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Legislation

• Pest Management Regulatory Agency
• Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
• Pesticide Sales, Handling, Use and Application Regulation
• Pesticide (Ministerial) Regulation
• Environmental Code of Practice for Pesticides
• Pesticide Scheduling
  • Livestock Products Exemption List (pdf)
  • Vertebrate Toxicants List (pdf)

Sales

• Commercial Wholesale Vendor
  • Fact Sheet: Commercial Wholesale Vendor Requirements (pdf)
  • Applications For Pesticide Vendor Registrations (pdf)
• Commercial Retail Vendors
  • Release Reporting Guideline (pdf)
  • Acreage Owner and Hobby Greenhouse Operator Factsheet (pdf)
  • Procedures for Grain Bin Fumigation (pdf)
  • Procedures for Greenhouse Fumigation (pdf)
  • Vertebrate Toxicants for Richardson Ground Squirrel Control (pdf)
  • Schedule 1 Pesticide: Notice to Purchasers (pdf)
• Domestic Vendors (wholesale/retail)
  • Pesticide scheduling
  • Release Reporting Guideline (pdf)
• Dispenser Certification
  • Commercial Dispenser Certification
  • Program Structure
  • Home Study Course
  • Exams
  • Lawn and Garden Dispenser Certification
  • Tutorials
• Pesticide Storage
  • Regulatory Requirements and Guidelines (pdf)
  • Warehousing / Audits
• Schedule 1: Notices For Purchasers
• Sales To Acreage Owners
  • Retail Vendor Requirements
  • Commercial Use Pesticide Products Available to Acreage Owners (pdf)
• 1998 Pesticide Sales in Alberta (pdf)

Usage

• Environmental Code of Practice for Pesticides
• Commercial Application Information
  • Service Registrations
    • Pesticide Services Factsheet (pdf)
    • Pesticide Service Registration Application Form (pdf)
  • Applicator Certification
    • Pesticide Applicator Certification Program
    • Tutorials
    • Non-Certified Employees
      • Authorized Assistants
      • Non-certified Assistants
    • Pesticide Trainers
    • Pesticide Applicator Recertification Program
  • Applicator Recertification
    • Aerial (pdf)
    • Agriculture (pdf)
    • Aquatic (pdf)
    • Biting Fly (pdf)
    • Fumigation (pdf)
    • Fumigation Restricted to Stored Ag. Products (pdf)
    • Greenhouse (pdf)
    • Industrial and Forestry (pdf)
    • Landscape (pdf)
    • Structural (pdf)
    • Special: Interior Plantscapes (pdf)
    • Special: Roots in Pipes (pdf)
    • Special: Seed Protectant (pdf)
    • Special: Stump Treatment (pdf)
  • Special Use Approvals
    • Pesticide Use In Alberta (1998) Factsheet (pdf)
    • Pesticide Use In or Near Water Factsheet (pdf)
    • Pesticide Special Use Approval Application Form (pdf)
  • Pesticide Storage
    • Pesticide Storage Guidelines (pdf)
    • Guidelines for Mobile Pesticide Storage (pdf)
• Information on Aerial Application
  • Aerial Application (off-site)
  • Pesticide Notificationv (off-site)
  • Pesticide Drift Management (off-site)
  • Reducing the Risk of Bystander Exposure (off-site)
  • Insecticides and Environmental Impact (off-site)
  • Insecticides and Crop Protection (off-site)
• Publications
  • Tree and Shrub Identification Guide (off-site)
  • Aquatic Plant Identification Guide (off-site)
  • Pesticide Education Modules
  • Pesticide Use in Alberta (1998) Factsheet (pdf)

Monitoring

• Alberta Pesticide Poisoning Statistics (1995/96) (pdf)
• Pesticide Incident Summary (1994 - 1996) (pdf)
• Golf Course Pesticide Use and Monitoring (pdf)
• Pesticides in Ambient Air (pdf)
• Baseline Pesticide Data for Semi-Permanent Wetlands n the Aspen Parkland of Alberta (pdf)
• Determination of New Pesticides in Alberta's Surface Waters (1999 - 2000) (pdf)

Waste

• Pesticide Container Collection
  • Pesticide Container Collection Site Locations (pdf)
  • Pesticide Container Collection Fact Sheet (pdf)
• Leftover Pesticides (pdf)
• Treated Seed
  • Disposal of Treated Seed (pdf)
  • Waste Management Guidelines for Commercial Seed Protectant Services (pdf)
• Operation CleanFarm (Obsolete Pesticide Collection Program)

Assistance

• Applicator & Dispenser Certification – Lakeland College 1-866-853-8646
• Commercial Vendors/Pesticide Services – nearest regional office of Alberta Environment
• Special Use Approvals – nearest regional office of Alberta Environment
• Regulatory Information – E-mail: pesticides@gov.ab.ca
• Pesticide Spills and Releases – 1-800-222-6514 (24 hours)
• Pesticide Complaints – 1-800-222-6514 (24 hours) or contact your nearest office.

News

• Pesticide Services Newsletter (Summer 2002)
• Pesticide Services Newsletter (Summer 2001)
• Pesticide Services Newsletter (Spring 2000)
• Pesticide Vendors Newsletter (Spring 2000)
• Vendor Newsletter (Spring 1999)
• Service Newsletter (Spring 1999)

Related Sites

• Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
• Inside Education
• CropLife Canada
• EXtension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET)
• Lakeland College, Vermilion
• Olds College
• Pest Management Regulatory Agency
• United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs
• Weed Science Society of America
• Directories of Links
  • University of Nebraska, Pesticide Bookmarks
  • Environmental Organizations Web Directory

Application Forms

• For persons selling pesticides in Alberta
  • Application for Vendor Registrations (pdf)
• For persons applying pesticides as a business (commercial pesticide application)
  • Pesticide Service Registration Application (pdf)
• For persons applying pesticides within 30 metres of water
  • Pesticide Use In or Near Water - Factsheet (pdf)
  • Application for A Pesticide Special Use Approval (pdf)
• For persons applying to have a Workshop/Conference/Training Session approved for Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credit
  • Request for Credit Application Forms
    • First Time Request for Credit Form (pdf)
    • Re-applying for Credit for Sessions Previously Approved for Credit (pdf)