N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-13.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:30-13.3 - Integrated pest management coordinator

(a) Each local school board of a school district, each board of trustees of a charter school, and each principal or lead administrator of a private school, as appropriate, shall designate an IPM coordinator to implement the IPM Plan.

1. The IPM coordinator shall be responsible for:

i. Implementing the IPM Policy and Plan;

ii. Maintaining information about the school or school district's school IPM Policy and Plan, and about pesticide applications on the school property of the school or the schools within the school district;

iii. Acting as a contact for inquiries about the school IPM Policy and Plan;

iv. Maintaining material safety data sheets, when available, and labels for all pesticides that are used on the school property of the school or of the schools in the school district; and

v. Ensuring that commercial pesticide applicators operating on school property are in compliance with the following:

(1) Licensing requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:30-6 and 7.1;

(2) Applicable notification and posting requirements at N.J.A.C. 7:30-9;

(3) Label precautions from the Federal registered label of each pesticide used on school property; and

(4) All applicable provisions of the school IPM Policy and Plan.

(b) The IPM coordinator for a school or school district shall obtain Department-approved training sufficient to implement an IPM Policy and IPM Plan. This training may include classroom training, publicly available website presentations, or other means. The training shall include at a minimum, the following:

1. A general overview of the principles of IPM;

2. Information on regulations pertaining to IPM in schools; and

3. An overview of a model IPM Policy, and a model IPM Plan that can be adapted to address the site-specific conditions at the IPM coordinator's school or schools.

(c) Each school shall submit the following information to the Department:

1. The name, title, date of birth, and the telephone number, work address and electronic mail address of the IPM coordinator;

2. The name and physical address (and mailing address if different) of the school(s) or school district for which the IPM coordinator is responsible;

3. The name, title, mailing address and telephone number of the head of the local school board or the lead administrator of a private or charter school;

4. The county, district and school code of each school for which the IPM Coordinator is responsible, or any other identifying school information;

5. A statement certifying that the IPM coordinator has received DEP approved training in order to implement the IPM Policy and Plan; and

6. Any changes in the designation of the IPM coordinator shall be submitted to the Department within 30 days, including the name of the former IPM coordinator, and the name of the newly designated IPM coordinator.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-13.3

Amended by R.2008 d.126, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 5010(a), 40 N.J.R. 2451(b).
In (c)1, inserted ", title, date of birth, and the telephone number, work address and electronic mail address"; added new (c)3; recodified former (c)3 as new (c)4; deleted former (c)4 and (c)5; in (c)4, inserted "of each school for which the IPM Coordinator is responsible" and "any"; recodified former (c)6 as new (c)5; in (c)5, substituted "; and" for a period at the end; and added new (c)6.