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Notice of Approval Status; Certifying
Authorities’ Amended Plans for
Certification of Commercial and
Private Applicators of Restricted Use
Pesticides; Batch One
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing its
approval of thirteen amended
certification plans for certifying
applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides
(RUPs) from the following certifying
authorities: Alaska Department of
Environmental Conservation (ADEC);
California Department of Pesticide
Regulation (DPR); Nebraska Department
of Agriculture (NDA); New York
Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC); Oregon
Department of Agriculture (ODA);
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
(PRDA); U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Plant, Protection and
Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ); U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (USDA FS); U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD); U.S. Department of
Energy (DoE); U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(DOI BLM); Vermont Agency of
Agriculture, Food and Markets
SUMMARY:
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(VAAFM); and Virgin Islands
Department of Planning and Natural
Resources (VIDPNR). The amended
plans are consistent with the existing
regulatory requirements, including
revisions made in 2017 to enhance and
improve the competency of certified
applicators of RUPs and persons
working under their direct supervision.
The 2017 regulatory revisions are
intended to further reduce potential
exposure of RUPs to certified
applicators and those working under
their direct supervision, other workers,
the public, and the environment.
Federal, state, territory, and tribal
certifying authorities with existing
certification plans are required to revise
their existing plans to conform with the
updated federal standards for RUP
applicator certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact:
The designated EPA point of contact for
the Certification Plan of interest as
listed in Table 1 of Unit I.B.
For general information contact:
Carolyn Schroeder, Pesticide ReEvaluation Division (7508M), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001;
telephone number: (202) 566–2376;
email address: schroeder.carolyn@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are a federal, state,
territory, or tribal agency who
administers a certification program for
pesticides applicators. You many also
be potentially affected by this action if
you are: A registrant of RUP products;
a person who applies RUPs, including
those under the direct supervision of a
certified applicator; a person who relies
upon the availability of RUPs; someone
who hires a certified applicator to apply
an RUP; a pesticide safety educator; or
other person who provides pesticide
safety training for pesticide applicator
certification or recertification. The
following list of North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
to help readers determine whether this
document applies to them. Potentially
affected entities may include:
• Agricultural Establishments (Crop
Production) (NAICS code 111).
• Nursery and Tree Production
(NAICS code 111421).
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• Agricultural Pest Control and
Pesticide Handling on Farms (NAICS
code 115112).
• Crop Advisors (NAICS codes
115112, 541690, 541712).
• Agricultural (Animal) Pest Control
(Livestock Spraying) (NAICS code
115210).
• Forestry Pest Control (NAICS code
115310).
• Wood Preservation Pest Control
(NAICS code 321114).
• Pesticide Registrants (NAICS code
325320).
• Pesticide Dealers (NAICS codes
424690, 424910, 444220).
• Industrial, Institutional, Structural
& Health Related Pest Control (NAICS
code 561710).
• Ornamental & Turf, Rights-of-Way
Pest Control (NAICS code 561730).
• Environmental Protection Program
Administrators (NAICS code 924110).
• Governmental Pest Control
Programs (NAICS code 926140).
If you have any questions regarding
the applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of these
documents and other related
information?
For assistance in locating documents
related to the approved plans identified
in this notice, please consult the
designated EPA point of contact for the
Certification Plan of interest as listed in
Table 1 of this unit, or the general
contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
TABLE 1—DESIGNATED EPA POINT OF CONTACTS FOR THE CERTIFICATION PLANS
EPA region
Certification plan
EPA point of contact
Region 1 ................................
Region 2 ................................
VAAFM .................................
NYSDEC ..............................
PRDA.
VIDPNR.
NDA ......................................
DPR ......................................
ADEC ...................................
ODA.
USDA APHIS PPQ ..............
USDA FS.
DoD.
DoE.
DOI BLM.
Robert Koethe ......................
Tara Glynn ...........................
(617) 918–1535
(732) 906–6183
koethe.robert@epa.gov.
glynn.tara@epa.gov.
Shawn Hackett .....................
Katy Wilcoxen ......................
Bethany Plewe .....................
(913) 551–7774
(415) 947–4205
(208) 378–5753
hackett.shawn@epa.gov.
wilcoxen.katy@epa.gov.
plewe.bethany@epa.gov.
Jeanne Kasai .......................
(202) 566–2388
kasai.jeanne@epa.gov.
Region 7 ................................
Region 9 ................................
Region 10 ..............................
Office of Pesticide Programs
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II. What is the Agency’s authority for
taking this action?
III. What action is the Agency taking?
Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7.
U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires certifying
authorities to have an EPA-approved
certification plan to certify applicators
of RUPs. The Certification of Pesticide
Applicators (CPA) regulation at 40 CFR
part 171 was amended in 2017 (Ref. 1).
As a result, federal, state, territory, and
tribal certifying authorities with existing
certification plans were required to
revise their existing certification plans
to conform with the updated federal
standards for the certification of
applicators of RUPs and submit their
revisions to EPA by March 2020 for EPA
review and approval. The CPA
regulation specifies that the existing
certification plans remain in place until
the revised plans are approved by EPA
on or before the regulatory deadline
established in 40 CFR 171.5. The
Agency has since issued a final rule
extending the original deadline for
certification plans to comply with the
updated federal standards under the
2017 CPA rule. State, territory, tribal,
and federal authorities can now
continue existing applicator
certification programs to November 4,
2023 (Ref. 2).
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This action gives notice that the
following thirteen certifying authorities’
certification plans submitted to the
Agency meet or exceed the standards of
40 CFR part 171: ADEC, DPR, NDA,
NYSDEC, ODA, PRDA, USDA APHIS
PPQ, USDA FS, DoD, DoE, DOI BLM,
VAAFM and VIDPNR. EPA hereby gives
notice that the thirteen amended
certification plans for certifying
applicators of RUPs listed in this
document are now approved plans; the
certifying authorities may certify
pesticide applicators and continue with
implementation of the certification
plans as outlined in the approved plans.
These thirteen plans represent the
first in a series of batched notifications
announcing the approval of the federal,
state, territory, and tribal certification
plans moving through the approval
process. These batched notifications
will continue to occur on a regular basis
as plans are approved. EPA also
provides frequent status updates on its
website at https://www.epa.gov/
pesticide-worker-safety/certificationstandards-pesticide-applicators.
III. References
The following is a list of documents
that are related to the issuance of this
Notice. For assistance in locating these
other documents, please consult the
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person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
1. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide
Applicators; Final Rule. Federal
Register. 82 FR 952, January 4, 2017
(FRL–9956–70).
2. EPA. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of
Pesticide Applicators; Further Extension
to Expiration Date of Certification Plans;
Final Rule. Federal Register. 87 FR
50953, August 19, 2022 (FRL–9134.1–
04–OCSPP).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136–136y.
Dated: November 15, 2022.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0509; FRL-7661-01-OCSPP]
Notice of Approval Status; Certifying Authorities' Amended Plans
for Certification of Commercial and Private Applicators of Restricted
Use Pesticides; Batch One
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its
approval of thirteen amended certification plans for certifying
applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs) from the following
certifying authorities: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
(ADEC); California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR); Nebraska
Department of Agriculture (NDA); New York Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC); Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA); Puerto
Rico Department of Agriculture (PRDA); U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant, Protection and
Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ); U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service (USDA FS); U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); U.S. Department of
Energy (DoE); U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management (DOI BLM); Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
(VAAFM); and Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural
Resources (VIDPNR). The amended plans are consistent with the existing
regulatory requirements, including revisions made in 2017 to enhance
and improve the competency of certified applicators of RUPs and persons
working under their direct supervision. The 2017 regulatory revisions
are intended to further reduce potential exposure of RUPs to certified
applicators and those working under their direct supervision, other
workers, the public, and the environment. Federal, state, territory,
and tribal certifying authorities with existing certification plans are
required to revise their existing plans to conform with the updated
federal standards for RUP applicator certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact: The designated EPA point of
contact for the Certification Plan of interest as listed in Table 1 of
Unit I.B.
For general information contact: Carolyn Schroeder, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2376; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are a
federal, state, territory, or tribal agency who administers a
certification program for pesticides applicators. You many also be
potentially affected by this action if you are: A registrant of RUP
products; a person who applies RUPs, including those under the direct
supervision of a certified applicator; a person who relies upon the
availability of RUPs; someone who hires a certified applicator to apply
an RUP; a pesticide safety educator; or other person who provides
pesticide safety training for pesticide applicator certification or
recertification. The following list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive,
but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this
document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include:
Agricultural Establishments (Crop Production) (NAICS code
111).
Nursery and Tree Production (NAICS code 111421).
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Agricultural Pest Control and Pesticide Handling on Farms
(NAICS code 115112).
Crop Advisors (NAICS codes 115112, 541690, 541712).
Agricultural (Animal) Pest Control (Livestock Spraying)
(NAICS code 115210).
Forestry Pest Control (NAICS code 115310).
Wood Preservation Pest Control (NAICS code 321114).
Pesticide Registrants (NAICS code 325320).
Pesticide Dealers (NAICS codes 424690, 424910, 444220).
Industrial, Institutional, Structural & Health Related
Pest Control (NAICS code 561710).
Ornamental & Turf, Rights-of-Way Pest Control (NAICS code
561730).
Environmental Protection Program Administrators (NAICS
code 924110).
Governmental Pest Control Programs (NAICS code 926140).
If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this
action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How can I get copies of these documents and other related
information?
For assistance in locating documents related to the approved plans
identified in this notice, please consult the designated EPA point of
contact for the Certification Plan of interest as listed in Table 1 of
this unit, or the general contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Table 1--Designated EPA Point of Contacts for the Certification Plans
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EPA point of
EPA region Certification plan contact POC phone Email
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Region 1........................ VAAFM.............. Robert Koethe..... (617) 918-1535 [email protected].
Region 2........................ NYSDEC............. Tara Glynn........ (732) 906-6183 [email protected]
.
PRDA...............
VIDPNR.............
Region 7........................ NDA................ Shawn Hackett..... (913) 551-7774 [email protected].
Region 9........................ DPR................ Katy Wilcoxen..... (415) 947-4205 [email protected].
Region 10....................... ADEC............... Bethany Plewe..... (208) 378-5753 [email protected].
ODA................
Office of Pesticide Programs.... USDA APHIS PPQ..... Jeanne Kasai...... (202) 566-2388 [email protected].
USDA FS............
DoD................
DoE................
DOI BLM............
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II. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), 7. U.S.C. 136 et seq., requires certifying authorities to have
an EPA-approved certification plan to certify applicators of RUPs. The
Certification of Pesticide Applicators (CPA) regulation at 40 CFR part
171 was amended in 2017 (Ref. 1). As a result, federal, state,
territory, and tribal certifying authorities with existing
certification plans were required to revise their existing
certification plans to conform with the updated federal standards for
the certification of applicators of RUPs and submit their revisions to
EPA by March 2020 for EPA review and approval. The CPA regulation
specifies that the existing certification plans remain in place until
the revised plans are approved by EPA on or before the regulatory
deadline established in 40 CFR 171.5. The Agency has since issued a
final rule extending the original deadline for certification plans to
comply with the updated federal standards under the 2017 CPA rule.
State, territory, tribal, and federal authorities can now continue
existing applicator certification programs to November 4, 2023 (Ref.
2).
III. What action is the Agency taking?
This action gives notice that the following thirteen certifying
authorities' certification plans submitted to the Agency meet or exceed
the standards of 40 CFR part 171: ADEC, DPR, NDA, NYSDEC, ODA, PRDA,
USDA APHIS PPQ, USDA FS, DoD, DoE, DOI BLM, VAAFM and VIDPNR. EPA
hereby gives notice that the thirteen amended certification plans for
certifying applicators of RUPs listed in this document are now approved
plans; the certifying authorities may certify pesticide applicators and
continue with implementation of the certification plans as outlined in
the approved plans.
These thirteen plans represent the first in a series of batched
notifications announcing the approval of the federal, state, territory,
and tribal certification plans moving through the approval process.
These batched notifications will continue to occur on a regular basis
as plans are approved. EPA also provides frequent status updates on its
website at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators.
III. References
The following is a list of documents that are related to the
issuance of this Notice. For assistance in locating these other
documents, please consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
1. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators; Final
Rule. Federal Register. 82 FR 952, January 4, 2017 (FRL-9956-70).
2. EPA. EPA. Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators;
Further Extension to Expiration Date of Certification Plans; Final
Rule. Federal Register. 87 FR 50953, August 19, 2022 (FRL-9134.1-04-
OCSPP).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y.
Dated: November 15, 2022.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
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