OAR 603-057-0410: Pesticide Users Required to Report

(1) All pesticide products used by each pesticide user shall be reported at least once yearly to the Department. All pesticide use in a given calendar year shall be reported no later than January 31 of the following calendar year. A pesticide user may report the use of pesticide products on a more frequent basis if so selected by the pesticide user. Each report will include the required pesticide use information for the preceding specified period, or since the most recent filing of a pesticide use report, whichever time period is shorter. (2) No action specified in OAR 603-057-0405(3) shall be taken for failure to report pesticide use for calendar year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006, or for any calendar year in which the Department does not provide a fully effective means for pesticide users to report pesticide use. Any pesticide use information obtained from pesticide users by the Department, by any means, for calendar year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 or 2006 will not be maintained by the Department and will not be made available to any person. (3) Commercial pesticide operators are required to file the pesticide use report when a commercial pesticide operator uses a pesticide product in the course of business. (4) All agencies, instrumentalities, subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, municipal corporations, districts, governmental bodies, schools and utilities are required to file the pesticide use report when a pesticide product is used by their employees. (5) Employers are required to file the pesticide use report when an employee uses a pesticide product as an employee in the scope of his or her employment. (6) All other pesticide users, other than as described in subsection (3), (4) or (5) of this section, using a pesticide product, are required to file the pesticide use report. (7) Reports of pesticide use shall be made to the Department using forms or methods specified by the Department. (8) A pesticide user may authorize another person, or persons, to serve as his/her agent(s) or proxy(ies) in filing pesticide use information with the Department.