09-19-95-A

	PENNSYLVANIA PESTICIDE HYPERSENSITIVITY REGISTRY FACT SHEET

WHAT IS THE REGISTRY?

The registry, which is maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture (PDA), is a list of people who have been verified by a physician
to be excessively or abnormally sensitive to pesticides.  Commercial and
public pesticide applicators must contact anyone on the registry whose
listed location is within 500 feet of a pesticide application site.  By
having prior notification the sensitive individual can take appropriate
precautions.



PDA will send, by mail, the registry to each licensed commercial/public
pesticide application business.  The registry will be sent on or before the
effective dates of March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each
year.  A person will not be considered included on the registry unless their
name appears on the current registry.  A request for listing on the registry
must be received by PDA at least two months before an effective date.



What are the notification requirements?

Notification is mandatory and must be made not less than 12 hours and not
more than 72 hours prior to the pesticide application.  Notification
requirements are met if the information is placed on a telephone answering
device, or information is given to an adult contacted by dialing any of the
listed telephone numbers.  If notification cannot be made after at least two
telephone contact attempts, written notification can be placed on the front
door of the listed location.



HOW DO I GET ON THE REGISTRY?

Fill out part I of the application.  Be sure to include the county,
township, borough or municipality of each location.  Primary location is
your legal residence.  Secondary locations) is limited to @ of the
following: place of employment; school; vacation home.  Also, you must
provide a daytime, nighttime and alternate phone number where notification
information can be conveyed.  See your physician about filling out part II.
Mail the completed application to the Department of Agriculture (PDA),
Bureau of Plant Industry, 2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408;
(717) 787-4843.  PDA will notify you of placement on the registry.  Because
the registry is a public record, the confidentiality of registry information
cannot be assured.  In order to remain on the registry, you must notify the
Department annually during January (a renewal form will be provided by PDA).
Additional medical verification will not be required for annual renewal.



WHAT IF I AM NOT NOTIFIED OF A PESTICIDE APPLICATION?

If you are on the registry and a pesticide application was made by a
commercial or public applicator within 500 feet of your property, we suggest
the following:



Personally contact the pesticide applicator.  Explain that you are on the
registry and need to be notified of pesticide applications.  Contact the PDA
regional office in your area (see map on reverse) and ask to speak with an
Agronomic Products Inspector.  They will record the information regarding
your complaint and assist in the appropriate manner.  It would be helpful if
you could provide the inspector with the "BU" number displayed on both sides
of the application service vehicle and any application site information.