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Wyoming Agriculture Department warns pesticide users about tougher federal certification, endangered‑species rules
Summary
The Wyoming Department of Agriculture told the joint Agriculture committee that federal updates to pesticide certification and endangered‑species protections have raised the bar for private applicator licensing and require new documentation, education and outreach to avoid inadvertent violations.
Doug Miyamoto, director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, told the Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee on Aug. 28 that federal changes to pesticide certification, fumigant use and endangered‑species protections are already affecting Wyoming applicators and will require expanded state outreach and recordkeeping.
Miyamoto said EPA-led certification updates that began after 2017 have narrowed the knowledge gap between private and commercial applicators and raised the testing and training requirements private applicators must meet. "It's harder to get a private applicator's license today than it was, you know, in 2017 or 2018," Miyamoto said, adding that the department has an approved training plan and retains primacy for pesticide certification in Wyoming.
The department also flagged a new endorsement category for fumigants that will…
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