Cooperative Extension Service
The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
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RUP/WPS/GA Recordkeeping Forms

Federal and state laws require some pesticide applicators to keep records of pesticide applications.

  1. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency require all users of restricted-use pesticides (RUP) to keep records of their RUP applications.
  2. The U.S. EPA also requires most agricultural operations to maintain pesticide records (both RUP and general-use pesticides) under the Worker Protection Standard (WPS).
  3. The Georgia Department of Agriculture requires pesticide contractors to keep records of commercial pesticide applications (RUP and general-use pesticides).

The following tables will help you comply with these regulations. You are required to record pesticide records within 14 days (Commercial applicators must provide records to customers within 30 days.) and keep them for two years (For WPS, keep records 30 days after the restricted-entry interval expires.) However, we strongly advise you to maintain records of your pesticide applications indefinitely. Records of proper pesticide handling can provide documentation of proper pesticide use in the event of a lawsuit.

You are not required to use these forms, and you do not have to submit your pesticide information to any federal or state agency. However, pesticide regulatory agencies may review your pesticide records as part of normal regulatory inspections.

Failure to keep required pesticide records may result in civil and/or criminal penalties.

If you are unfamiliar with pesticide record-keeping regulations, contact your local extension office or visit the following web sites:

Worker Protection Standard http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/
USDA Record-keeping for RUP http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/sdpr.htm

PDF: RUP/GA/WPS Pesticide Application Record Form

Prepared by Paul Guillebeau, University of Georgia Department of Entomology

Circular 848/Revised March, 2004

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