GENERAL COLORADO COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND SAFETY TRAINING QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025.

GENERAL COLORADO COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATION AND SAFETY TRAINING QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025. 2 / 8 1. FIFRA: -Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act -Provides federal control of pesticide distribution, sale, and use 2. Full Federal Label (FIFRA): -Section 3 3. Pesticide Classification: -All Pesticides are classified according to their potentialhazards 4. Pesticide Classifications (2): 1. General Use Pesticides (GUP) 2. Restricted Use Pesticides (RUP) 5. Emergency Exemptions (FIFRA): -Section 18 -Under certain circumstances, EPA allows state/federal agencies to permit addition- al use that is not specified by the label to respond to a localized pest managementcrisis -Standard to meet this exemption is "Signifigant economic loss" 6. Special Local Needs Label (FIFRA): -Section 24C -States can register additional uses of a federally registered pesticide to meet"Specialty Local Needs" (SLN) -Prepared by manufacturer and obtained through distributor 7. Minimum Risk Pesticides (FIFRA): -Pesticides that are minimum risk due to having a limited amount of active and inert ingredients and are not required to havean EPA registration number 8. Certification of Applicators (FIFRA): -RUP may only be sold to certified appli-cators -Colorado certifications are controlled by the Colorado Department of Agriculture(CDA) 9. FIFRA Categories of Applicators: 1. Private Applicators 2. Commercial Applicators 10. Private Applicators: -A person who uses or supervises the use of RUP in theproduction of agricultural commodities on land owned by them or their employer -Ex. Farmer/Rancher 11. Commercial Applicators: -Any person who engages in the business of apply-ing RUP pesticides or operating a device for hire 12. Pesticide Registration (FIFRA): -Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) -Pesticides must not cause harm to infants, children, or other sensitive individuals -EPA reviews a registered pesticide every 15 years 3 / 8 13. Residue: -Small amounts of pesticidesthat remainsin/on fruits, veggies, grains,other foods, and animal feeds 14. Tolerance: -The maximum residue limit 15. Civil FIFRA Penalties: -May not exceed $5,000 for each offence -First violation results in a warning -Penalties are enforced through EPA 16. Criminal (FIFRA) Penalties: -Willful violation is a misdemeanor - Applicator is subject to a fine up to $25,000 and or one year imprisonment -Producer is subject to $50,000 fine and up to one year imprisonment 17. Federal Food,Drug and Cosmetic Act: -EPA role:Setstolerances or maximumlegal limits for pesticide residue on food commodities FDA role: Monitors food crop residue and enforces EPA tolerance levels 18. Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) 1996: -One single health based standardfor the risk assessment of pesticide residue in/on food and feed 19. Worker Protection Standard (2015): -WPS is a federal regulation that providesprotection to workers who preform hand labor task in fields after a pesticide appli- cation -WPS label found under "Directions for Use" 20. Endangered Species Act of 1973: -Designed to protect endangered species -Administrated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -Some pesticides include "Endangered Species Restrictions" statement under 'En-vironmental Hazards' 21. Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA): -Provides au- thority for federal cleanup of any uncontrolled hazardous waste site and responseto spills or accidental release of hazardous substances 22. Colorado Pesticide Applicators Act (CPAA): -Rules and regulations adminis-terd by CDA -3 types of applicators 23. Commercial Applicator(CPAA): -A pe