Notice2022-25539
Notice of Approval Status; Certifying Authorities' Amended Plans for Certification of Commercial and Private Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides; Batch One
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
November 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its approval of thirteen amended certification plans for certifying applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) from the following certifying authorities: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC); California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR); Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA); New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC); Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA); Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture (PRDA); U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant, Protection and Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ); U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USDA FS); U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); U.S. Department of Energy (DoE); U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (DOI BLM); Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM); and Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (VIDPNR). The amended plans are consistent with the existing regulatory requirements, including revisions made in 2017 to enhance and improve the competency of certified applicators of RUPs and persons working under their direct supervision. The 2017 regulatory revisions are intended to further reduce potential exposure of RUPs to certified applicators and those working under their direct supervision, other workers, the public, and the environment. Federal, state, territory, and tribal certifying authorities with existing certification plans are required to revise their existing plans to conform with the updated federal standards for RUP applicator certification.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71628-71629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25539]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0509; FRL-7661-01-OCSPP]
Notice of Approval Status; Certifying Authorities' Amended Plans
for Certification of Commercial and Private Applicators of Restricted
Use Pesticides; Batch One
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its
approval of thirteen amended certification plans for certifying
applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) from the following
certifying authorities: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
(ADEC); California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR); Nebraska
Department of Agriculture (NDA); New York Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC); Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA); Puerto
Rico Department of Agriculture (PRDA); U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant, Protection and
Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ); U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (USDA FS); U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); U.S. Department of
Energy (DoE); U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management (DOI BLM); Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
(VAAFM); and Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural
Resources (VIDPNR). The amended plans are consistent with the existing
regulatory requirements, including revisions made in 2017 to enhance
and improve the competency of certified applicators of RUPs and persons
working under their direct supervision. The 2017 regulatory revisions
are intended to further reduce potential exposure of RUPs to certified
applicators and those working under their direct supervision, other
workers, the public, and the environment. Federal, state, territory,
and tribal certifying authorities with existing certification plans are
required to revise their existing plans to conform with the updated
federal standards for RUP applicator certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: The designated EPA point of
contact for the Certification Plan of interest as listed in Table 1 of
Unit I.B.
For general information contact: Carolyn Schroeder, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2376; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffcece7fde0eaebeafda1eceefde0e3f6e1cfeaffeea1e8e0f9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe8d9d968c919b9a9b8cd09d9f8c91928790be9b8e9fd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are a
federal, state, territory, or tribal agency who administers a
certification program for pesticides applicators. You many also be
potentially affected by this action if you are: A registrant of RUP
products; a person who applies RUPs, including those under the direct
supervision of a certified applicator; a person who relies upon the
availability of RUPs; someone who hires a certified applicator to apply
an RUP; a pesticide safety educator; or other person who provides
pesticide safety training for pesticide applicator certification or
recertification. The following list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
<bullet> Agricultural Establishments (Crop Production) (NAICS code
111).
<bullet> Nursery and Tree Production (NAICS code 111421).
[[Page 71629]]
<bullet> Agricultural Pest Control and Pesticide Handling on Farms
(NAICS code 115112).
<bullet> Crop Advisors (NAICS codes 115112, 541690, 541712).
<bullet> Agricultural (Animal) Pest Control (Livestock Spraying)
(NAICS code 115210).
<bullet> Forestry Pest Control (NAICS code 115310).
<bullet> Wood Preservation Pest Control (NAICS code 321114).
<bullet> Pesticide Registrants (NAICS code 325320).
<bullet> Pesticide Dealers (NAICS codes 424690, 424910, 444220).
<bullet> Industrial, Institutional, Structural & Health Related
Pest Control (NAICS code 561710).
<bullet> Ornamental & Turf, Rights-of-Way Pest Control (NAICS code
561730).
<bullet> Environmental Protection Program Administrators (NAICS
code 924110).
<bullet> Governmental Pest Control Programs (NAICS code 926140).
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related
information?
For assistance in locating documents related to the approved plans
identified in this notice, please consult the designated EPA point of
contact for the Certification Plan of interest as listed in Table 1 of
this unit, or the general contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Table 1--Designated EPA Point of Contacts for the Certification Plans
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EPA point of
EPA region Certification plan contact POC phone Email
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Region 1........................ VAAFM.............. Robert Koethe..... (617) 918-1535 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#056e6a60716d602b776a67607771456075642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b70747e6f737e356974797e696f5b7e6b7a357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Region 2........................ NYSDEC............. Tara Glynn........ (732) 906-6183 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a1d16031414540e1b081b3a1f0a1b541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8aede6f3e4e4a4feebf8ebcaeffaeba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>
.
PRDA...............
VIDPNR.............
Region 7........................ NDA................ Shawn Hackett..... (913) 551-7774 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e880898b838d9c9cc69b80899f86a88d9889c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcd4dddfd7d9c8c892cfd4ddcbd2fcd9ccdd92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
Region 9........................ DPR................ Katy Wilcoxen..... (415) 947-4205 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4c3ddd8d7dbccd1da9adfd5c0cdf4d1c4d59ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2859b9e919d8a979cdc9993868bb2978293dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.
Region 10....................... ADEC............... Bethany Plewe..... (208) 378-5753 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70001c1507155e12150418111e09301500115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="daaab6bfadbff4b8bfaeb2bbb4a39abfaabbf4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
ODA................
Office of Pesticide Programs.... USDA APHIS PPQ..... Jeanne Kasai...... (202) 566-2388 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f893998b9991d6929d9996969db89d8899d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1cac0d2c0c88fcbc4c0cfcfc4e1c4d1c08fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
USDA FS............
DoD................
DoE................
DOI BLM............
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
II. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), 7. U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires certifying authorities to have
an EPA-approved certification plan to certify applicators of RUPs. The
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (CPA) regulation at 40 CFR part
171 was amended in 2017 (Ref. 1). As a result, federal, state,
territory, and tribal certifying authorities with existing
certification plans were required to revise their existing
certification plans to conform with the updated federal standards for
the certification of applicators of RUPs and submit their revisions to
EPA by March 2020 for EPA review and approval. The CPA regulation
specifies that the existing certification plans remain in place until
the revised plans are approved by EPA on or before the regulatory
deadline established in 40 CFR 171.5. The Agency has since issued a
final rule extending the original deadline for certification plans to
comply with the updated federal standards under the 2017 CPA rule.
State, territory, tribal, and federal authorities can now continue
existing applicator certification programs to November 4, 2023 (Ref.
2).
III. What action is the Agency taking?
This action gives notice that the following thirteen certifying
authorities' certification plans submitted to the Agency meet or exceed
the standards of 40 CFR part 171: ADEC, DPR, NDA, NYSDEC, ODA, PRDA,
USDA APHIS PPQ, USDA FS, DoD, DoE, DOI BLM, VAAFM and VIDPNR. EPA
hereby gives notice that the thirteen amended certification plans for
certifying applicators of RUPs listed in this document are now approved
plans; the certifying authorities may certify pesticide applicators and
continue with implementation of the certification plans as outlined in
the approved plans.
These thirteen plans represent the first in a series of batched
notifications announcing the approval of the federal, state, territory,
and tribal certification plans moving through the approval process.
These batched notifications will continue to occur on a regular basis
as plans are approved. EPA also provides frequent status updates on its
website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators">https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators</a>.
III. References
The following is a list of documents that are related to the
issuance of this Notice. For assistance in locating these other
documents, please consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
1. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators; Final
Rule. Federal Register. 82 FR 952, January 4, 2017 (FRL-9956-70).
2. EPA. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators;
Further Extension to Expiration Date of Certification Plans; Final
Rule. Federal Register. 87 FR 50953, August 19, 2022 (FRL-9134.1-04-
OCSPP).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y.
Dated: November 15, 2022.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-25539 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on November 23, 2022.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.