![]() Provide WPS-required safety, pesticide application, and hazard information to workers and handlers or their designated representative, or to treating medical personnel, if requested.Pesticide safety information that includes emergency information.Safety Data Sheets for pesticides applied on the establishment and.Pesticide applications on the establishment.Provide access to specific information for workers and handlers at a central location during normal work hours, including (agricultural employers only):.Provide annual pesticide safety training.Do not retaliate against a worker or handler.Under the WPS, all employers are required to do the following: Employers at commercial pesticide handling establishments. ![]() Employers of researchers who help grow and harvest plants.Timber and trees in forests and nurseries.Owners/employers on agricultural establishments that grow and harvest for commercial production:.In general, employers are responsible for WPS compliance. This section provides an overview of who is required to comply with the WPS and a list of compliance requirements. *Some requirements apply to anyone doing certain tasks, such as handling pesticide application equipment or cleaning or laundering pesticide-contaminated personal protective equipment. other tasks directly related to the production of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment.*.Workers include anyone employed for any type of compensation (including self-employed) doing tasks such as:.Agricultural workers - those who perform tasks related to growing and harvesting plants on farms or in greenhouses, nurseries or forests.assist with the application of pesticides.clean or repair pesticide application equipment or.mix, load, or apply agricultural pesticides.The WPS protects two types of employees on farms, forests, nurseries and greenhouses from occupational exposure to agricultural pesticides: The public can comment on the proposed rule for a 60-day public comment period in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133 at To learn more about the AEZ, please visit. ![]() This proposed rule would reinstate some 2015 WPS requirements and retain certain 2020 AEZ Rule provisions. In February 2023, EPA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to reconsider the 2020 AEZ requirements. As a result of a court-ordered stay, the 2020 AEZ Rule, available in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0543, was not implemented. Second Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the 2020 AEZ Rule (now consolidated as case number 20 Civ. District Court for the Southern District of New York and in the U.S. On October 30, 2020, EPA published a Federal Register notice to revise the Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) provisions. In December 2020, two petitions were filed in the U.S. The AEZ is the area surrounding pesticide application equipment that exists outdoor pesticide applications on agricultural. Among the 2015 revisions was a new provision requiring agricultural employers to keep workers and all other individuals out of an area called the “application exclusion zone” (AEZ). In 2015, EPA finalized various significant revisions to the 1992 WPS. ![]()
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