La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXIII-1111

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024

Section XXIII-1111 - Special Restrictions on Pesticide Applications in Schools

A. Any person who applies or supervises the application of pesticides on a nonfee basis for grass and weed control and rodent and general pest control (roaches, wasps, and ants) or restricted use pesticides, in, on, or around school structures and grounds shall be a certified commercial applicator or under the supervision of a certified commercial applicator.

B. School systems with 10 or more schools shall employ a minimum of two certified commercial applicators. School systems with less than 10 schools shall employ a minimum of one certified commercial applicator.

C. The governing authority (including but not limited to superintendents, headmasters, school boards, board of directors, chief executive officer, or principals) shall prepare and submit in writing, for each school under its authority, to the director, an annual integrated pest management (IPM) plan for pest control for grass and weed control and rodent and general pest control (roaches, wasps, and ants) in, on, or around school structures and grounds. The IPM plan shall include all pest control methods employed, including pesticide and non-pesticide methods and strongly recommends the least toxic methods of control. The first IPM plan shall be submitted prior to any application of pesticides beginning March 1, 1995 and shall be submitted on an annual year of August 1 through July 31. The plan shall be available for review, upon request, by the commissioner and the general public, during normal school hours, at each school, in the business office. The annual IPM plan shall include, but not be limited to the following:

1. school name and mailing address, physical address, telephone number and contact person;

2. name and license or place of business number of company(s) and certification numbers of applicators, if contracted;

3. name and certification number of certified commercial applicator(s) of school system;

4. brand name and EPA registration number of all pesticides to be used;

5. for each pesticide to be used a list of the following:

a. pest to be controlled;

b. type of application to be used;

c. location of application;

d. restricted use pesticide or general use pesticide;

6. proposed location and date for non-certified applicator training;

7. other methods of pest control.

D. Any deviation from the integrated pest management plan submitted shall be submitted in writing to the director, within 24 hours after any application.

E. Records of pesticide applications shall be maintained according to §2101 and records of inspections, identification, monitoring, evaluations, and pesticide applications for grass and weed control and general pest control, shall be maintained by the school and submitted with the annual integrated pest management plan to the department annually on a form prescribed by the department in accordance with §2101

F. No pesticides shall be applied for general pest control inside school buildings and no restricted use pesticides shall be applied in, on or around school grounds when students are present or expected to be present for normal academic instruction or extracurricular activity for at least eight hours after application.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXIII-1111

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 21:928 (September 1995), amended LR 23:194 (February 1997), amended by Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 37:3481 (December 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203, R.S. 3:3242 and R.S. 3:3249.