Recordkeeping

Private and commercial applicators

 

PRIVATE

The United States Department of Agriculture requires certified private applicators to keep record of all restricted use pesticide (RUP) applications. Records must be logged within 14 days and kept for three years after the application.

Records are required to include the following:

-brand or product name

-EPA registration number

-location of application

-crop, stored product, commodity, or site treated

-day, month, and year applied

-size of area treated (or spot treatment)

-totaly amount of pesticide applied

-name and certification number of applicator

For a Private Recordkeeping form for a single field please click here.

For a Private Recordkeeping form for multiple fields please click here.

For a copy of our Private Recordkeeping Book please click here.

 

COMMERICIAL

Records kept by commercial applicators are used for clientele purposes or for internal record keeping. Records must also be kept for three years but have 30 days from the application to record.

If providing records to clients applicators need:

-Name/address, date/time

-Target pest

-Site, crop, commodity, or structure

-Pesticide applied

-EPA registraion #

-Dilution and application rate

-Carrier, if not water

-Name of applicator

If providing records for internal recordkeeping applicators need:

-Nozzles/spacing/PSI

-Wind speed, wind direction, temp, rh

-Start/stop time

-WPS notification

How the Worker Protection Standard is Involved...

Any producer that employs individuals must comply with WPS requirements pertaining to personal protective equipment, restricted entry and posting. Both private and commercial applicators must meet the requirements of WPS when pesticide applications are made. For private applicators this pertains to the locations of the area treated or REI that persons may enter or come in contact within a quarter mile. For commercial applicators this pertains to the location, date/time, product name and its active ingerdients, EPA resistration number, REI and any oral or written notices associated with the application.

 

Remember...

There is not one specific way to record keep. Applicators can use computer software, paper, the booklets we've provided, or even a smartphone 'app'! As long as all the required elements are met, recordkeeping can benefit applicators in liability protection and insurance claims. It also provides a Pest Management Plan, helps with real estate transfers and management decisions, and most importantly it helps with treating pesticide exposures.