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dpr LAWS and REGULATIONS study guide
2nd edition 2011 California Environmental Protection Agency
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03/12/2012

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The difference between California laws and DPR regulations is that laws are
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Supplements to federal regulations
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Which of the following is not one of the purposes of California's pesticide and pest control laws and regulations?
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Encouraging people to use more pesticides
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A cooperating agency that helps DPR enforce pesticide use laws and regulations in CA is the
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County Agricultural Commissioner
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County Agricultural Commissioners may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of the
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Department of Pesticide Regulation
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Which of the following is considered to be pesticide labeling?
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The Federal Worker Protection Standard
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When a pesticide registrant allows a pesticide product registration to lapse, pest control dealers
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Can sell and deliver the pesticide product for two years
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When a pesticide product registration is cancelled, the sale and use of this product
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May continue under conditions imposed by the regulatory agency responsible for the cancellation
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A Special Local Need Registration (SLN) allows
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Uses of pesticides for crops or sites not listed on the label
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Which of the following is considered a supplemental label?
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A pamphlet containing use directions and restrictions that is attached to the container
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On a pesticide label the signal word
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Signifies the relative acute toxicity of the pesticide product
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The precautionary statements section of the label contains information about the
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Hazards to people and domestic animals
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Plant-back restrictions are found in the _______ section of the pesticide label
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Directions for use
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Making as application of a pesticide product at a rate less than specified in its label direction is
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Always allowed
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Exceeding the maximum application rate of a pesticide product per its label is
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Illegal
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U.S. EPA may classify a pesticide as a restricted use pesticide if it
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Presents a significant dermal hazard
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Any person in California who applies or supervises the application of a restricted material must
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Be a DPR-certified commercial or private applicator
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Which two documents must individuals who are engaged in pest control for hire have available when making an agricultural use application of a pesticide that requires a permit?
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Copies of the written pest control recommendation or grower's work order and the current restricted materials permit.
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An application for a restricted materials permit for non-agricultural use must include the
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Criteria for determining the need for the pesticide application
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Restricted material use permits for the agricultural use must be
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Site and time specific
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Which of the following is not required information on a Notice of Intent?
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A signed statement releasing the property owner or operator from liability.
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The Pesticide Safety Information Series leaflets with the "N" designation are written for
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Non agricultural settings.
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Certain pesticides may be exempt from permit requirements in California if DPR Director determines that the pesticide
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Requires no further restrictions beyond those imposed by federal regulations and the label
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Which of the following pest control requires a DPR pest control business license
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Control of tree pests
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Which of the following qualifications must a person have to be responsible for the pest control operations of a pest control business?
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Qualified Applicators License
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A pest control business that has one or more employees must have
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Workers Compensation Insurance
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A pest control license must be registered with the
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County Agricultural Commissioner in counties where business operates.
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Each piece of mixing and application equipment owned by a pest control business must be
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Marked with the name of the business or other similar wording.
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Before making a pesticide application on someone's property, a pest control business must
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Obtain permission from the operator of the property.
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An emergency or accidental release of pesticides involving a pest control business must be reported to the
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County Agricultural Commissioner
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Before a pest control business applies a pesticide for the production of an agricultural commodity, the property operator must provide the business with
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Their operator identification number
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Which type of pesticide application for hire is not covered under the provision of a Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business license?
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Spraying herbicide in a cemetery
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A Pest Control Dealer License is not required for person or business who
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Has a Pest Control Business License and sells only pesticides they apply.
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A person who holds a Qualified Applicator Certificate in the "Plant Agriculture" category cannot
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Sell or supervise people who sell agricultural pesticides.
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An Agricultural Pest Control Adviser License is required if you
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Solicit services or sales for agricultural uses.
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A person who is responsible for pesticide containers must
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Store the containers in a locked enclosure or provide a person to maintain control over the containers at all times.
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The signs attached to a pesticide storage area must be readable from
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25 feet
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A service container that is used to hold a pesticide or pesticide mixture is
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Any other legal container other than the original labeled pesticide container.
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Which of the following information is not required to be on the label of a service container?
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Name and address of the person responsible for the container
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It is illegal to store pesticides in
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Spray equipment properly identified with labeling
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Pesticides being carried in the back of a vehicle such as a truck must be properly secured in order to
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Prevent theft
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Empty pesticide bags can be handled and disposed of as non-hazardous waste as long as they
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Have been properly emptied according to DPR's "Guidelines for Emptying and Burning Pesticide Bags"
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Proper rinsing of an empty container involves
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Partially filling an empty pesticide container with water, shaking, an d draining the contents into the spray tank, then repeating this process at least two more times.
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Which containers that have held pesticides are exempt from the container storage, triple rinsing, or disposal requirements in regulation?
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Containers that hold home use pesticides in the possession of the homeowners on their own property
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The specific application information that an agricultural property operator must provide to workers at a central location include all the following except the
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Name or description of the pest
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Which of the following is not one of the handler employee training requirements?
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The location of pesticide receipts
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Engineering controls for handling pesticides include
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Closed mixing systems
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Pesticide handler safety training for employees must be completed before
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Employees are allowed to handle any pesticide
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Which of the following qualifications enables a person to train pesticide handler employees in commercial or research production of an agricultural plant commodity?
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A California Certified Private Applicator
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Which of the following symptoms would not be reasonable grounds to suspect the possibility of a pesticide illness or injury?
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Scratches on the arms or hands
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Employers must maintain employer handler use records that identify the employee, the name of the pesticide, and the date of handling whenever an employee handles a pesticide that
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Contains an organophosphate compound and is used for agricultural plant commodity.
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Employers that have employees who handle organophosphate pesticides in an agricultural plant production operation must have a signed written agreement from a doctor for medical supervision if
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The employees regularly handle organophosphate pesticides with the signal word "DANGER" or "WARNING".
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An employee who mixes, loads, or applies pesticides with the signal word " DANGER" in the production of an agricultural commodity may work alone at night if the employee
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Makes personal contact by radio with a responsible adult at least every hour
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Decontamination facilities must be equipped at a minimum with
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Sufficient water, soap, and single-use towels for routine washing of the hands and face, and emergency washing of the entire body.
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________ are responsible for providing for the laundering of coveralls used by pesticide handler employees.
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Employers
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An exception to the DPR-regulation requiring employee handlers to wear eye protection when handling pesticides is when
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Working in an enclosed cab.
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Pesticide handler employees must always wear chemical-resistant gloves except when
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The pesticide label specifies that gloves must not be worn
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Which of the following procedures is not required in a written pesticide respirator program?
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Repairing damaged respirator cartridges.
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Handlers who properly mix pesticides packaged in water-soluble packets are considered to be using
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A closed mixing system
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When must pesticide safety training be given to field workers?
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Before they are allowed ti to work in a treated field
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How often should field workers receive safety training?
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Every Five Years
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Who is qualified to provide training to field workers in California?
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A person who has completed an approved instructor-training program.
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What document must be displayed at the work site or central location when field workers are working in a pesticide-treated field?
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A completed PSIS leaflet A-9.
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Before field worker employees are allowed to enter pesticide-treated fields, what information must the property operator inform them about that is mandated by California's pesticide laws?
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The availability and location of the pesticide use records, PSIS leaflets, and MSDS's.
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Which of the following information about a pesticide-treated field is not required to be displayed at a central location?
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The name of the person who made the pesticide application.
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When a pesticide that requires the use of a respirator is applied to a small number of plants in one section of a greenhouse, the treated area is considered to be
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The entire enclosed area plus any adjacent area that is not sealed from the treatment site.
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When employees are required to enter pesticide-treated fields, emergency medical care must be
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Planned and arranged for in advance by the employer
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When there is an inconsistency between the regulation-specified REI and the label-specified REI, you must always
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Use the longer interval
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Which of the following is one of the restrictions for employees entering a pesticide-treated area before the REI expires to conduct limited-contact activities?
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Each employee spends no more than spends no more than eight hours in any 24-hour period in the treated field.
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Which of the following would be considered a no contact activity in a pesticide-treated area in which the REI has not yet expired?
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Operating a tractor from an enclosed cab.
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When using posting as a method of notification about pesticide REI, posting signs must be placed no further apart than
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600 feet
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When the pesticide label requires eye protection, employers must also provide each early-entry worker with
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At least one pint of eye flush water
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Which of the following is not an employer responsibility before allowing employees into a treated field after completion of a pesticide application and while a REI is in effect?
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Providing instructions on where and how to store personal protective equipment at home.
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Employers must provide and require employees to wear approved respiratory equipment when
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Fumigant concentrations cannot be controlled
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A fumigation accident response plan must be located
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At each work site.
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When a fumigated enclosed space is being entered to facilitate aeration, how many trained employees must be present?
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TWO
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Before starting any enclosed space fumigation, you must post plainly-visible warning signs
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At all entrances to the space.
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A pesticide residue tolerance is the
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Maximum amount of pesticide that is allowable on a particular commodity at market distribution centers, wholesale markets, and point-of-entry.
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What is the best way to avoid exceeding the legal pesticide tolerance on a commodity to which you are making a pesticide application?
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Carefully follow label instructions and any laws or regulations that may govern the use of the specific pesticide.
Term
If an agricultural commodity is found to carry pesticide residues in excess of the legal tolerance it will be
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Quarantined and removed from sale and distribution.
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If an agricultural commodity is found to have residues of a pesticide that is not registered for that commodity, it will be
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Considered a public nuisance
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Ground water contamination resulting from legal, registered uses of pesticides
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Can cause unacceptable risks to human health and the environment
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In the Department of Pesticide Regulation surface water protection program hydro-logically isolated site is
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Ant treatment area that does not produce pesticide run off that can enter any surface water, such as in an irrigation canal or drainage ditch.
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The Health Schools Act is a
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California legislative mandate to protect children and staff from pesticide exposure in certain schools and child care facilities
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When a pest control business must meet requirements in the Healthy Schools Act, the pest control business shall
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Submit a school and child care pesticide use report to DPR at least annually.
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The goal of the use requirements int he ground water protection regulations is to
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Reduce run off and leaching of certain pesticides into ground water
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The Department of Regulation surface water protection regulations are designed to
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Control run off and drift of dormant season pesticides applied to tree and vine crops.
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Under the Endangered Species Act, the _______ is responsible for ensuring that registered pesticides will not harm endangered species or their habitats.
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U.S Environmental Protection Agency
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Protection of endangered or threatened plants or animals is is prioritized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency according to
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Vulnerability of each endangered or threatened organism.
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A minimal exposure pesticide is a pesticide
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With labeling instructions that do not mitigate specific hazards
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All employees who handle minimal exposure pesticides must have available to them
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An area where they can change clothes and wash themselves at the end of their work day.
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For minimal exposure pesticides bearing the signal word CAUTION, employers
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Must provide decontamination facilities at the mixing and loading area.
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Respiratory protection is not required if an employee is
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Using equipment with vehicle-mounted spray nozzles that are directed downward and located below the level of the employee.
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