Event Details
Date
April 9, 2015
Time
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM (concurrent English & Spanish sessions)
Location
Orleans Co. Cooperative Extension Fairgrounds Bldg
12690 Rte 31
Knowlesville, NY
Cost
$20.00 per DEC Special Permit
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureKim Hazel
585-798-4265 x26
email Kim Hazel
Pre-Registration Deadline: April 3, 2015
DEC Special Permit Training (Orleans County)
April 9, 2015
DEC Special Permit allows non-certified workers to apply and handle federally restricted use pesticides: The Special Permit does not relieve the responsibility of the certified applicator that supervises these employees, but it does relieve the requirement of “on-site, within voice contact” supervision while federally restricted pesticides are being applied. Several of the pyrethroid, organophosphate, and carbamate insecticides such as Warrior, Capture, Diazinon, Lorsban and Lannate, and a few herbicides such as Gramoxone and Atrazine, are federally restricted-use materials.
At Special Permit trainings, non-certified applicators review Worker Protection Safety (WPS) handler training. They also learn about the potential hazards to non-target species and the environment, for each federally restricted-use pesticide. They also learn steps required on pesticide labels to prevent the risk of exposure to the applicators and non-target locations. Trainees receive a packet with summaries of this information.
A DEC Special Permit is valid for one year and needs to be renewed every year unless the pesticide applicator becomes certified.
Please pre-register your non-certified applicators for this training by April 3 using the registration form or contact Kim Hazel. Be prepared to provide your farm name and address, name of the applicators' supervisor and his/her pesticide license number, and names of applicators/handlers. Special permit forms will be prepared in advance to speed registration and dismissal from the training.
Note: Certified supervisors are required to attend the first 30 minutes of the training.
Additional Details (PDF; 461KB)
Registration Form (PDF; 259KB)
