Fact Sheets and Websites

Helpful Fact Sheets and CDs

• Learning About Labels. Washington State University
• Pesticide Recordkeeping, University of Florida
• Pesticide Records: Benefits and Requirements, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Product Reference Fact Sheet - voluntary worksheet to record Product Name, EPA registration Number, active ingredients, and, if appropriate, the Restricted Entry Interval (REI).
• Recordkeeping Index, Clemson University
• Restricted-use Pesticides. University of Florida
• Sprayer Calibration Log.
• Table of Measurements - Length, area, volume, weight, concentration, temperature conversions and equivalencies.
• The Why's and How's of Pesticide Recordkeeping, Purdue University
• Use of a Survey as an Educational Tool for Recordkeeping. Journal of Pesticide Safety Education
• Weaver, M.J. 2003. Recordkeeping Regulations for Private Applicators - Interactive CD. Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs. Request from USDA-AMS(copies available through USDA-AMS at amspesticide.records@usda.gov)

Web Sites

• State Regulatory Agency contact list, American Association of Pest Control Officials
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Pesticide Recordkeeping

Recordkeeping Forms, Manuals, Software

• USDA Private Applicator Pesticide Form
• USDA Private Applicator Pesticide Recordkeeping Manual - The differences between Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and Restricted-use Pesticide (RUP) recordkeeping requirements can be frustrating. This manual simplifies recordkeeping by combining the requirements from both laws.

Presentations

• Drift and Its Legal Implications. Proceedings of the Pesticide Spray Drift Educator's Conference
• Weather and Application Instruments. Proceedings of the Pesticide Spray Drift Educator's Conference

PES Recordkeeping Quiz #1 

Authored by Carol Ramsay