Proposed changes to Pesticide Act and Pesticide Applicator Rules & Regs
The Colorado Department of Agriculture has announced another Rule Making Hearing.
A public rulemaking hearing on will be held:
DATE: 12/1/2008
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Colorado Department of Agriculture, 700 Kipling St.,
Lakewood, CO 80215
Proposed Changes to the Colorado Pesticide Applicator’s Act Rules & Regulations
The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry has proposed amendments to the "Administration and Enforcement of the Pesticide Applicators' Act"
8 CCR 1203-2.
The purpose of this rule change is to amend Rule 15.02 to clarify that any technician may use a restricted use pesticide under the on-site supervision of a qualified supervisor and mix and load a restricted use pesticide under the supervision of a qualified supervisor.
The statutory basis for these rules is 35-10-118(2)(b), C.R.S.
A copy of the proposed rule changes are available on the Department of Agriculture’s website at www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1176241340594&pagename=Agriculture-Main%2FCDAGLayout . Any interested party may file written comment with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, Commissioner’s office prior to the hearing, or present written data, views or arguments at the hearing.
As a reminder CDA held a previous Rule Making Hearing July 1, 2008. Those changes (see below) were approved and went into affect October 1, 2008.
The purpose of this rule change is to define adequate supervision; clarify the need for a licensed qualified supervisor, that licensed private applicators may only apply restricted use pesticides for the production of an agricultural commodity, licensing requirements for licensees outside of Colorado, turf and ornamental notification provisions and licensing requirements for any person using a restricted use pesticide and to fix typographical errors.
Current Rules and Regs can be viewed at www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/Welcome.do.
Updated Tuesday, September 13, 2011
