Dr. Lynn Goldman, EPA Assistant Administrator, noted that the origin of the central posting requirement was not that workers would check the central posting every morning, but that the information would be available to them if and when they needed it, rather than forcing them to go to their employer to ask for it. Posting and Notification. Similar complaints were registered about the quarter-mile notification requirement by growers of farms with many different crops. However reasonable the requirement might seem in practice, it tends to be unworkable in the field. Other Issues Use of chemical names.
Instant recognition can be important in case of a fire or other emergency.
Information exchange requirements for commercial applicators. According to Steven Poncin with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, commercial applicators who try to comply with WPS information exchanges often lose business to applicators who will apply any pesticide anywhere at any time without information exchange. Growers rarely give information to commercial applicators, as required, and are often not receptive to information provided by the applicators. Mike Pullins criticized the reporting requirements for commercial applicators as being burdensome and excessive, and impeding timely information transfer to growers of specialty crops who do need the information. Requirements for researchers .