75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
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LC 804
Senate Bill 637
Sponsored by Senator BONAMICI; Senators DINGFELDER, HASS, MONNES
ANDERSON, Representatives BARKER, BRUUN, CANNON, GREENLICK,
KOMP, WITT
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
Requires adoption of integrated pest management plans for
schools. Specifies certain requirements for integrated pest
management plans. Provides for State Department of Agriculture
enforcement. Makes public pesticide applicator license
requirements applicable to pesticide applications at school
campuses.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pest management for schools; creating new provisions;
and amending ORS 634.116.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act are added to
and made a part of ORS chapter 634. + }
SECTION 2. { + As used in sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act:
(1) 'Campus' means the buildings, other structures,
playgrounds, athletic fields and parking lots of a school and any
other areas on the school property that are accessed by students
on a regular basis.
(2) 'Governing body' means a board of directors, agency or
other body or person having policy making and general oversight
responsibility for a community college district, education
service district, school district, other unit of education
governance, private school or other educational entity.
(3) 'Integrated pest management plan' means a proactive
strategy that:
(a) Focuses on the long-term prevention or suppression of pest
problems through economically sound measures that:
(A) Protect the health and safety of students, staff and
faculty;
(B) Protect the integrity of campus buildings and grounds;
(C) Maintain a productive learning environment; and
(D) Protect local ecosystem health;
(b) Focuses on the prevention of pest problems by working to
reduce or eliminate conditions of property construction,
operation and maintenance that promote or allow for the
establishment, feeding, breeding and proliferation of pest
populations or other conditions that are conducive to pests or
that create harborage for pests;
(c) Incorporates the use of sanitation, structural remediation
or habitat manipulation or of mechanical, biological and chemical
pest control measures that present a reduced risk or have a low
impact;
(d) Includes regular monitoring and inspections to detect
pests, pest damage and unsanctioned pesticide usage;
(e) Evaluates the need for pest control by identifying
acceptable pest population density levels;
(f) Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of pest control
measures;
(g) Excludes the application of pesticides on a routine
schedule for purely preventive purposes, other than applications
of pesticides designed to attract or be consumed by pests;
(h) Excludes the application of pesticides for purely aesthetic
purposes;
(i) Includes school staff education about sanitation,
monitoring and inspection and about pest control measures;
(j) Gives preference to the use of nonchemical pest control
measures; and
(k) Allows the use of low-impact pesticides if nonchemical pest
control measures have proven ineffective.
(4) 'Low-impact pesticide' means a pesticide product or active
ingredient that:
(a) Does not have the signal words 'warning' or 'danger ' on
the label; and
(b) Is not on the list adopted by the State Department of
Agriculture under section 9 (4) of this 2009 Act.
(5) 'Pest' means:
(a) An insect or other arthropod;
(b) A weed, moss, slime or mildew or a plant disease caused by
a fungus, bacterium or virus;
(c) A nematode, snail, slug, rodent or predatory animal;
(d) Other forms of plant or animal life that may infest or be
detrimental to vegetation, humans, animals, structures, managed
landscapes or other human environments; or
(e) Other plants, animals or organisms identified by the State
Department of Agriculture by rule as a pest.
(6) 'Pest emergency' means an urgent need to eliminate or
mitigate a pest situation that threatens the health or safety of
students, staff, faculty members or members of the public using
the campus.
(7) 'Registration number' means the pesticide registration
number assigned by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
(8) 'School' means:
(a) A facility operating an Oregon prekindergarten or a federal
Head Start program;
(b) A public or private educational institution offering
education in all or part of kindergarten through grade 12;
(c) An education service district as defined in ORS 334.003;
(d) A community college as defined in ORS 341.005;
(e) The Oregon School for the Blind;
(f) The Oregon School for the Deaf; and
(g) A regional residential academy operated by the Oregon Youth
Authority. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) The governing body responsible for a school
shall adopt an integrated pest management plan for use on the
campuses of the school. The governing body shall also adopt
provisions for:
(a) Designating an integrated pest management plan coordinator;
(b) Identifying plan coordinator responsibilities;
(c) Giving notices under section 7 of this 2009 Act;
(d) Retaining pesticide application records under section 8 of
this 2009 Act;
(e) Providing a process for responding to inquires and
complaints about noncompliance with the integrated pest
management plan; and
(f) Conducting outreach to the school community about the
school's integrated pest management plan.
(2) If a governing body has control over only part of a
building, a structure or property where a campus is located, the
governing body may limit an integrated pest management plan to
those parts of the building, structure or property over which the
governing body exerts substantial control.
(3) A governing body is not required to adopt an integrated
pest management plan for off-campus buildings, structures or
property, notwithstanding any incidental use for instruction.
(4) Unless a governing body expressly provides otherwise, the
application of a germicide, disinfectant, sanitizer, deodorizer,
antimicrobial agent or insecticidal soap at a campus is not
subject to the requirements for a pesticide application under an
integrated pest management plan. However, this subsection does
not permit the application at a campus of a germicide,
disinfectant, sanitizer, deodorizer, antimicrobial agent or
insecticidal soap that is a pesticide other than a low-impact
pesticide. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) The governing body shall provide for the
designation of one or more persons as integrated pest management
plan coordinators for the governed schools. A plan coordinator
must be an employee of the governed district, unit, school or
entity or be an independent contractor that is licensed as a
pesticide operator. Each school shall have the services of at
least one integrated pest management plan coordinator. A plan
coordinator may serve more than one school. The responsibilities
of the plan coordinator shall include, but need not be limited
to:
(a) Giving notice and posting warnings under section 7 of this
2009 Act;
(b) Overseeing pest prevention efforts;
(c) Providing for the identification and evaluation of pest
situations;
(d) Determining the means of appropriately managing pest damage
that will cause the least possible hazard to people, property and
the environment;
(e) Ensuring the proper and lawful performance of pesticide
applications;
(f) Evaluating pest management results; and
(g) Keeping records as required by section 8 of this 2009 Act.
(2) A plan coordinator shall complete not less than six hours
of training each year. The training shall include at least a
general review of integrated pest management principles and the
requirements of sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act. + }
SECTION 5. { + If a school has followed the integrated pest
management plan and nonchemical pest control measures have proved
ineffective, subject to section 6 of this 2009 Act the integrated
pest management plan coordinator may authorize the application of
a low-impact pesticide. The low-impact pesticide application must
be made by a pesticide applicator or by a public applicator. The
use of a pesticide applicator or public applicator to make an
application does not cancel, alter or reassign any of the duties
imposed under section 7 or 8 of this 2009 Act. + }
SECTION 6. { + (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
this section, a pesticide may not be applied to an area of a
campus where the school expects students to be present before the
reentry time specified in the pesticide product labeling or, if
no reentry time is specified, before a time the integrated pest
management plan coordinator determines to be appropriate based on
the time elapsed, area ventilation and whether the area is
cleaned.
(2) The timing restrictions described in subsection (1) of this
section do not apply if:
(a) The integrated pest management plan coordinator declares a
pest emergency under subsection (3) of this section;
(b) The pesticide is applied outdoors by a pesticide applicator
or public applicator as a component of academic instruction in
agriculture; or
(c) The pesticide is applied by a public health official.
(3) An integrated pest management plan coordinator, after
consultation with school faculty and administration, may declare
the existence of a pest emergency. If necessary, a pesticide
other than a low-impact pesticide may be used to mitigate a
declared pest emergency. If a pesticide is applied at a campus
due to a pest emergency, the plan coordinator shall review the
integrated pest management plan to determine whether modification
of the plan might prevent future pest emergencies. The plan
coordinator shall submit any recommendations for modification of
the plan to the governing body. The governing body shall review
and take formal action on the recommendations. + }
SECTION 7. { + (1) The governing body responsible for a school
shall adopt policies and processes for ensuring that the
integrated pest management plan coordinator for the school gives
written notice of a proposed pesticide application at the campus
to, at a minimum, parents and guardians of minor students, adult
students, school administrators, faculty members and staff
members.
(2) In adopting policies and processes under subsection (1) of
this section, the governing body shall consider the age of the
students attending the school and consider which methods for
transmitting notice are most likely to reach the intended
recipients.
(3) Except as provided in this subsection, the plan coordinator
must give a pesticide application notice in a manner reasonably
calculated to reach the intended recipient at least 24 hours
before the pesticide application occurs. A notice must identify
the name, trademark or type of pesticide products, the
registration number assigned to each of the pesticide products,
the expected area of application, the expected date of
application and the reason for the application. If a pest
emergency makes it impracticable to give a pesticide application
notice at least 24 hours before the pesticide application occurs,
the plan coordinator shall send the notice no later than 24 hours
after the application occurs.
(4) Except as provided in this subsection, if a pesticide is
applied at a campus, the plan coordinator or a designee of the
coordinator shall place warning signs around pesticide
application areas beginning no later than 24 hours before the
application occurs and ending no earlier than 72 hours after the
application occurs. A warning sign must bear the words 'Warning:
pesticide-treated area,' identify the name, trademark or type of
pesticide products, identify the registration number assigned to
each of the pesticide products, give the expected date for the
application, give the reason for the application and provide the
name and telephone number of a contact person. If a pest
emergency makes it impracticable to place the warning signs at
least 24 hours before the pesticide application, the plan
coordinator or designee shall place the signs as soon as
practicable but no later than at the time the application occurs.
(5) Subsections (1) to (4) of this section do not apply to a
pesticide application described in section 6 (2)(b) of this 2009
Act.
(6) Failure to give notice or post warnings as required by this
section does not create a special cause of action for
damages. + }
SECTION 8. { + (1) If a pesticide is applied at a campus, the
integrated pest management plan coordinator or a designee of the
coordinator shall place the labeling information and material
data safety sheet for the pesticide on file at a school on the
campus. The plan coordinator or designee shall record and make
available the following information:
(a) The brand name or trademark of the pesticide product;
(b) The registration number assigned to the pesticide product;
(c) The pest condition that prompted the application;
(d) A description of the area on campus where the application
occurred;
(e) The approximate amount and concentration of pesticide
product applied;
(f) The type of application and whether the application proved
effective;
(g) The public applicator license numbers and public trainee
certificate numbers of the persons applying the pesticide;
(h) The names of the persons applying the pesticide;
(i) The dates on which the plan coordinator gave any notices
required by section 7 of this 2009 Act; and
(j) The dates and times for the placement and removal of
warning signs under section 7 of this 2009 Act.
(2) Pesticide application records must include copies of all
notices given under section 7 of this 2009 Act.
(3) A school shall retain pesticide application records
required by this section for at least four years following the
application date. + }
SECTION 9. { + (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of
this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall
administer and enforce sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act. The
department may make all rules the department considers reasonable
for the administration and enforcement of sections 2 to 9 of this
2009 Act, including but not limited to rules to ensure the
implementation, administration, adequacy, maintenance,
improvement and enforcement of integrated pest management plans
for schools.
(2) A governing body is not required to modify or replace an
integrated pest management plan adopted before the effective date
of this 2009 Act if the plan provides greater protection against
pesticide exposure than is required by sections 2 to 9 of this
2009 Act or department rules.
(3) If a pesticide product or active ingredient does not have
the signal words 'warning' or 'danger' on the label, the
department shall determine whether the pesticide product or
active ingredient has properties that make the product or
ingredient unsuitable for use as a low-impact pesticide under
sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act. In making the determination,
the department shall consult with parties knowledgeable in
matters concerning the chemical properties and health effects of
pesticides. The consultation shall include, but need not be
limited to, an inquiry into whether the pesticide product, any
active or other ingredient of the product or any product
degradate or metabolite of toxicological concern is known to be:
(a) A carcinogen;
(b) A mutagen;
(c) A reproductive toxin; or
(d) An endocrine disruptor.
(4) The department shall adopt by rule and make available to
the public a list of pesticide products and active ingredients
that the department determines under subsection (3) of this
section to be unsuitable for use as low-impact pesticides under
sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act. Before adopting the list or an
amendment to the list, the department shall submit the proposed
list or amendment to the Pesticide Analytical and Response Center
and obtain approval of the list or amendment by the center. + }
SECTION 10. ORS 634.116 is amended to read:
634.116. (1) A pesticide operator's license, or supplements
thereto, shall authorize the licensee to engage in one or more of
the classes of pest control or pesticide application business
prescribed by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS
634.306 (2). The department may not issue a pesticide operator
license to the United States, the State of Oregon or federal,
state or local agencies, instrumentalities, political
subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, municipal corporations,
irrigation, drainage or other districts or other federal, state
or local governmental bodies.
(2) During a license period, and after a person has been issued
a license to engage in certain classes of pest control or
pesticide application business during a license period, the
department upon receiving an additional application and
applicable fees, may authorize the licensee to engage in
additional classes of pest control or pesticide application
business for the remainder of the license period as prescribed in
ORS 634.306 (2).
(3)(a) The department shall establish a pesticide operator
license fee not to exceed $90 for the first class of pest control
or pesticide application business as prescribed in ORS 634.306
(2) and not to exceed $15 for each additional class.
(b) After a person makes first application for a specific
license period, if later during the same license period the
person desires to engage in additional classes of pest control or
pesticide application businesses, such person shall pay the fee
for each additional class established by the department not to
exceed $20.
(4) At least one owner or part owner of the pest control or
pesticide application business shall also obtain and maintain a
pesticide applicator's license if the pesticide operator is a
sole proprietorship or a partnership. At least one officer or
employee shall obtain and maintain a pesticide applicator's
license if the pesticide operator is a corporation. If a
pesticide operator is found to be in violation of this
subsection, the pesticide operator's license, notwithstanding ORS
chapter 183, is automatically suspended until the pesticide
operator is in compliance. If the business is owned by one
individual, the department shall make no charge for the pesticide
applicator license issued to the individual under ORS 634.122.
(5) The department shall not issue or renew a pesticide
operator's license until the applicant or licensee has furnished
evidence to the department, in the form of a public liability
policy issued by an insurance company qualified to do business in
Oregon, protecting the applicant or licensee against liability
for injury or death to persons and loss of or damage to property
resulting from the application of pesticides, or in lieu of a
policy, has furnished a deposit of cash, surety bond or other
evidence of financial responsibility acceptable to the department
that may be applied by the department to the payment of damages
resulting from operator liability. However:
(a) Except as required under paragraph (b) of this subsection,
the financial responsibility required by this section shall not
apply to damages or injury to crops, real or personal property
being worked upon by the applicant.
(b) If the applicant or licensee is to be engaged in the
business of controlling or eradicating structural pests, or pests
within a public or private place, or pests within private or
public places where food is served, prepared or processed or
where persons are regularly housed, the financial responsibility
required by this section shall apply to damages or injury to real
or personal property being worked upon, as well as all the other
real and personal property set forth in this section.
(6) The financial responsibility required by subsection (5) of
this section must be not less than $25,000 for bodily injury to
one or more persons and not less than $25,000 for property
damage.
(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 183, if the
licensed pesticide operator fails to maintain the financial
responsibility required by subsections (5) and (6) of this
section, the license is automatically suspended until the
department again verifies the pesticide operator is in compliance
with subsections (5) and (6) of this section. The liability
insurance company shall notify the department in writing at least
30 days prior to any cancellation of an insurance policy required
by this section.
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 105.810 and 105.815
or other laws to the contrary, the amount of damages for which a
pesticide operator or pesticide applicator is liable as a result
of use of pesticides, or financial responsibility for the same is
limited to actual damages only.
(9) The department shall return the deposit required by
subsection (5) of this section to the pesticide operator if the
pesticide operator at any time establishes exemption from the
financial responsibility requirements under this chapter. After
the expiration of two years from the date of an injury, death,
loss or damage, the department shall return any deposit remaining
to the pesticide operator or to the personal representative of
the pesticide operator except that the department shall not make
a return if the department has received notice that an action for
damages arising out of the provisions of this section has been
filed against the pesticide operator for whom the deposit was
made, and the department has determined that the action is
pending or that any judgment resulting from the action remains
unpaid.
(10) If the pesticide operator is to spray by aircraft, then
the department, in addition to other provisions of this section
relating to financial responsibility, may by rule allow aircraft
pesticide operators to reduce, suspend or terminate the liability
insurance, applicable to spraying by aircraft, and required by
subsections (5) and (6) of this section during certain periods of
the year.
(11) The department may by rule allow liability insurance
policies required by subsections (5) and (6) of this section to
include deductible clauses of amounts to be determined by the
department.
(12)(a) The United States, the State of Oregon or federal,
state or local agencies, instrumentalities, political
subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, municipal corporations,
irrigation, drainage or other districts or other federal, state
or local governmental bodies are not required to obtain a license
as a pesticide operator or to furnish evidence of financial
responsibility to the department when:
(A) Applying pesticides to property under their ownership,
possession, control or jurisdiction;
(B) Applying pesticides pursuant to an order issued by the
department for purposes of controlling or eradicating noxious
weeds or pests; or
(C) Applying pesticides to property under the ownership,
possession, control or jurisdiction of another federal, state or
local agency, instrumentality, political subdivision, county,
city, town, municipal corporation, irrigation, drainage or other
district or other federal, state or local governmental body or of
a homeowners association as defined under ORS 94.550 if:
(i) The land is in a jurisdiction adjacent to property under
their ownership, possession, control or jurisdiction;
(ii) The application is done in conjunction with, or as an
extension of, an application of pesticides to property under
their ownership, possession, control or jurisdiction; and
(iii) The pesticide application is done on a cost recovery,
cooperative trade of services or no cost basis, and not as a
source for profit.
(b) A public utility or telecommunications utility is not
required to obtain a license as a pesticide operator or to
furnish evidence of financial responsibility to the department
when applying pesticides to property under the ownership,
possession or control of the utility.
(c) In addition to any application allowed under paragraph (a)
of this subsection, a vector control district is not required to
obtain a license as a pesticide operator or to furnish evidence
of financial responsibility to the department when applying
pesticides for the prevention, control or eradication of a public
health vector as defined in ORS 452.010 to property under the
ownership, possession, control or jurisdiction of another
federal, state or local agency, instrumentality, political
subdivision, county, city, town, municipal corporation,
irrigation, drainage or other district or other federal, state or
local governmental body or of a homeowners association as defined
under ORS 94.550 if the pesticide application is done on a cost
recovery, cooperative trade of services or no cost basis, and not
as a source of profit.
(13) Subject to subsection (15) of this section, the employees
of the agencies, instrumentalities, subdivisions, counties,
cities, towns, municipal corporations, districts, governmental
bodies or utilities described in subsection (12) of this section
who perform or carry out the work, duties or responsibilities of
a pesticide applicator are subject to the provisions of this
chapter, except they shall be issued 'public applicator' licenses
or, if they carry out the work, duties or responsibilities of a
pesticide trainee, shall be issued 'public trainee' certificates,
if they otherwise comply or qualify with the provisions of this
chapter relating thereto.
(14) The public applicator license or public trainee
certificate shall be:
(a) Issued by the department upon payment of the fee for the
pesticide applicator license or pesticide trainee certificate.
(b) Valid and used by the licensee or certificate holder only
when applying pesticides as described in subsection (12) of this
section.
(c) Renewed, suspended or revoked each year in the same manner,
under the same provisions and at the same time as other pesticide
applicator licenses and trainee certificates are renewed,
suspended or revoked.
(15) The provisions of subsection (13) of this section apply
only to:
(a) The application of restricted-use pesticides; { - or - }
(b) The application of any pesticide by using a machine-powered
device { - . - } { + ; or
(c) The application of a low-impact pesticide at the campus of
a school, as defined in section 2 of this 2009 Act. + }
(16) Prior to applying pesticides to land described in
subsection (12)(a)(C) of this section, a public applicator shall
inform the person requesting pesticide application of the
possible availability of alternative sources of assistance,
including sources in the private sector that are registered with
the department or with industry trade or professional
organizations.
(17) A federal, state or local agency, instrumentality,
political subdivision, county, city, town, municipal corporation,
irrigation, drainage or other district or other federal, state or
local governmental body may not solicit or advertise for
pesticide application business in areas outside its jurisdiction.
SECTION 11. { + (1) Notwithstanding section 9 of this 2009
Act, the Oregon State University Extension Service, in
cooperation with the State Department of Agriculture and the
Department of Human Services, shall develop one or more model
integrated pest management plans for use in schools subject to
sections 2 to 9 of this 2009 Act. The extension service shall
make the model plans available to school governing bodies no
later than July 1, 2011.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a
governing body required under section 3 of this 2009 Act to adopt
one or more integrated pest management plans shall implement the
plans on or before July 1, 2012.
(3) The deadline established in subsection (2) of this section
does not apply to a school established after the effective date
of this 2009 Act. The governing body of a new school shall notify
the State Department of Agriculture when the school is
established. The department shall specify a deadline for the
governing body to adopt and implement an integrated pest
management plan for the school. However, the deadline specified
by the department may not be earlier than the date described in
subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The State Department of Agriculture shall adopt an initial
list of unsuitable pesticides under section 9 (4) of this 2009
Act no later than January 1, 2012. + }
SECTION 12. { + Section 11 of this 2009 Act is repealed
January 2, 2014. + }
SECTION 13. { + The amendments to ORS 634.116 by section 10 of
this 2009 Act become operative on July 1, 2012. + }
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