Commercial application business; records

Commercial application business; records.

(1) Record of pesticide applications. A person required to be licensed under s. ATCP 29.20 shall keep a legible record of each pesticide application which that person makes directly or through an employee. The person shall keep the record for at least 2 years, and shall make it available to the department for inspection and copying upon request. The individual making the pesticide application shall complete the required record on the day of the application.

(2) Record contents. A pesticide application record under sub. (1) shall include all of the following:

(a) The first and last name of each individual making the pesticide application.

(b) The name and address of the customer, if any, for whom the pesticide was applied.

(c) The crop, commodity, or site to which the pesticide was applied.

(d) A specific description of the location of the pesticide application site. The description shall contain sufficient information and detail so that the location of the pesticide application site may be readily determined from the description.

(e) The month, day, year, and approximate starting and ending time of the pesticide application.

(f) The brand name, or product name, or common chemical name, and the federal environmental protection agency registration number, of each pesticide applied.

(g) At least one of the following:

1. The concentration and total quantity of each pesticide applied.

2. The amount of each pesticide applied per unit area and the total area treated.

(h) Each location, other than a business location licensed under s. ATCP 29.20 , at which the pesticide was mixed or loaded. Mixing and loading sites need not be identified if the pesticide is applied directly from a prepackaged retail container, or is applied with application equipment having a total capacity of not more than 5 gallons of liquid pesticide or 50 pounds dry pesticide.