The 2010 SPMA of BC training dates are now set. We are in the process of selecting topics and booking speakers. As we have more information we will post it here. Please take a moment to mark these dates in your calendars.
LOWER MAINLAND
Wed. Apr. 21st
Wed. June 9th
Wed. Sept. 22nd
Wed. Nov. 17th
ISLAND
Wed. Apr. 14th
Wed. Nov. 24th
The annual SPMABC Conference lineup has been finalized !!! We are proud to be featuring the following renowned speakers with an anticipated 8.5 credits available toward recertification:
In addition to these great speakers we will be following the Olympic spirit by offering up photo opportunities with an authentic Olympic Torch. This torch will then be auctioned off at our silent auction.
For more information please visit our SPMA Events section.
Interested in sponsorship, booths, or advertising; call Sean Rollo at 604-434-6641 ? (Advertising PDF)
The CPMA nominating committee is charged with the responsibility of submitting to the general membership a slate of candidates to run for the next President-Elect on the 2010-11 board of directors, thereafter serving as the association President.
If you would like to submit the name of a CPMA member in good standing for the PRESIDENT ELECT POSITION please do so no later than Friday, December 18, 2009 to info@spmabc.com or cpma@pestworld.org. You may also fax your nomination to 866-957-7378 or mail to CPMA PO Box 1748 Moncton, NB E1C 9X5.
Per the Constitution & Bylaws, the duties of the President-Elect (Vice President, 1 year term) and thereafter President (2 year term, followed by 1 year term as immediate Past President) is outlined as follows:
Duties of Officers
5.1 President: The President shall preside at the meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors. The President shall be, by virtue of his office, a member of all committees. The President shall perform such other duties as pertain to this office.
5.2 Vice-President: The Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President in the absence of the latter. The Vice-President shall be kept informed of the major issues pertaining to the Association. The Vice-President shall perform such duties as the President may, from time to time, delegate.
The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.
The printed version remains the official version.
MR. ROB FLEMING
This Bill will help protect public health, safety and the environment in British Columbia by regulating, restricting and prohibiting the use and sale of pesticides for residential and cosmetic use, and regulating the use of pesticides around children.
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 In this Act and Schedule I,
“agriculture” means the production of crops for commercial trade.
“cosmetic” means non-essential, or an item used for the intention of improving or maintaining an esthetic quality.
“minister” means the Minister of Environment or someone designated to act on the Minister of Environment’s behalf.
“pesticide” means a micro-organism or material that is represented, sold, used or intended to be used to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate a pest, and includes
(a) a plant growth regulator, plant defoliator or plant desiccant;
(b) a control product as defined in the Pest Control Products Act (Canada); and
(c) a substance that is classified as a pesticide by regulation.
“sell” includes barter or distribute, offer, expose, advertise or possess for the purpose of selling.
“use” means the placement or application of a pesticide, or the mixing, dilution, or loading of a pesticide for the purpose of placing or applying it.
2 The purpose of this Act is to protect the health of British Columbians and the environment by reducing the production, use and sale of toxic and hazardous substances in the province of British Columbia, without adversely affecting the forestry or agriculture industry.
3 (1) Nothing in this Act affects a municipality’s or regional district’s power to make bylaws to regulate, restrict, or prohibit the sale or use of pesticides used for a cosmetic purpose.
(2) Where there is a conflict between a provision of this Act and a provision of a municipal or regional district bylaw that regulates, restricts, or prohibits the sale or use of pesticides used for a cosmetic purpose, the more restrictive provision prevails.
4 (1) No person may sell or transfer a pesticide used for a cosmetic purpose other than a low-risk pesticide prescribed in Schedule I of this Act.
(2) No person may use a pesticide for a cosmetic purpose other than a low-risk pesticide prescribed in Schedule I of this Act.
5 (1) Subject to any regulation enacted for the purposes of this section, section 4 does not apply to the following uses:
(a) uses related to agriculture;
(b) uses related to managing pests that impact forestry;
(c) uses related to maintaining golf courses for a period of three years beginning on the day that this Act comes into effect;
(d) uses related to the preservation and promotion of public health and safety.
(2) A person claiming an exception under this section must hold a permit required for that purpose and must comply with the terms and conditions in or attached to that permit.
6 (1) A person applying for a permit must submit to the minister a permit application that
(a) is in the form specified by the minister,
(b) contains the information required by the minister, and
(c) is accompanied by a prescribed fee.
(2) The minister may issue a permit to a person if the minister is satisfied that the permit application is for a use enumerated in section 5, and complies with section 6 (1).
(3) The minister may refuse to grant a permit.
(4) If the minister issues a permit to a person, the minister must specify the terms and conditions in or attached to the permit, including
(a) the name of the permit holder,
(b) the date on which the permit expires, and
(c) any other conditions the minister considers appropriate in the circumstances.
(5) The minister may revoke a permit at any time.
(6) The minister must disclose a copy of any permit to any person who requests it.
7 The provincial government must develop and execute ongoing public education and awareness-raising programs providing information to the public on
(a) why restrictions exist on the sale and use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes, including health and environmental impacts of use,
(b) sustainable landscape management practices,
(c) authorized active ingredients as prescribed in Schedule I,
(d) and must provide any other ongoing education deemed helpful in fulfilling the purposes of this Act.
8 The minister must collect and maintain statistics related to enforcement of this Act, including names of persons found to be in violation of this Act, and semiannually make recommendations to the government for improving the effectiveness of this Act.
9 (1) The minister must create Schedule I, which will list authorized low-risk and bio-pesticides.
(2) The minister must establish a multi-stakeholder committee that will, semiannually
(a) add to Schedule I low-risk pesticides as they emerge on the market or are discovered,
(b) remove from Schedule I any item that could contravene the purposes of this Act, and
(c) publicly disclose the names and occupations of the committee’s members.
10 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations referred to in section 41 of the Interpretation Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a) respecting the application, requirements, and use of permits; and
(b) prescribing enforcement powers.
(c) powers to delegate.
11 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.
Authorized Low-Risk Pesticides
Schedule I shall be created from the low-risk pesticides found in the Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s most recent Reduced Risk Update, currently RR2008-01. As mentioned in section 10 of the Cosmetic Pesticides and Carcinogen Control Act, the minister or multi-stakeholder committee may add low-risk pesticides to this list. Only the multi-stakeholder committee may remove items from Schedule I.
This Bill will help protect public health, safety and the environment in British Columbia by regulating, restricting and prohibiting the use and sale of pesticides for residential and cosmetic use, and regulating the use of pesticides around children.
PCT Magazine is hosting a FREE bed bug webinar with Dini Miller on Thursday January 7th, 2010 at 2pm (EST). You will need to register in order to participate (again this is free).
Here is the info from the PCT Article:
Pest management professionals, property managers, facility managers and others throughout the country will join bed bug researcher Dr. Dini Miller, associate professor at Virginia Tech University, for a free interactive Webinar entitled “A Whole-House Approach to Bed Bug Treatments.” Hosted by the PCT Media Group and sponsored by Dow AgroSciences, the event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).The Webinar is a unique opportunity for participants to familiarize themselves with a comprehensive and efficacious treatment strategy. They will learn more about the need to communicate effectively with residents, which Miller describes as one of the major bed bug treatment challenges she’s observed. Topics to be covered include:
CLICK HERE to register.
PCT Media Group is hosting a series of one-hour Webinars – live multimedia events designed to assist its readers in building their businesses. A broad range of industry experts will be featured in these monthly learning sessions.
Date: Thursday November 26, 2009
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Place: 6474 Trans Canada Hwy. in Duncan
Topic: Equipment Calibration and Maintenance
Speaker: Brett Johnson (Canadian Pest Control)
Speaker: Sean Rollo (SPMA President)
Credits: 1 (Equipment/Safety Category)
Date: Wednesday December 2nd, 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Executive Inn – 405 North Road (at Lougheed) in Burnaby
Topic: Non-Chemical Treatment of Pests In Commercial Establishments
Speaker: Mark Pilley (EcoLab)
Credits: 2 Credits in Pest Management Category
Other: Put your business card on your dash and the parking is free
What’s Itching Me (Besides Bed Bugs)? Ever had a client insist that bed bugs are biting them yet you can’t find any evidence? Come learn what else could be causing “bites”, rashes, etc.
Speaker: Sean Rollo – Orkin Pest Control
Credits: 1 credit toward recertification
Legislation Overview: When is posting a notification required and what information should it contain?
Speaker: Sean Rollo – Orkin Pest Control
Credits: 0.5 credits toward re-certification
NOTES: Legislation – Colour Coded Synopsis of Posting Notification (This is not a legal substitute for the actual legislation. The interpretations are not necessarily accurate. Check with the Ministry of Environment for more information). Download PDF of Notes.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined a New Mexico pest control company $650 – the maximum penalty for first-time offenders applying registered “general use” pesticides – for allegedly using pesticides contrary to label requirements at a daycare center on Navajo Nation lands.
The pesticide was applied to an occupied classroom, contrary to label directions. The “company’s failure to apply the pesticide correctly may have put children at risk,” said Katherine Taylor, associate director of the Communities and Ecosystems Division in the EPA’s Pacific Southwest region. “Companies must ensure employees applying pesticides protect people from exposure by following all label requirements.”
The Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency discovered the violation during a routine inspection in October, 2008. Navajo Nation inspectors are authorized to inspect for violations of both Navajo and federal pesticide laws.
While we are meeting in September to discuss the program, we wanted to get the dates out in advance. The attached will be mailed next week to all contacts in Canada. Please if you have the opportunity to print and distribute these to your members, please seize it!
Dominique M. Stumpf CMP
Executive Director
Canadian Pest Management Association
PO Box 1748
Moncton, NB E1C 9X5 Canada
866.630.2762; fax 866.957.7378
PMRA Completes Rodenticide Reevaluation —Additional Restrictions Required
The Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has completed its reevaluation of eight rodenticides and is requiring additional mitigation measures to address concerns about ecological risks and risks to children and pets. The eight rodenticides are brodifacoum, bromadiolone, bromethalin, chlorophacinone, difethialone, diphacinone, warfarin, and zinc phosphide. The Executive Summary of PMRA’s decision can be found by clicking here. With a few exceptions (e.g. the prohibition against using brodifacoum and difethialone outside of a structure), the mitigation measures adopted by PMRA are in-line with the recommendations made by CPMA.
Proposed Risk Mitigation Measures of Eight Rodenticides June 19, 2009 Full PDF