Section 250.120 Technical Category Areas of Pesticide Use

Section 250

Section 250.120  Technical

Category Areas of Pesticide Use

a)         Category 1 is Agricultural Pest Control containing six

subcategories as follows:

1)         Field Crop Control

This category of pesticide applicators includes those

applying pesticides in production of agricultural field crops including but not

limited to field corn, soybeans, feed grains and forage as well as on

grasslands and noncrop agricultural lands.

2)         Vegetable Crop Pest Control

This category includes applicators using or supervising the

use of pesticides in production of vegetable crops, including but not limited

to tomatoes, sweetcorn, asparagus, peas, or beans as well as on grasslands and

noncrop agricultural lands associated with the land on which vegetable crops

are grown.

3)         Fruit Crop Pest Control

This category includes applicators using or supervising the

use of pesticides in the production of small fruits or tree fruits and nuts as

well as on grasslands and noncrop agricultural lands associated with the land

on which fruit or nut crops are grown.

4)         Grain Facility Pest Control

This category includes applicators using pesticides for the

prevention and control of pests in, on or around grain elevators or similar

grain holding facilities which are not included under or classified as a part

of the classification of Food Manufacturing, Food Processing, and Food Storage

Facility.  Pest control in, on, around food or feed facilities is one of the subcategories

under Category 7.

5)         Animal-Livestock Pest Control

This category includes applicators using or supervising the

use of pesticides on animals, including but not limited to the following:  beef

cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry, and livestock and

to places on or in which animals are confined or housed

on, around food or feed facilities is one of the subcategories

under Category 7.

5)         Animal-Livestock Pest Control

This category includes applicators using or supervising the

use of pesticides on animals, including but not limited to the following:  beef

cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry, and livestock and

to places on or in which animals are confined or housed.  Doctors of veterinary

medicine engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire, publicly

holding themselves out as pesticide applicators or engaged in large scale use

of pesticides are included in this category.

6)         Grain Fumigation Pest Control

This category includes private applicators (farmers) who use

pesticides to treat stored grain upon their own property.

b)         Category 2 is Forest Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides in

forests, forest nurseries and forest seed producing areas.

c)         Category 3 is Ornamental and Turf Pest Control containing the

subcategories as follows:

1)         Ornamental Pest Control.

This category includes pesticide applicators applying

pesticides in the maintenance and production of trees, ornamental trees, shrubs

and flowers.

2)         Turf Pest Control.

This category includes pesticide applicators applying

pesticides in the maintenance and production of sod and/or turf.

3)         Plant Management Pest Control.

This category includes pesticide applicators applying

pesticides in the maintenance of portable plants used for interior landscaping

and interior design.

d)         Category 4 is Seed Treatment Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides on seeds.

e)         Category 5 is Aquatic Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides

purposefully applied to standing or running water, excluding applicators

engaged in public health programs for the management and control of pests

having medical and public health importance.

f)         Category 6 is Right-of-Way Pest Control

ategory includes applicators using pesticides on seeds.

e)         Category 5 is Aquatic Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides

purposefully applied to standing or running water, excluding applicators

engaged in public health programs for the management and control of pests

having medical and public health importance.

f)         Category 6 is Right-of-Way Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides in the

maintenance of public roads, electric powerlines, pipelines, railway

right-of-way or other similar areas.

g)         Category 7 is Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and

Health Related Pest Control.

This category is under the jurisdiction of the Illinois

Department of Public Health, Structural Pest Control Act [225 ILCS 235] and

rules for that Act (77 Ill. Adm. Code 830).

h)         Category 8 is Public Health Pest Control.

This category is under the jurisdiction of the Illinois

Department of Public Health, except as hereafter provided.  Mosquito Pest

Control is a category of pesticide applicators using pesticides for the

prevention and control of mosquitoes.  Pesticide applications may be made on or

around, although not limited to structures such as schools and hospitals,

industrial and business establishments and adjacent areas, including ditches,

canals, low wet areas, and stagnant pools, to prevent or control the spread of

mosquito borne diseases and for control of nuisance level populations of pest

mosquitoes.  In accordance with Section 3(2) of the Act and the Structural Pest

Control Act, the examination and training for this category is developed by the

Department of Public Health.  The examination, certification and licensing of

applicants is administered by the Department of Agriculture.  No other public

health and structural pest control activities in fact or by implication are

permitted under this license.

i)          Category 9 is Regulatory Pest Control

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Control Act, the examination and training for this category is developed by the

Department of Public Health.  The examination, certification and licensing of

applicants is administered by the Department of Agriculture.  No other public

health and structural pest control activities in fact or by implication are

permitted under this license.

i)          Category 9 is Regulatory Pest Control.

This category includes state, federal or other governmental

employees who use or supervise the use of pesticides in the control of

pesticide enforcement or regulatory activities.

j)          Category 10 is Demonstration and Research Pest Control.

This category includes:

1)         Individuals who demonstrate to the public the proper use and

techniques of application of restricted use or general use pesticides or

supervise such demonstration.  Included in this group are such persons as

extension specialists and county agents, commercial representatives

demonstrating pesticide products, and those individuals demonstrating methods

used in public programs.

2)         persons conducting field research with pesticides and, in

doing so, use or supervise the use of restricted or general use pesticides.

k)         Category 11 is Soil Fumigation Pest Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides for soil

fumigation.

l)          Category 12 is Sewer Root Control.

This category includes applicators using pesticides for the

control of roots within sewer systems.