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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:17:08 +0000 From: Pesticide regulatory updates from NMDA Subject: [Nmdapesticides] Pesticide Compliance January 2016 Listserv To: "nmdapesticides@nmsu.edu" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello Subscribers, In this listserv: Renewal Season, Applying for a License, Worker Protection Standard Revision, Certification and Training Proposed Changes, Pesticide Product Renewals, and NMDA's New Inspectors. Renewal Season for Pesticide Licenses Ends January 31st! Renewal season comes to a close on January 31st, 2016. If you have not sent in your renewal form and appropriate fees by January 31st you will have to reapply and take all of your exams again. If you did not receive a renewal form please call us immediately at 575-646-2134! Your renewal forms show CEU credits turned in by October. Remember, if you are a Commercial Applicator, Public Applicator, or a Noncommercial Applicator you must have 4 General CEUs to be eligible to renew. If you're certified in wood-destroying pest control (termites, category 7D), you'll also need 4 CEUs in that category. If you are a Termite Technician or a 7D Pest Management Consultant you must have 4 wood-destroying pest CEUs. If you're a Private Applicator you must have 5 CEUs. *Remember that if you are a commercial applicator you must have current insurance on file with NMDA before your license will be renewed.* Renewal Fees Are Now Double: Commercial Applicators - $150 Noncommercial Applicators - $150 Pest Management Consultants - $150 Dealers - $150 Public Applicators - $0 Operator/ Technician - $100 Call us at 575-646-2134 or email pesticides@nmda.nmsu.edu with any questions or concerns you may have in regards to your pesticide license renewal. Applying for a Pesticide License in 2016 Applications for Commercial, Operator/Technician, Public, Noncommercial and Pest Management Consultant licenses are now ONLINE. Here's how to get started: 1. Sign up to receive your customer account with Metro Online Services. 2. Apply for your New Mexico pesticide license. You'll need the password you got when you opened your Metro account. 3. NMDA will review your application and email your Approval or a request for more information. Your Approval will include your Pesticide Application ID number. 4. Schedule and pay for your exam(s) with Metro. You'll use your Pesticide Application ID number here too. If you prefer to take the paper exams at NMDA sessions, refer to the schedule below and call NMDA to reserve a spot. Once NMDA has approved your license application you will be able to schedule your exam(s) through Metro at one of the computer-based testing centers in Albuquerque, Farmington, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Portales and Santa Fe. Metro will charge $55 per exam, payable when you schedule. Individuals at the testing site will verify your identity, take your picture, and set up and proctor your exam. You will get your score and a detailed results print-out as soon as you complete the exam. If you have any questions please call us at 575-646-2134 or email pesticides@nmda.nmsu.edu . Federal Worker Protection Standard Revision For those of you involved in greenhouses, nurseries, or agriculture, the Federal Worker Protection Standard (WPS) has been revised for the first time since 1992. Although the revised WPS will be in effect this December, compliance with most of the provisions will not be required until December of 2016. Among the changes are an annual training requirement (compared to every 5 years under the old WPS) for Workers and Handlers; a minimum age of 18 for Handlers and early entry Workers; application exclusion zones; and more. EPA and states will be developing materials to assist agricultural employers and others to comply, including new/revised manuals, fact sheets, presentations, web pages, etc. For more information on the revision of the WPS go to http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/revisions-worker-protection-standard. EPA Proposed Changes for Certification and Training EPA is also proposing changes to the existing Federal regulation that covers the certification and training of pesticide applicators, which has had no substantive updates since 1974. A lot of major changes are proposed in this draft regulation which can be looked at on this EPA web page: http://www2.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/epa-proposes-stronger-standards-people-applying-riskiest-pesticides. Most states, including New Mexico, already have State laws that are more restrictive than the Federal requirements, but if the proposal goes into effect as drafted, New Mexico will have to make some changes. We encourage anyone interested to read the documents EPA has placed in the Federal docket at regulations.gov and make constructive comments and suggestions; this is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to have a voice in the Federal rulemaking process! Go to the web site above to learn more. Pesticide Product Registration and Renewals Pesticide Product Renewals are in full swing right now. The deadline for products to renew is January 31st. After the 31st there will be a double fee. All pesticides and devices must be registered before they can be offered for sale in New Mexico. Products are registered by their marketing label, not their active ingredient or EPA number. For instance, if the product is marketed with different fragrances, alternate brand names, "lock and load" or water-soluble bags, etc., each different fragrance, formula, etc. must be registered. NOTE: All labels, revisions and supplemental distribution forms should be submitted in PDF format via either email or on a CD. To register, submit: 1. A completed application form. 2. Marketing labels for each product, in PDF format; send via email or on a CD. 3. For any supplementally distributed products, a PDF of EPA Form 8570-5, Notice of Supplemental Distribution. 4. The registration fee of $100 per product. Special registrations (experimental use permits, Section 18 exemptions, and 24c exemptions) are not subject to the registration fee if their parent product is registered. For more information on Product Registration please contact Erica Millette at 575-646-4697 or email her at emillette@nmda.nmsu.edu New Pesticide Inspectors NMDA's Pesticide Compliance group now has all of its pesticide inspector positions filled. Welcome to Neil Dolly and Luz Hernandez! Stephen Baca, Inspector Supervisor, 505-362-1392 Nathan Abrahamson, Albuquerque & Central, 505-948-4349 Erin Worth, Albuquerque & Northwest, 505-999-7336 Luz Hernandez, Las Cruces & Southwest, 575-496-6493 Emil Matthews, East, 575-418-8217 Neil Dolly, East, 575-202-7551 Upcoming New Mexico CEU Workshops 2016 Cotton Growers Association Conference January 13th Ruidoso, NM Southwest Hay and Forage Conference January 14th Ruidoso, NM 2016 Southwestern Conference January 26-28 Albuquerque, NM Pesticide Applicators Workshop January 28 Hobbs, NM NMAAA Annual Convention January 27-29 Mescalero, NM Pesticide Applicators Workshop February 3rd Farmington, NM Think Trees New Mexico February 4-5 Albuquerque, NM CTN Continuing Education Course February 4th Sunland Park, NM NM Organic Conference February 19-20 Albuquerque, NM For more information on upcoming workshops please visit our website: http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/pesticides/workshops/ Got Recommendations? We invite you to suggest topics that you are interested in hearing about from the Pesticide Compliance group. Send us an email at pesticides@nmda.nmsu.edu with the words "Topics of Interest" in the subject line. That's all for now folks! NMDA Pesticides Listserv You are recieving this email because you have subscribed to the NMDA Pesticides Listserv. To unsubscribe please go to: https://mailman.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/nmdapesticides Confidentiality Notice: New Mexico has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from state employees are public records. Your e-mail communications may therefore be subject to public disclosure. This e-mail, including all attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipients. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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