John Ewell, information from the pesticide registration/license issuance office please call 615-837-5340 or E-mail JOHN.EWELL@TN.GOV you can also get the Registration Review via E mail or hard copy by contacting John - the Registration Review is a monthly publication giving dates and places of Training, new companies, Pesticide changes, changes in laws and regulations, information of certification and licensing ….
Jerry Seabolt, Structural Supervisor 615-837-5178
Sabrina Shaw, Inspector 615-837-5148
CERTIFICATION INFORMATION:
A new certification cycle has begun as of July 1, 2023 and extends through June 30, 2026. Each certification year now ends on June 30th of each year. You must earn the required number of CEU points in your category in the 3 year period, for category 7 that is now 21 points. You cannot get all the points at one training nor in one year and only 7 can be in-house training all others must be external.
INFORMATION ON CERTIFICATION EXAMS, LOCATIONS, DATES, STUDY MATERIAL
CHECK YOUR CERTIFICATION POINT STANDING: NO LONGER AVAILABLE
2025 Apprentice Termite Technician School
Apprentice Termite School April 1-3, 2025September 9-11, 2025June 4-6, 2024 September 10-12, 2024 forms can be found below and at tn.gov/agriculture under 'pesticide forms'for more information contact Paul Sizemore at 615-542-2739
http://psep.utk.edu find: Training Dates, Study Materials, Study Material Order Forms, TDA Forms & Fact Sheets, Upcoming Meetings and more for certification and licensing.PESTICIDE SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAM found at
To: Pesticide Safety Education Program - 2431 Joe Johnson Dr, 205 PSB - Knoxville, TN 37996-4560 phone (865) 674-7138 Fax (865) 974-8868
TO GET SCHEDULED FOR AN EXAM: call 615-837-5148 or visit the website at www.tn.gov/agriculture to get your application under downloadable forms. The fee to take the certification exam is $25.
LAWS & REGULATIONS GOVERNING APPLICATORS OF RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDE
On April 14, 2011 Governor haslam aproved the changes for House Bill 1240 regarding 61-21-102 (22) which now reads as listed. This change became effective on April 14, 2011.
"Under the direct supervision" means any application or sale of a pesticide by a certified applicator acting under the instructions and control of a private applicator, or commercial pest control operator who is available if and when needed, if the applicator or operator is physically present or in the direct communication by conventional means of communications.
Pesticide Spraying on Waters.The pesticide-spraying language, taken from a bill (H.R. 872) that passed by the House in March 2011, would bar the agency from requiring National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for pesticides that already are registered for use, sale, and distribution under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
That bill was approved in June 2011 by the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, but it stalled after Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) placed a hold on the legislation.
The NPDES permitting requirements took effect Oct. 31, 2011, after a 2009 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a regulation allowing permitting exemptions for farmers and public health officials who apply pesticides on or near water (National Cotton Council v. EPA, 553 F.3d 927, 68 ERC 1129 (6th Cir., 2009); (212 DER A-37, 11/2/11).
