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How long must a Wisconsin commercial application business retain the record it keeps for each pesticide application made directly or through an employee, under ATCP 29.21?
- At least 1 year
- At least 2 years
- At least 5 years
- At least 7 years
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ATCP 29.21 (1) requires a licensed commercial application business to keep each application record for at least 2 years and to make it available to the department on request. A separate 3-year retention applies only to atrazine applications under ATCP 30.31 (5).🔗 Source
Which Wisconsin commercial applicator certification category covers an applicator who treats structures and food-handling establishments for household and nuisance pests such as ants, fleas, wasps, and hornets, including perimeter barrier applications?
- Turf and Landscape Pest Control
- Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control; General
- Aquatic and Mosquito Pest Control
- Field and Vegetable Crop Pest Control
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ATCP 29.31 (11) defines the Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related (General) category, which covers pest control in and around dwellings, schools, food-handling sites, and warehouses, plus perimeter barrier and spot landscape applications against structural and nuisance pests like ants, fleas, wasps, and hornets.🔗 Source
Under Wisconsin ATCP 29.26, the department may renew an individual commercial applicator certification for how long if the individual again satisfies the requirements for certification?
- For another 1 year
- For another 3 years
- For another 5 years
- For another 10 years
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ATCP 29.26 (3)(c) allows the department to renew an individual commercial applicator certification for another 5 years if the individual again satisfies the requirements for certification.Under Wisconsin ATCP 29.31, the Sewer Root Control certification category covers individuals who use or direct the use of which substances to control root growth in sewers?
- Chlorine or bleach solutions
- Metam sodium or other fumigants
- Glyphosate-based herbicides only
- Rodenticide bait formulations
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ATCP 29.31 (13)(a) defines the Sewer Root Control category as covering use of metam sodium or other fumigants to control root growth in sewers.A Wisconsin commercial applicator candidate fails the initial certification examination in a category. Under ATCP 29.26, how soon may that person retake the exam?
- Not sooner than 24 hours later, on a regularly scheduled examination date
- Immediately, on the same day
- Not sooner than 30 days later
- Not sooner than 6 months later
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After a first failure, ATCP 29.26 (8) permits a retake no sooner than 24 hours later on a regularly scheduled date. The 30-day wait applies only after a second or subsequent failure, and a 6-month bar applies after four failures in a category within any 6-month period.🔗 Source
Under Wisconsin ATCP 29.26, after an individual commercial applicator satisfies the requirements for certification, within how many business days must the department issue that person a commercial applicator certification card?
- Within 10 business days
- Within 20 business days
- Within 30 business days
- Within 45 business days
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ATCP 29.26 (5)(a) directs the department to issue a commercial applicator certification card within 30 business days after the individual satisfies the certification requirements.In Wisconsin, what minimum score must a candidate earn on the department's written, closed-book examination to be certified as a commercial applicator in a given category?
- 50 percent
- 60 percent
- 70 percent
- 80 percent
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ATCP 29.26 (7) requires a commercial applicator candidate to score at least 70 percent on the department's written, closed-book exam for each category sought. This closed-book commercial standard is distinct from the open-book private applicator pathways.🔗 Source
Within how many days after making a pesticide application for a customer must a Wisconsin commercial application business provide that customer the required written application information under ATCP 29.22?
- Within 7 days
- Within 15 days
- Within 30 days
- Within 60 days
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ATCP 29.22 requires the licensed business to furnish the customer the specified written information (such as applicator name and license number, site, date and time, products with EPA registration numbers, and a label copy offer) within 30 days after the application.🔗 Source
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