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Licensing Requirements for Field Fumigant Applications
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Regulations to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from fumigant pesticides went into effect in January 2008. To help ensure that fumigations are properly conducted, the rules specify that when licensed pest control business do field fumigations, the work must be supervised by an qualified applicator who has a special field fumigation license. The person acting in a supervisory capacity for a pest control business that conducts field fumigations must also obtain the special field fumigation license.
This licensing requirement does not go into effect until January 1, 2009. DPR will develop training and testing materials for the new license subcategory in late 2008. Persons who already have a qualified applicator license or certificate in pest control category D, G or J, and who have at least two years recent experience conducting field fumigation, will be able to qualify for the new license subcategory without exams or fees.
More information on the fumigation license procedures will be available on this page in fall 2008.
(Private applicators who do field fumigations will not be required to hold the special license.)
For content questions contact:
Mac Takeda
1001 I Street, PO Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95814-4015
E-mail: mtakeda@cdpr.ca.gov