Certification Categories for Private Applicators and Certified Provisional Private Applicators

PURPOSE: This rule details the certification categories for private applicators. (1) Category 20–General Agricultural Pest Control. This category is provided for private applicators who are required to obtain private applicator certification to use restricted use pesticides for the purpose of producing any agricultural commodity, excluding soil and non-soil fumigants and the aerial application of restricted use pesticides. (2) Category 21–Soil Fumigation Pest Control. This category is provided for certified private applicators certified in Category 20 who are required to obtain proper category certification for the use of soil fumigants classified as restricted use pesticides for the control of pests found in or on soil during the production of any agricultural commodity. (3) Category 22–Non-Soil Fumigation Pest Control. This category is provided for certified private applicators certified in Category 20 who are required to obtain proper certification for the use of non-soil fumigants classified as restricted use pesticides for the control of pests in the production and storage of any agricultural commodity. (4) Category 23–Aerial Pest Control. This category is provided for certified private applicators certified in Category 20 who are required to obtain proper category certification to apply restricted use pesticides with manned or unmanned aircraft, either fixed wing or rotary wing, in the production of any agricultural commodity. AUTHORITY: section 281.040, RSMo Supp. 2024.* Original rule filed May 15, 2024, effective Jan. 1, 2025. *Original authority: 281.040, RSMo 1974, amended 1977, 1988, 2005, 2021.