FORUM 



PRIVATE APPLICATOR RECERTIFICATION 



Murray L. McKay, Director 

 Division of Pesticide Control 



On April 26, 1991, a new rule was passed which changes the 

 manner in which private applicators recertify. The rules man- 

 date that pesticide applicators recertify every five years by at- 

 tending continuing education seminars or by retaking examina- 

 tions. The new rule allows the applicator to attend several semi- 

 nars over the five year period to obtain continuing education 

 credits in order to recertify. 



A total of four core credits and eight commodity credits must be 

 obtained by December 31 of the year indicated by the first two 

 digets of your permit number (your recertitication year).The 

 commodity group will be indicated by the last two letters of 

 your permit number. All 1992 Restricted Use permits will in- 

 clude the new coding for the commodity groups. The new two- 

 letter codes for the categories are as follows: 



CT: Christmas Tree 



NS: Nursery 



GH: Greenhouse 



SF: Small Fruit 



TF: Tree Fruit 



BK: Beekeeper 



PO: Poultry 



DY: Dairy 



VG: Vegetable 



SO: Sod 



It is very important that you attend meetings approved for the 

 commodity indicated on your permit to total the required num- 

 ber of credits for the correct commodity group, as well as core 

 credits. Seminars that have been approved for credit are posted 

 in the Weekly Market Bulletin. For subscription information, 

 please call 271-2505. Please contact the Division of Pesticide 

 Control at 271-3550 with any questions 



NEW CONTACT 



The toll-free number for 

 information on re-registration of 

 minor-use chemicals at the US 

 Department of Agriculture in 

 Washington has been ended. For 

 this type of information, you're 

 encouraged to contact your Nation- 

 al Agricultural Pesticide Impact 

 Assessment Program (NAPIAP) 

 State Liaison Representative. In 

 New Hampshire, this person is Dr. 

 James Bowman, Extension Ento- 

 mologist, Nesmith Hall, UNH, 

 Durham, NH 03824. His phone 

 number is (603) 862-1 159. 



To find your representative in 

 other states, call the USDA at 

 (202)720-4751. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Donna Fancy 



58 Bow Lane 



Pembroke, NH 03275 



Johnson's Northern Landscaping 



32 Stark Highway North 



Dunbarton, NH 03045 



Jeffrey Paone 



89 Pickering Hill Road 



Gilsum, NH 03448 



Twiss Farm Gardens 



50 Stark Highway South 



Dunbanon, NH 03045 



MINUTES 



Decembers, J 99 J 



The Board met at the UNH 

 Thompson School Greenhouses in 

 Durham. Chris, Bob, and Bruce were 

 there. The minutes of the previous 

 meeting and the financial report were 

 read and approved. 



We have one new member. Publicity 

 about our Winter Meeting will be sent 

 after the meeting so that it can include 

 the names of the new officers and 

 board members. Richard Emerson will 

 be keeping us informed about the New 

 England Greenhouse Conference. 



Setting up a booth at ERNA was 

 discussed, but no definite commitment 

 to do it was made. (It was later 

 decided not to attend this year and to 

 look into attending the new regional 

 show, New England Grows '93 in 

 1993.) 



The speakers, menu, and fees at the 

 Winter Meeting were approved; 

 details — the guest list, the program at 

 lunch — were discussed. 



Participation in Farm & Forest will be 

 discussed by the new board in their 

 first brief meeting right after the 

 Winter Meeting on January 15. At 

 that time, the board will begin to put 

 together a schedule of twilight 

 meetings to be held in 1992. 



The possibility of holding a day-long 

 program for earning recertification 

 credits was discussed. It was felt a 

 "no-frills" meeting sometime in the fall 

 giving as much credit as possible, 

 perhaps in the afternoon and early 

 evening (to allow members the 

 morning to get some of the day's work 

 done), might be best. 



Seven applications for the two $500 

 scholarships given by the NHPGA 

 were read and John Breen (Plant 

 Biology) and Richard Mein 

 (Thompson School) were chosen to 

 receive the awards. 



The meeting adjourned at 9:30. 



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