Florida Aquatic Pest Control Certification |
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• management goal -✓✓As applied to aquatic plant management, the amount and/or
types of plants that will be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses.
This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all water use interests.
• Multi-use water body -✓✓A water body that is used for more than one purpose such as
fishing, waterskiing, waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply.
• native plant -✓✓A plant species whose natural range includes Florida
• nitrogen -✓✓a naturally occurring element in soils that is required in large amounts for
plant growth and will stimulate the growth for aquatic plants if no other factors are
limiting.
• non-native plants -✓✓a plant species introduced to Florida, purposely or accidentally,
from a natural range outside of Florida
• Phosphorus -✓✓a naturally occurring element in soils that is required in small amounts
for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants (especially algae and
floating plants) if no other factors are limiting.
• plant nutrients -✓✓Elements, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, that are required for
plant growth
• Productive waters bodies -✓✓those water bodies that support large amounts of plant
growth as well as abundant aquatic organisms because they are high in nutrients,
especially phosphorus and nitrogen
• 2,4-D -✓✓Introduced in 1946, the first synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely
effective and economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle, or humans.
• River and Harbors Act of 1899 (Refuse Act) -✓✓Federal legislation that authorized
construction of and operation of vessels and log booms for the removal and
containment of waterhyacinth in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana
• Flordia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) -✓✓Agency designated in 1970, as
Florida's lead agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred to FWC.
, • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) -✓✓Florida's lead agency
for fish and wildlife management, formerly Florida Game and Freshwater Fish
Commission.
• United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) -✓✓The engineering branch
of the United States Army
• Aquatic Pest Control applicator -✓✓An individual who is licensed to use or supervise
the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, used or
applied to any standing or running water, including banks or shorelines, excluding
infusion of chlorine gas as described in Category 7B and applicators engaged in public
health related activities as defined in Chapter 388, Florida Statutes, and the rules
thereunder. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
• Continuing education unit (CEU) -✓✓Approximately one hour of study credit used to
make up the total of 20 CEUs required for Aquatic Pest Control applicator recertification
(4 Core + 16 aquatic category CEUs)
• EPA -✓✓U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for the federal
regulation of the recertification, manufacture, transportation, use, and marketing of all
pesticides in the United States
• FDACS -✓✓Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is the
state agency responsible for regulating pesticide use
• Federal Noxious Weed -✓✓plants that are prohibited from movement into and
throughout the United States without a permit from the USDA.
• FIFRA -✓✓Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, which is the law
requiring that all pesticides used in the United States be labeled according to EPA
guidelines and every pesticide must be labeled for each crop and/ or site for where it is
intended to be used.
• Florida Pesticide Law -✓✓The law that governs the use of pesticides in Florida, which
is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(FDACS)
• FWC -✓✓The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is the lead
agency for aquatic plant management in Florida
• Recertification -✓✓the process by which licensed pesticide applicators accumulate
continuing education units in order to keep the license valid
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• management goal -✓✓As applied to aquatic plant management, the amount and/or
types of plants that will be controlled or allowed to grow to best satisfy all water uses.
This is often formally agreed upon by representatives of all water use interests.
• Multi-use water body -✓✓A water body that is used for more than one purpose such as
fishing, waterskiing, waterfowl hunting, and domestic water supply.
• native plant -✓✓A plant species whose natural range includes Florida
• nitrogen -✓✓a naturally occurring element in soils that is required in large amounts for
plant growth and will stimulate the growth for aquatic plants if no other factors are
limiting.
• non-native plants -✓✓a plant species introduced to Florida, purposely or accidentally,
from a natural range outside of Florida
• Phosphorus -✓✓a naturally occurring element in soils that is required in small amounts
for plant growth and will stimulate the growth of aquatic plants (especially algae and
floating plants) if no other factors are limiting.
• plant nutrients -✓✓Elements, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, that are required for
plant growth
• Productive waters bodies -✓✓those water bodies that support large amounts of plant
growth as well as abundant aquatic organisms because they are high in nutrients,
especially phosphorus and nitrogen
• 2,4-D -✓✓Introduced in 1946, the first synthetic herbicide used. It was extremely
effective and economical to use and was not toxic to fish, cattle, or humans.
• River and Harbors Act of 1899 (Refuse Act) -✓✓Federal legislation that authorized
construction of and operation of vessels and log booms for the removal and
containment of waterhyacinth in navigable waters of Florida and Louisiana
• Flordia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) -✓✓Agency designated in 1970, as
Florida's lead agency in aquatic plant control; responsibilities later transferred to FWC.
, • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) -✓✓Florida's lead agency
for fish and wildlife management, formerly Florida Game and Freshwater Fish
Commission.
• United States Army Corps of Engineers (COE or USACE) -✓✓The engineering branch
of the United States Army
• Aquatic Pest Control applicator -✓✓An individual who is licensed to use or supervise
the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, used or
applied to any standing or running water, including banks or shorelines, excluding
infusion of chlorine gas as described in Category 7B and applicators engaged in public
health related activities as defined in Chapter 388, Florida Statutes, and the rules
thereunder. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
• Continuing education unit (CEU) -✓✓Approximately one hour of study credit used to
make up the total of 20 CEUs required for Aquatic Pest Control applicator recertification
(4 Core + 16 aquatic category CEUs)
• EPA -✓✓U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is responsible for the federal
regulation of the recertification, manufacture, transportation, use, and marketing of all
pesticides in the United States
• FDACS -✓✓Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which is the
state agency responsible for regulating pesticide use
• Federal Noxious Weed -✓✓plants that are prohibited from movement into and
throughout the United States without a permit from the USDA.
• FIFRA -✓✓Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, which is the law
requiring that all pesticides used in the United States be labeled according to EPA
guidelines and every pesticide must be labeled for each crop and/ or site for where it is
intended to be used.
• Florida Pesticide Law -✓✓The law that governs the use of pesticides in Florida, which
is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(FDACS)
• FWC -✓✓The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is the lead
agency for aquatic plant management in Florida
• Recertification -✓✓the process by which licensed pesticide applicators accumulate
continuing education units in order to keep the license valid
