Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 128 - PESTICIDES › Subchapter B - LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND PERMITS › COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC APPLICATORS › Section 128.42 - Categories of commercial and public applicators

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
A commercial or public applicator applying or supervising
						the application of a pesticide shall be certified in one or more of the
						following applicator categories:
(1)
Agronomic crops
-The use of a pesticide in the production of an
					 agricultural crop, including tobacco, grain, soybeans and forages and the
					 application of a pesticide to noncrop agricultural land.
(2)
Fruits and nuts
-The use
					 of a pesticide in the production of tree fruits, nuts and berries.
(3)
Vegetable crops
-The use
					 of a pesticide in the production of vegetables, including, tomatoes, cabbage
					 and celery.
(4)
Agricultural animals
-The use of a pesticide on animals,
					 including beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry or
					 other livestock and to premises where these animals are confined.
(5)
Forest pest control
-The
					 use of a pesticide in a forest, forest nursery or forest seed producing
					 area.
(6)
Ornamental and
					 shade trees
-The use of a pesticide in the maintenance of an ornamental
					 tree, shrub, flower or other ornamental.
(7)
Lawn and turf
-The use of
					 a pesticide in the maintenance or production of lawn and turf.
(8)
Seed treatment
-The use
					 of a pesticide on seed.
(9)
Aquatic pest control
-The use of a pesticide on standing or
					 running water, excluding the use of a pesticide in a public health-related
					 activity described in paragraph (16).
(10)
Right-of-way and weeds
-The use of a pesticide to maintain a public road, an electrical power line, a
					 pipeline, a railway right-of-way or a similar type of area or to control
					 vegetation around a structure, such as an oil tank, utility sub stations, an
					 industrial railway siding, an airport, a parking lot, a fence or an industrial
					 building or for the control of an invasive weed species in other
					 areas.
(11)
Household and
					 health related
-The use of a pesticide in, on or around a food handling
					 establishment, a human or nonagricultural animal dwelling, an institution such
					 as a school or hospital, an industrial establishment, a warehouse, a grain
					 elevator and other types of structures whether public or private. The
					 application of a pesticide to protect a stored, processed or manufactured
					 product is also included. The use of a rodenticide or avicide is permitted in
					 this category. The use of a pesticide in outdoor perimeter treatments to
					 control pests, which may infest the structure, is included.
(12)
Wood destroying
					 pests
-The use of a pesticide to control or prevent termites, powder
					 post beetles or other wood destroying pests infesting a residence, school,
					 hospital, store, warehouse or other structures or structural components,
					 including wooden objects contained in or associated with the structure and the
					 area adjacent to those structures.
(13)
Structural fumigation
-The use of a fumigant in or to a structure for the control of pests affecting
					 the structure or its fixtures or inhabitants.
(14) (Reserved).
(15)
Public health vertebrate pest
					 control
-The use of a pesticide to manage and control a vertebrate pest
					 such as rodents or birds, affecting public health.
(16)
Public health invertebrate pest
					 control
-The use of a pesticide to manage and control an invertebrate
					 pest affecting public health.
(17)
Regulatory pest control
-The use of a pesticide to control an
					 organism designated by the Commonwealth or the Federal government to be a pest
					 requiring regulatory restrictions or control procedures to protect man or the
					 environment.
(18)
Demonstration and research pest control
-The use of a pesticide
					 to demonstrate to the public the proper method of application for a pesticide
					 and the use of a pesticide in research such as that undertaken by an extension
					 specialist, county agent or vocational agriculture teacher.
(19)
Wood preservation
-The
					 use of a pesticide in wood impregnation to control or prevent fungi, insects,
					 bacteria, marine borers and other wood destroying pests and includes pole
					 treating or restoration and the use of a fumigant for in-place treatment of
					 utility poles.
(20)
Commodity and space fumigation
-The use of a fumigant in or to
					 a structure, trailer, railcar, onboard ship, or in any type of fumigation
					 chamber, such as under a tarpaulin for the control of pests in stored or
					 in-transit commodities.
(21)
Soil fumigation
-The application of a fumigant to a soil
					 environment.
(22)
Interior
					 plantscape
-The use of a pesticide to control plant pests when the soil
					 or plant to be treated is located within an enclosed structure.
(23)
Park or school pest
					 control
-The use of a pesticide in a campground or recreational area of
					 a public or private park or on school property.
(24)
Swimming pools
-The use
					 of a pesticide in the care and maintenance of swimming pools.
(25)
Aerial applicator
-The
					 use of a pesticide applied by aircraft to any crop or land area. Applicators in
					 this category shall comply with §
											128.85a (relating to ornamental or
					 turf application) when making ornamental or turf applications.
(26)
Sewer root control
-The
					 use of a pesticide to control vegetative growth in public and private sewage
					 collection and distribution lines.
The provisions of this §
													128.42 amended under section
						  7(b)(2) of the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973 (3 P. S. §
														111.27(b)(2)).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
													128.23 (relating to categories of
						  pest management consultant); 7 Pa. Code §
													128.43 (relating to determination
						  of competence); and 7 Pa. Code §
													128.44 (relating to
						  eligibility).