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Soil Fumigant Training and Other Resources for Certified Applicators and Safety Information for Handlers
Current as of December 2012
This page includes approved training programs and links to other resources for soil fumigant certified applicators, and approved Fumigant Safe Handling information for soil fumigant handlers. (NOTE: Fumigant product labels include the following link to this web page: www.epa.gov/fumiganttraining)
Soil Fumigant Training for Certified Applicators
Registrant-Developed Training Materials for Certified ApplicatorsState Options for Complying with the Certified Applicator Training Requirement on Soil Fumigant Labels
Safety Information for Handlers
Safety Information for Handlers developed by EPASafety Information for Handlers developed by Pesticide Registrants and Approved by EPA
Other Resources for Certified Applicators
Notifications to States and TribesSOIL FUMIGANT TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED APPLICATORS
Updated soil fumigant product labels require, as a condition of use, certified applicators to successfully complete an EPA- approved training program. This page includes the EPA-approved registrant soil fumigant training programs, as well as state-specific EPA-approved alternatives to the registrant training programs.
Registrant-Developed Training Materials for Certified Applicators
EPA required registrants to develop and implement training programs for certified applicators supervising soil fumigant applications. This training must be completed every 3 years.
- EPA-approved training program for certified applicators using methyl bromide, chloropicrin, chloropicrin and 1,3-dichloropropene, dazomet and metam sodium and potassium
- EPA-approved training program for certified applicators using dimethyl disulfide (DMDS)
State Options for Complying with the Certified Applicator Training Requirement on Soil Fumigant Labels
Depending on where the soil fumigant application is taking place, there may be additional options as well as specific requirements for satisfying the training requirement found on soil fumigant labels for certified applicators supervising soil fumigant applications.
If the state where you intend to apply a soil fumigant is not listed below, then the EPA-approved registrant training programs will satisfy the certified applicator training label requirement.
States with Additional Certified Applicator Training Options and Requirements
| State Where Soil Fumigant Will be Applied |
Option to Satisfy the Certified Applicator Training Requirement |
How Often Training has to be Completed |
Contact for Additional Information |
Documentation |
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| California | 1) Commercial applicators: State certification & licensing in Category O meets label requirement for applicator training. |
1) Meeting State certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Adolfo R Gallo Department |
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2) Private applicators: |
2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. |
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| Florida |
Commercial and private applicators who first attempted and did not pass the Registrant training exam: Successful completion of state administered challenge exam meets label requirement for applicator training for methyl bromide, chloropicrin, chloropicrin and 1,3-dichloropropene, dazomet, and metam sodium and potassium |
Must successfully complete challenge exam every 36 months. | Tamara James |
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| Idaho |
Professional (commercial) and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training |
Meeting State certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Sherman Takatori Program Manager Pesticide Applicator Licensing and Training Idaho State Department of Agriculture Phone: 208-332-8609 Sherman.Takatori@agri.idaho.gov |
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| Minnesota |
Commercial, Non-commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training |
Meeting State certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Alice Waller, Licensing Consultant Licensing & Certification Unit Pesticide & Fertilizer Management Division MN Department of Agriculture 625 Robert Street North St. Paul, MN 55155-2538 651-201-6284 fax: 651-201-6105 alice.waller@state.mn.us |
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| Nevada | 1) Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training. | 1) Meeting State certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. | Charles Moses Nevada Department of Agriculturecmoses@agri.nv.gov 775-353-3716 |
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2) Commercial applicators: must successfully complete a registrant-developed training program |
2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. | |||
| North Carolina | Certified private, commercial, and public applicators: Completion of state soil fumigation training program and passing state administered exam meets label requirement for applicator training. |
Must successfully complete training and exam every 36 months. | Renee Woody, Licensing, Certification and Outreach Manager North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division 1090 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1090 (919)733-3556 http://www.ncagr.gov/SPCAP/pesticides/ |
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| Oregon | 1) Public and commercial applicators: State certification & licensing in Soil Fumigation II Category meets the label requirement for applicator training if the applicator completes the exam after December 25, 2012 | 1) Meeting State certification and renewal requirements will fulfill the label-required training. |
Laurie Gordon Certification/Registration Specialist Oregon Department of Agriculture 475 NE Bellevue Drive, Suite 110 Bend, OR 97701-7415 Telephone: 541-617-6097 Fax: 541-389-1329 E-mail: lgordon@oda.state.or.us or Oregon Department of Agriculture |
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| 2) Private applicators: must successfully complete a registrant- developed training program |
2) Must successfully complete registrant training every 36 months. | |||
| Washington | Commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in Soil Fumigation RMM category meets label requirement for applicator training |
Meeting State certification
and renewal requirements
will fulfill the label-required training. |
Margaret Tucker |
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| Wisconsin | Commercial and Private applicators: State certification & licensing in soil fumigation category meets label requirement for applicator training | Meeting State certification
and renewal requirements
will fulfill the label-required training. |
Michael Murray, DATCP Pesticide Program Manager Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Michael.Murray@Wisconsin.gov 608-224-4551 |
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| Virginia | Private applicators: Completion of state soil fumigation training program and passing state administered exam meets label requirement for applicator training. | Must successfully complete training and exam every 36 months. | Liza Fleeson Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 102 Governor Street, Room 154 Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 371-6559 (804) 371-2283 (fax) Liza.fleeson@vdacs.virginia.gov For technical information: Mr. Robert Christian Mr. Richard Jones |
SAFETY INFORMATION FOR HANDLERS
As stated on updated fumigant product labels, certified applicators must provide fumigant safe handling information to each handler involved in the application, or confirm that each handler participating in the application has received fumigant safe handling information in a manner they can understand within the past 12 months. Fumigant safe handling information is also provided where fumigant products are purchased.Safety Information for Handlers Developed by EPA
- Safety Information for Handlers of Pesticide Soil Fumigants (PDF) (2 pp, 315k) (about PDF) (EPA brochure, November 2010)
- Informacion de Seguridad para los Manipuladores de Pesticidas de Fumigantes del Suelo (PDF) (2 pp, 181k) (about PDF) (EPA brochure, Spanish language version, November 2010)
Safety Information for Handlers Developed by Pesticide Registrants and Approved by EPA
- Paladin® (Dimethyl Disulfide, DMDS) Fumigant Safe Handling Guide (PDF) (2 pp, 40.84k) (about PDF) (Arkema Inc., April 2011)
- Guia para la manipulacion segura de fumigantes, Paladin (Dimetil disulfuro o DMDS) (PDF) (2 pp, 43.04k) (about PDF) (Arkema Inc. brochure, Spanish language version, April 2011)
- Paladin® EC (Dimethyl Disulfide, DMDS) Fumigant Safe Handling Guide (PDF) (2 pp, 41.17k) (about PDF) (Arkema Inc., April 2011)
- Guia para la manipulacion segura de fumigantes, Paladin EC (Dimetil disulfuro o DMDS) (PDF) (2 pp, 43.40k) (about PDF) (Arkema Inc. brochure, Spanish language version, April 2011)
- Methyl Bromide and Chloropicrin Safety Information for Handlers (PDF) (64 pp, 335.52k) (about PDF) (The Chloropicrin Manufacturers' Task Force and The Methyl Bromide Industry Panel, December 2010)
- Safety Information for Handlers Participating in a Field Fumigant Application for 1,3-Dichloropropene (1,3-D)/Chloropicrin Combination Products (PDF) (37 pp, 107k) (about PDF) (Dow AgroSciences LLC brochure, November 2010)
- Información de Seguridad para los Manejadores que Participan en Actividades para la Aplicación de Fumigantes del Suelo para Productos Combinados de 1,3D/Cloropicrina (37 pp, 174.39k) (about PDF) (Dow AgroSciences LLC brochure Spanish language version, November 2010)
- Midas® Safety Information for Handlers (PDF) (5 pp, 719.80k) (about PDF) (Arysta LifeScience brochure, November 2010)
- Metam Sodium/Potassium Safety Information for Handlers (PDF) (65 pp, 443.66k) (about PDF) (Metam Task Force, November 2010)
- Dazomet Safety Information for Handlers (PDF) (6 pp, 173.40k) (about PDF) (Certis USA, LLC, November 2010)