Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5E - Division of Agricultural Environmental Services › Chapter 5E-14 - ENTOMOLOGY - PEST CONTROL REGULATIONS › Part I - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY › Section 5E-14.113 - Fumigation Requirements - Final Post-fumigation Clearance Inspection

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The certified operator in charge or his
				  designated special fumigation identification card holder shall personally
				  determine by using label-approved gas-detecting devices, verified and/or
				  calibrated as required by either the device manufacturer or the fumigant label
				  directions, whichever is more restrictive, that the entire structure or
				  enclosed space fumigated, and also including beds and bedding therein, has been
				  safely ventilated as required by fumigant label directions, to permit safe
				  human entry and occupancy or reoccupancy. No person, other than the certified
				  fumigation operator in charge, his designated special fumigation identification
				  cardholder, or trained identification cardholder, utilizing the label-approved
				  respiratory protective equipment or gas detecting device, may enter, occupy or
				  reoccupy the fumigated structure for any reason prior to completion of the
				  aeration procedure(s) and declaration of clearance. All warning agent
				  containers shall be removed from the structure. In no instance shall
				  ventilation or aeration time be less than that recommended by manufacturer of
				  fumigant on the registered label.
(2) Declaring structure or enclosed space
				  fumigated safe for entry and occupancy or reoccupancy: The certified operator
				  in charge or his designated special fumigation identification card holder shall
				  not permit or allow any unauthorized person to enter or occupy or reoccupy the
				  structure or enclosed space fumigated until the aeration procedures as required
				  by the fumigant product label are completed, and he has personally checked the
				  breathing zone of each room within the fumigated structure for fumigant levels
				  with suitable gas-detecting equipment or device required by the fumigant label
				  and found the structure to be safe for human entry and occupancy, and he shall
				  personally certify by his own signature as a result of his final personal
				  inspection and monitoring examination of the entire structure or space
				  fumigated that the same and adjacent vacated structures are safe for human
				  entry, occupancy or reoccupancy. Such notice of clearance shall be in writing
				  and shall be conspicuously posted by the certified fumigation operator in
				  charge or his designated special fumigation identification cardholder on all
				  entrances of the fumigated structure or enclosed space. Clearance notices may
				  not be posted prior to performing the clearance inspection with the label
				  required gas-detection equipment. The signature of the certified operator in
				  charge or his designated special fumigation identification card holder and the
				  exact date and hour of release for reentry and reoccupancy shall be set forth
				  in all notices. In no case shall the notice of clearance be
				  post-dated.
Rulemaking Authority 482.051 FS. Law Implemented
						482.051(1), 482.152 FS.
New 1-1-77, Formerly 10D-55.113, Amended 4-29-02,
						4-17-03.