. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. EPA Proposes Certification for Pesticide Users More than 28,100 farmers, com- hercial pesticide users, and other ndividuals in New England who vant to use certain highly-toxic >esticides after October 21, 1976, vill be required to complete feder- illy approved testing to demon- trate their competency. The new equirement is included in regula- ions recently proposed by the invironmental Protection Agency inder the 1972 federal pesticide aw. The pesticide uses for which an ipplicator will have to be certified ire those which
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. EPA Proposes Certification for Pesticide Users More than 28,100 farmers, com- hercial pesticide users, and other ndividuals in New England who vant to use certain highly-toxic >esticides after October 21, 1976, vill be required to complete feder- illy approved testing to demon- trate their competency. The new equirement is included in regula- ions recently proposed by the invironmental Protection Agency inder the 1972 federal pesticide aw. The pesticide uses for which an ipplicator will have to be certified ire those which EPA will designate is "restricted ; Under the 1972 aw, pesticides for specific uses will )ear the "restricted use" classifica- ion if EPA determines that they nay cause unreasonable adverse effects to the user or the environ- nent unless subject to some type of egulation beyond the label direc- ions. This Agency is now deciding vhich pesticide uses will be re- stricted to certified applicators and vhich will be available to the jeneral public. EPA anticipates that the majority of pesticide products now registered will remain in the "general use" category, particularly those used by the home owner or casual gardener. No form of testing will be required of persons wishing to use pesticides classified "general ; Of course, the label instruc- tions for these products will have to be followed. The designations of "restricted use" or "general use" will be indicated on the labels of pesticide products by October 1976. EPA estimates that throughout the country possibly as many as two million farmers and about 90,000 commercial applicators will seek certification. The certification procedure will be administered by the states' governments and ap- proved by EPA. EPA's Regional Pesticides Office estimates that 16,900 farmers in the six New England states will have to pass examinations for competency in order to use "
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