March 26, 2020 Pat Hastings
COVID-19: PESTICIDE EXAMS **NJDEP ALERTS **
Rutgers is providing you this announcement regarding pesticide certification exams from the Bureau of Licensing and Registration of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). **REVISED ALERT (issued March 26, 2020)** The April 8th and 15th, 2020 Pesticides Exams scheduled have been cancelled until further notification due to the COVID 19 emergency. Please continue […]
February 6, 2020 Pat Hastings
Final Revised New Jersey Pesticide Regulations – Expected Spring 2020
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Worker Protection regulations [N.J.A.C. 7:30 Subchapter 12] provide New Jersey’s rules for the protection of farmworkers. Prior to EPA’s revision of the federal Worker Protection Standard in 2015, New Jersey’s Agricultural Worker Protection regulations were more stringent than EPA’s 1992 WPS (as amended). EPA’s 2015 revision of the […]
February 6, 2020 Pat Hastings
Final Revised New Jersey Pesticide Regulations – Expected Spring 2020
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Worker Protection regulations [N.J.A.C. 7:30 Subchapter 12] provide New Jersey’s rules for the protection of farmworkers. Prior to EPA’s revision of the federal Worker Protection Standard in 2015, New Jersey’s Agricultural Worker Protection regulations were more stringent than EPA’s 1992 WPS (as amended). EPA’s 2015 revision of the […]
October 28, 2019 Pat Hastings
New Online Pesticide Applicator Training Manual Purchase System
George C. Hamilton of the Pest Management Office is pleased to announce—effective immediately its Online Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals Purchasing System. People wanting to obtain pesticide applicator training manuals to prepare for New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s pesticide applicator licensing exams can now purchase these manuals online through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Studies […]
April 4, 2019 Pat Hastings
Pesticide Storage Inventory Due May 1st: Download Rutgers Templates
Pesticide Applicator or Dealer Storage Inventory with Cover Letter Due May 1st to Fire Department All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New […]
July 6, 2017 Pat Hastings
WPS “Protect Yourself from Pesticides” Poster Now Available
On June 30th the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) launched its next resource, “Protect Yourself from Pesticides”, a poster satisfying the display requirements of the revised 2015 Worker Protection Standard (§170.311). Although agricultural employers aren’t required to include expanded content in the central display area until January 2, 2018, you may begin using this new […]