Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-228 - General pesticide rules › Section 16-228-1320 - What are the recordkeeping requirements for pesticide applicators?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Certified
				applicators and all persons applying pesticides to more than one acre of
				agricultural land in a calendar year including public entities engaged in
				roadside spraying, and all persons making landscape applications of pesticides
				to types of property listed in
				RCW
				17.21.410(1), (b), (c), (d) and
				(e) shall keep records for each application
				which shall include the following:
(a) The
				full name and full address of the person for whom the pesticide was
				applied.
(b) The address or exact
				location of the land where the pesticide was applied. If the application is
				made to one acre or more of agricultural land, the field must be located on the
				map on the adopted form. Location of agricultural land shall be made using
				section, township and range, geographical positioning system coordinates, or by
				irrigation block and farm unit numbers.
(c) The year, month, day and start and stop
				time the pesticide was applied.
(d)
				The product name used on the registered label and the United States
				Environmental Protection Agency registration number, if applicable, of the
				pesticide which was applied.
(e)
				The direction from which the wind is blowing and estimated velocity of the wind
				in miles per hour (mph) and the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at the time
				the pesticide was applied: Provided that this subsection (e) shall not apply to
				applications of baits in bait stations, pesticide applications within
				structures and drip or subsurface irrigation applications. Wind and temperature
				readings shall be obtained in close proximity to the application
				site.
(f) The total amount of
				pesticide applied such as pounds, gallons, ounces, etc.
(g) The amount of pesticide applied per acre
				or one thousand square feet or other appropriate measure.
(i) For PCO classification or residential
				ornamental applications, the amount shall be recorded to the nearest ounce of
				product or to the nearest gallon of liquid spray per site.
(ii) Fumigation records shall include the
				pounds of gas released per one thousand cubic feet of space, the temperature,
				and the duration of the exposure period.
(h) The concentration of pesticide that was
				applied. Liquid applications may be recorded as, but are not limited to, amount
				of product per one hundred gallons of liquid spray, gallons per acre of output
				volume, ppm, percent product in tank mix (e.g., 1%). For chemigation
				applications record "inches of water applied" or other appropriate
				measure.
(i) The pests to be
				controlled (for PCO classification only).
(j) Specific crop or site to which pesticide
				was applied.
(k) Apparatus license
				plate number.
(l) The licensed
				applicator's full name, certified pesticide applicator license number, complete
				address, telephone number, and the full name of the individual or individuals
				making the application.
(m) The
				number of acres or other appropriate measure to which the pesticide was
				applied.
(n) For commercial
				applications, the full name and complete address of the commercial
				firm.