1.OREGON PESTICIDE APPLICATION TEST
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
Misbranded Pesticides - ANS ✓Pesticides with labelling that makes false
statements or labelling that does not follow the rules of ORS 634 are called
misbranded pesticides.
Adultered Pesticides - ANS ✓Some pesticides do not contain the same
ingredients or amounts of concentrations that are listed on the container.
Experimental Use Permits - ANS ✓These are special state and federal permits
for testing pesticides.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) - ANS ✓The U.S.
Department of Labour is in charge of OSHA.
-The law applies to an employer who has 11 or more workers.
- employer must keep records when workers have a serious accident that causes
them to become injured, sick, or die.
Worker Protection Standard (WPS) - ANS ✓EPA created the Worker
Protection Standard to protect workers from exposure to pesticides at work.
The goal of WPS is to reduce the risk of poisoning and injury to these workers.
WPS protects 2 types of workers: - ANS ✓1) Pesticide handlers: Handlers work
directly with pesticides. They mix, load, or apply pesticides. They clear or repair
contaminated equipment and dispose of pesticides and empty containers.
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2) Agricultural workers: workers grow and harvest plants on farms, forests,
nurseries, or greenhouses, but do not work directly with pesticides.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 - ANS ✓- The RCRA is a
federal law, and the Department of Environmental Quality is in charge of it in
Oregon.
- This law regulates disposal of excess pesticides and empty pesticide containers.
- Hazardous Waste Generator: if you store or abandon large amounts of pesticide
on-site, you must report to the DEQ. DEQ then puts you on a list as a hazardous
waste generator.
- You can rinse and recycle excess pesticides legally and reuse them again
without reporting to DEQ
- Decontaminated: You must clean empty pesticide containers before disposing of
them. Multiple-rinsed containers are decontaminated, and are not considered
hazardous waste. You can throw them in the landfill, or recycle them.
Transportation Safety Act of 1974 - ANS ✓The U.S. Department of
Transportation is in charge of this Act, which has laws for shipping hazardous
materials. The rules apply to highly toxic, flammable, or explosive substances.
- Shipper must give a shipping paper to the person who hauls the hazardous
material.
- The driver must keep the shipping papers within reach while they are buckled
in.
- When driver is away from vehicle, shipping paper must ne on drivers seat or in
pouch on the door
Superfund Amendments act of 1986 (SARA Title III) - ANS ✓SARA Title III is a
federal law that affects people who produce or store hazardous chemicals. The
law says that people have a right to know about hazardous chemicals that are in
their town. Its purpose is to help towns prepare a plan of action in case of an
accident.
Section 302: Emergency Planning and Notification
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- Describes when you are required to report stored chemicals to state and local
officials.
- The EPA has assigned a maximum amount, Threshhold Planning Quantity
(TPQ), for some actice ingredients.
- When the amount of product in storage is at or above the TPQ, you must report
it to the Office of the State Fire Marshall.
Reportable Quantity-
In Oregon, pesticide makers, sellers, and some applicators must report a certain
a,ount of hazardous material to thr fire marshall. They must report when the
amount of the chemical is 50 gal liquid, 500 lbs solid, 200 cubic feet of gas. These
amounts are called the reportable quantity.
Section 304: Emergency Release Report
- Report all pesticide spills to the Oregon Emergency Response System.
Depending on severity, they mas direct you to call the National Response System.
Section 311: Material Safety Data Sheet
Section 312: Annual Chemical Inventory
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 - ANS ✓ESA protects threatened and
endangered species.
Endangered Species- a plant or animal at risk of extinction
Extinction- means to die out forever
Threatened Species- a plant or animal soon to be endangered
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