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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%">
Patrick D. Kelly, Horticulturist</p>
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On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 11:34:19 PM EDT, Carol Jelich <carol.jelich@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0689349480"><div>We were told the same in Maryland, eastern shore counties, as individuals not employed by landscapers, etc., could not register. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, Tim Maywalt <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:temaywalt@gmail.com" href="mailto:temaywalt@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">temaywalt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><div class="yiv0689349480yqt0736150001" id="yiv0689349480yqt67791"><blockquote class="yiv0689349480gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv0689349480gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;font-size:small;">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.</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0689349480gmail_quote"><div class="yiv0689349480gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:13 PM Marc Imlay <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ialm@erols.com" href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv0689349480gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">BTW my volunteers have not found it too hard to get registered.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Marc<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a> > <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heidi Allen<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 08, 2021 2:48 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> MAIPC Listserve <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>>; John Nystedt <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" href="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">johnericn@hotmail.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MAIPC] Volunteers and herbicide<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- <br clear="none">Heidi<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">On June 8, 2021 at 12:18:01 PM, John Nystedt (<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" href="mailto:johnericn@hotmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">johnericn@hotmail.com</a>) wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><div><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;">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.<span> </span></span><span style="color:black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;"> </span><span style="color:black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;">Marc Imlay</span><span style="color:black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;">Maryland Sierra Club Natural Places Committee.</span><span style="color:black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="yiv0689349480MsoNormal" style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black;">Retired park ranger with MNCPPC in Prince Georges County</span><span style="color:black;"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div>
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