[MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide

[Patrick D. Kelly]

 This was the same situation when I worked at Rec and Parks Department...volunteers were NOT allowed to apply herbicides (i.e. regulated as hazardous chemicals)...only Registered Employees trained under the Dept of Agriculture system and under the supervision of a Certified Applicator. LIABILITY is a largest factor...even for using natural/organic herbicides that have much greater contact toxicities than systemic herbicides such as glyphosate. As a professional applicator specialist contractor, I do not allow volunteers to work with or along with me due to liability...I am required to purchase SPECIAL business liability insurance that covers pesticide application (VERY EXPENSIVE for me, a small one-man operator and can be difficult to find affordable in my business range...if it can be found at all) and requirement to maintain my pesticide applicator license/certification. Many arborist/landscape companies do NOT work with pesticides/herbicides (or are currently dropping services altogether) due to complex liability and application issues or schedules. 

 
Patrick D. Kelly, Horticulturist

PDK Horticultural,LLC Phragmites and Invasive Plant Control Services

301 Hope Road

Centreville, Md 21617

443-262-2079 mobile

https://PDKHorticultural.com

https://www.facebook.com/PDKHorticulturalLLC





    On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 11:34:19 PM EDT, Carol Jelich <carol.jelich at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 We were told the same in Maryland, eastern shore counties, as individuals not employed by landscapers, etc., could not register. 

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, Tim Maywalt <temaywalt at gmail.com> wrote:

It's very hard to get registered in Virginia. If you aren't with a government entity or university, farm, landscape firm, etc. - just on your own - it's nearly impossible.
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:13 PM Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com> wrote:


BTW my volunteers have not found it too hard to get registered.

 

Marc

 

From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org > On Behalf Of Heidi Allen
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2021 2:48 PM
To: MAIPC Listserve <maipc at lists.maipc.org>; John Nystedt <johnericn at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide

 

Thank you for all of the great info people have sent. I am going to get back to our small committee and I may reach out to some people via their private emails. This is a great group and I truly appreciate all of the advice you have given. 

 

Thank you!!!

 

-- 
Heidi

 

On June 8, 2021 at 12:18:01 PM, John Nystedt (johnericn at hotmail.com) wrote:


When I have been a leader for invasive plant control for about 10 organizations in the last 20 years, we typically have about 5-10% of the volunteers first become pesticide application registered by the State of Maryland.  This has worked well. For example, a few other volunteers may cut the stumps of oriental bittersweet vines and the registered volunteer would follow up with applying herbicide to the cut stump in a few minutes. 

 

Marc Imlay

Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee.

Retired park ranger with MNCPPC in Prince Georges County




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