Pest Management Professional, March 2014

Sponsored by personnel from headquarters the Center of Excellence and eight Regional IPM coordinators The training used real world scenarios that occur in school environments and identified roles for each partnership group Discussions covered several constraints schools are working under and identified problems associated with IPM paradigms that have placed limitations on pesticide use or choice The course successfully identified areas for continued collaboration that will support the EPAs national strategy and goal of IPM implementation in schools nationwide t 5FSNJUJDJEFT At the end of 2013 the Termiticide Standards Committee TSC chaired by Dr Michael Weyman with Clemson Universitys Department of Pesticide Regulation began discussing the ASPCRO Recommendations for Termiticide Efficacy The TSC is developing a document that might shift the current treatment paradigms used for termite pretreatments The question asked is Are full horizontal barriers still necessary or could spot treatments of access points bath traps pipe access points etc be just as effective protecting structures while simultaneously reducing the chemical load to the environment The TSC has been working with the NPMAs Blue Ribbon Task Force on this issue and hopes to obtain research and information that shows applications in this manner can protect structures and maintain an equal amount of protection If this can be verified the recommendations might be revised and presented to the EPA for consideration for future label directions and allowed uses John Scott ASPCRO President In 2014 the committee plans to send out a new survey to gain an improved understanding of the issues facing states and the regulated industry as well as identify which bed bug strategies have been working to better educate and protect consumers from infestations We hope this survey will reveal novel methods of controlling the spread of the pest and identify additional tools to educate consumers t 1PMMJOBUPST In August 2013 the EPA released new pollinator protection label language that affected four neonicotinoid active ingredients clothianidin dinotefuran imidacloprid and thiamethoxam State agencies and the regulated community expressed concern to ASPCRO about the nonagricultural use language the EPA proposed and the potential impact on nonagricultural uses structural turf and ornamental etc The ASPCRO Label Review Committee chaired by Bonnie Rabe with the New Mexico Department of Agriculture worked with the regulators and state agency representatives to identify and answer concerns about the new language ASPCRO has communicated these concerns to EPA headquarters and requested additional interpretive guidance A formal letter to EPA headquarters was developed expressing these concerns as well and ASPCRO offered to assist the agency on any future label language development t 4DIPPM JOUFHSBUFE QFTU NBOBHFNFOU SIPM In September 2013 the ASPCRO School IPM Committee chaired by Mike Page with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services hosted a joint ASPCRO EPA workshop about school IPM sustainability The workshop was organized by the Pest Management in Schools Committee members of EPAs Center of Excellence for SIPM and the University of Floridas Pest Management University It was based on developing the concept of sustainability through partnerships with SIPM implementers state lead agencies pest management professionals PMPs and SIPM staff It included EPA Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials ASPCRO www aspcro org t POUBDU PVH EXBSET BU dne1335@ gmail com or 757 753 8162 www mypmp net Pest Management Professional March 2014 AU5