2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 12 - Conservation
Chapter 19 - Pesticide Control
§ 834. Record keeping and reporting
(a) All commercial applicators shall maintain pesticide use records for each pesticide application containing the following:
(1) EPA registration number;
(2) product name;
(3) quantity of each pesticide used;
(4) date applied;
(5) location of application by address (including five-digit zip code).
- The records must be maintained for a period of not less than three years. All commercial applicators shall file an annual report containing such information with the department on computer diskette or in printed form on or before February first for the prior calendar year. All commercial applicators shall also maintain corresponding records of the dosage rates, methods of application and target organisms for each pesticide application. The records must be maintained on an annual basis and retained for a period of not less than three years and shall be available for inspection upon request by the department. Failure to maintain records or file reports as required above may subject the violator to penalties under section 836.
(b) Every person who sells or offers for sale restricted use pesticides to private applicators shall issue a record to the private applicator of each sale of a restricted use pesticide or a general use pesticide used in agricultural crop production to such applicator. The record of each sale must include the following:
(1) EPA registration number;
(2) product name of the pesticide purchased;
(3) quantity of the pesticide purchased;
(4) date purchased;
(5) location of intended application by address (including five-digit zip code) or if address is unavailable by town or city, including five-digit zip code, then the location of intended application differs from the billing address that appears on the record.
(c) Every person that sells or offers for sale restricted use pesticides to private applicators shall file, annually, a report or reports containing such information with the department on computer diskette or in painted form on or before February first for the prior calendar year. Failure to file said report may result in penalties as per section 836. The department must not use the reports filed pursuant to this paragraph for enforcement purposes.
(d) All private applicators shall maintain, at a minimum, records of the restricted pesticides purchased, crop treated by such, method of application, and date of application or applications.
- This information must be maintained on an annual basis and retained for a minimum of three years, and shall be available for inspection upon request by the department.
