BC pesticide use record and treatment notice

What the use record must contain

Section 35(1), for each treatment location and day of use:

• Name and address of the client (or of the owner or manager, if not a service)
• Name and certificate number of the applicator who used or supervised the pesticide
• Date and time of use
• Target pest or purpose
• Trade name and federal (PCP) registration number of each product
• Method, rate and total quantity of each product
• Outdoors: temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction
• Pest monitoring methods and injury thresholds used
• Advice given on safe re-entry time, days to a safe harvest, and other precautions

When a treatment notice is needed (s.10)

• Occupied living accommodations: at least 72 hours before, to the occupant and to the owner or manager
• Multi-residence common areas: at least 48 hours before, to the owner or manager, plus notice to users of the area or posting at entrances for 48 hours
• Schools and child care facilities: at least 72 hours before, to the administrator
• Unoccupied living accommodations: before or right after the use, to the owner or manager, plus the incoming occupant or a notice posted at each entrance for 48 hours
• Notice periods can be shortened only with the consent of every person entitled to the notice
• Right after the use: written notice to the owner or manager that it happened, and of any differences from the notice

What the notice says (s.63)

Treatment area, target pest, PCP registration number and active ingredient, proposed date and start time (and alternatives), licensee name and licence number, a phone number, precautions including the re-entry period, and days to harvest when food crops are treated. Section 12 exempts uses such as crack-and-crevice insecticide and baits in concealed stations from the common-area and posting rules, but not from the 72-hour notice for occupied homes.

Retention and the annual report

Records are kept up to date, at the business location on the licence, for 3 years (s.83); records kept on site during a job go back to the business location within 60 days. Service licensees send the administrator an annual report by January 31 with each product’s trade name, registration number, active ingredient and amount in kilograms, and the total area treated (s.39).

How Stampario fills it

• The Canadian pest report has every s.35(1) item for a service call: client, applicator certificate number, date and time, target and purpose, product with PCP number, rate, total quantity and method.
• Temperature, precipitation and wind speed and direction appear when you mark the application as outdoor.
• Monitoring method, injury threshold, and the re-entry time and precautions you gave are their own fields.
• Stampario doesn’t write the treatment notice. Give or post your own notice in time; the signed report then shows the owner what was actually used.