pesticide Recordkeeping
Important?
- Keep track for you
- Saves details of when, how much, and where
- Is it working?
- Do you need to change formulations, rate,
approach - Save money
- Cover your land more effectively
- Mandatory Requirement for all private applicators
- 1990 Farm Bill Mandatory
- Montana Pesticide Act - Can lose certification or
be fined
3What requirements are expected of Private
Applicators?
- General Used Pesticides 2,4-D, Banvel, Sevin,
Zinc Phosphide (lt10 a.i.- For domestic use. - Restricted-Use Pesticides (RUP)Tordon, paraquat,
Furadan
4Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs)
- Can only be applied by certified applicators.
- Can cause harm to the environment
- Can cause harm to humans or animals
5As a certified private pesticide applicator, you
are responsible for keeping records for all RUP
applications that you make.
- You must record the application information
within 14 days of the application and.. - You must keep these records for 2 years following
the application.
6Making it easy
7Recordkeeping format
- Name of applicator and applicator ID number
- Date when application was made
- Location
- Size of the area treated
- Crop or site sprayed
- Amount of RUP used
- Product or trade name of pesticide used
- EPA Registration Number
8Name of applicator and applicator ID number
This Number
John The Doe
9Date when application was made
- Month/ Day and year
- Time is not required but may be useful
10Location
- Actual location of the spraying not the farm
address!! - Any method can be used
- County, Range, Township, and section (not
required subsection) - GPS (Latitude/Longitude)
- Applicator maps
- USGS identification system, which involves maps
and a numbering system to identify field
locations.
11Location
- Goal To identify a site that you sprayed for at
lease 2 years following the application.
12USGS MAPS
Field 1
13Size of the area treated
- Use simple calibration formula (Must know GPA)
- Volume used GPA acres treated
400 gallons used 20 acres
20 GPA
2 gallons used 0.025 acres 80 GPA
14Crop or site sprayed
- Language of the label
- Rangeland, wheat, barley, fenceline, etc
15Amount of RUP used
- Calibration formula and acres treated
- Acres treated x rate used
- 20 acres x 1 pint per acre 20 pints used
- 0.025 acres x 16 oz. 0.4 oz. used
16Product or trade name of pesticide used
- Tordon 22K is the trade or brand name
- Picloram is the common name
17EPA Registration Number
18Recording a Spot Treatment
- Spot application" is an application(s) of a
restricted use pesticide made on the same day to
a sprayed area of less than 1/10 acre. (4,356 ft2
or 66 x 66 ft.) - Let your calibration help you.
- Your backpack is calibrated to 50 GPA
- With 5 gallons you should spray 1/10 acre
- (5 gallons 50 GPA 0.1 or 1/10 of an acre
19Spot Treatments
Field 6 as designated on a farm map.
Spot Treatments
Suppose you sprayed a full 5 gallons in Field 6
You dont need to record a location every time
you pull the trigger! Spot Applications for
noxious weeds throughout field 6.
20Spot Treatments
- Location must be designated as "spot
application," followed by a concise description
of the location - Examples
- Spot application, leafy spurge in fields number 5
and 6. - Spot sprayed for weeds next to equipment shed
- Spot sprayed for weeds along fence-line by county
road.
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22Answer
- 1) Location Refer to attached (USGS Map
- 1 Field 1)
- 2) Total Amount Applied
- -Volume Used/GPAacres treated
- -5 gallon/50GPA 0.1 acres treated
- -acres treatedproduct rateproduct used
- -0.120.2 pt product used.
23Answer -continued
- 3 Active Ingredients
- Picloram
- 4 Size of Area Treated
- 0.1 acres (Spot Treatment)
sprayed weeds along - fencerow on east side of
field 1. - 5 - Brand Name
- Tordon 22K
- 6 EPA Reg No.
- 62719-6
- 7 Crop
- Fencerow