MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT PESTICIDE & PLANT PEST MANAGEMENT DIVISION P.O. Box 30017, Lansing, Michigan 48909 Region:3 Phone: 800-292-3939 www.michigan.gov/mdard

PI-213 07/13

DATE

PESTICIDE INSPECTION REPORT

CASE NUMBER:

11/5/2015

(In accordance with Act 451, Public Acts 1994 as amended) FIRM NAME

_____ LANSING _____ CLIENT _____ REGION

PCT-16-363-11-05-01

AGENT/OWNER

Craig Raehtz

Western School District ADDRESS

1400 S. Dearing Road

CITY

STATE

ZIPCODE

COUNTY

Parma

MI

49269

Jackson

PROJECT

PHONE

IPM INSPECTION (3511)

517-841-8100

Person(s) Interviewed and title: Craig Raehtz, Operations Manager ([email protected]) Categories of pesticide applications taking place at facility: (check all that apply) ☒7A ☐7B ☒ 3A ☐3B ☐6 ☐OTHER:

☒SCHOOL ☐HEALTH CARE FACILITY ☐PUBLIC BUILDING ☐DAY CARE CENTER

QUESTIONS 1. Are PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS (excluding sanitizers, germicides, disinfectants, anti-microbials) performed, or expected to be performed, in your school, licensed day care center, public building or health facility? ☒Yes ☐No Inspection Performed by: Type of Pesticide Application: ☒Commercial Applicator ☐Facility Employee ☐Both ☒Indoor ☒Commercial Applicator

☒Outdoor

☐Facility Employee

☐Both

2. COMMERCIAL FIRM(S) & ADDRESS(ES) performing pesticide applications, if applicable:

Rose Pest Solutions, 7706 Rickle, Lansing, MI 48917. 517-322-9422

Licensed? ☒ Yes ☐ No

Outdoor: Emerald Outdoor, LLC, 7110 Spring Arbor Rd., Spring Arbor, MI 49283. 517-7505296

Licensed? ☒ Yes ☐ No

Indoor:

Licensed? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Other: 3. Are facility employees using general use ready-to-use pesticides?

☐ Yes

☒ No

4. Are all persons requiring CERTIFICATION in compliance? MCL324.8314(1)

☒ Yes ☐NA

☐ No

Persons not subject to licensing and using only general use RTUs do not require certification. MCL324.8314(2)

5a. Have all facility employees requiring IPM TRAINING received it? R285.637.14(a) REQUIRED ONLY FOR INDOOR APPLICATIONS - for pesticide applications other than sanitizers, germicides, disinfectants, or antimicrobial agents, made INSIDE schools, public buildings, day care centers, and health care facilities. A pesticide applicator shall have verifiable participation in an IPM training program approved by director.

☐ Yes

☐ No

☒ NA

5b. For schools - How many employees who are involved in IPM have received periodic updates by experts? MCL324.8316 (7)(b) Examples of updates may include reading professional publications or attending training. By rule, MDARD must encourage schools to require appropriate staff to obtain periodic updates and training on IPM.

☐ All

☐ Some

OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

☐

None

☒

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

NA

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IPM PROGRAM & RECORDS 6. Is a written IPM PROGRAM in place for each building where non-exempted pesticides are applied indoors? R285.637.14(b) & MCL324.8316(1) For applications IN schools, day care centers, public buildings, health care facilities,. Sanitizers, germicides, disinfectants, anti-microbial agents are excluded. MCL 324.8316(8)

☒ Yes ☐ NA

☐ No

7. Where is a verifiable copy of the IPM Program kept (check all that apply)? R285.637.14(b) When an IPM Program is required a copy MUST be located AT the school, day care, public building, or health care facility.

☒On-site (hard copy) ☐On-site (electronic – on drive or Internet) ☐Applicator (off-site) ☐Other: ☐No IPM Program 8. Contents of IPM PROGRAM MCL324.8304(6) for school & day care, R285.637.14(b) for public building & health care facility. ☒Site description (map or verbal description) ☒ Inspection ☒Principle of monitoring ☒Concept of threshold levels ☒Consideration of various management methods ☒Consideration of relationship between pest biology and pest management

☒ Pest control method selection (considers impact on human health and the environment.) ☒ Continual evaluation to determine effectiveness of program and need for modification. ☒ Records (see # 12)

☐ NA

9. Was an IPM program and initial service inspection record provided to the building manager or made available electronically within 48 hours after the initial service? MCL324.8304(6)(c)(i)

10. Was an IPM record provided upon, or made electronically available within 48 hours, after the completion of each inspection, application or service call? MCL

☒ Yes

☐ No

☐NA ☒ Yes ☐NA

☐ No

☒ Yes

☐ No

324.8304(6)(c)(ii)

11. For schools - Are IPM RECORDS available for review by parents/guardians? MCL 324.8316(3)(e)

☐NA

12. Where are the IPM Records kept (check all that apply)? Records are part of the IPM Program MCL324.8304(6)(b). Program MUST be available at the facility. R285.637.14(b).

☒ Facility (hard copy) ☐ Facility (electronically) ☐ NA – no applications have taken place.

☒ Applicator (off-site)

☐ Other:

13. Contents of IPM RECORDS MCL324.8304(6)(b) lists the types of records that shall be maintained by the applicator. Additional italicized items are required to be provided to the customer by licensed commercial applicators. R285.637.12(2)

☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒

Site address Date of service Target pest(s) Number of pests found or reported Pest conducive conditions Pest Management Recommendations such as habitat or structural modifications. ☒ Location applied

OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒

Pesticide name/Common Name of Active Ingredient (Rule 12) Quantity of pesticide used Applicator name Firm's Name, Address and Emergency Phone (for licensed firms) Time of application (Rule 12) Precautionary Statements (Rule 12)

☐ NA

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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ANNUAL NOTIFICATION & ADVANCE NOTIFICATION 14. For schools & day care centers – Does school or day care ANNUALLY NOTIFY parents in writing that pesticide applications may occur AT (inside & outside) facility? MCL324.8316(2 & (3)) Excludes bait, gel sanitizers, germicides, disinfectants, anti-microbials MCL 324.8316(8)

☒ Schools—within 30 days of the beginning of the school year ☐ Daycare—in September

15. For schools - Does school state in ANNUAL NOTIFICATION that parents may review the school’s IPM program, if any, and records on any pesticide application? MCL324.8316(3)(d)

☐ Yes ☐NA

☒ No

☐ Yes ☐ NA

☒ No

16. For schools - Does school state in ANNUAL NOTIFICATION the name, telephone ☐ Yes number, and, if applicable, e-mail address of the person at the school responsible for ☐NA pesticide application procedures? MCL324.8316(3)(e) 17. For schools and day care centers - Does school or daycare’s ANNUAL NOTIFICATION designate what entrances are considered “commonly used primary entrances” at which ☐ Yes ☐ NA posting of applications will occur? R285.637.15(4) 18. For schools & day care centers - Advance Notice methods listed in ANNUAL NOTIFICATION:

☒ No

☒ No

MCL324.8316(3)

☐ US Mail annual notification MUST state that parents are entitled to receive notice by mail at least 3 days prior; and the notification MUST explain how the request for this option shall be made. MCL324.8316(3)(c)

☐ Posting of designated primary entrances (Required) AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FIVE METHODS: ☐ Posting public/common area ☐ Written notice taken home by child ☐ E-mail ☐ Website posting ☐ Phone call to person or answering machine

19. For schools and day care centers - Are parents given ADVANCE NOTICE of nonexempt pesticide applications at least 48 hours before they occur? (excluding emergency treatments) MCL324.8316(3)(b). Bait and gel exempt, MCL324.8316(4). Sanitizers,

☐ Yes ☐ NA

☒ No

☐ Yes ☐ NA

☒ No

germicides, disinfectants, anti-microbials exempt, MCL 324.8316(8)

If emergency treatments are conducted, do parents promptly receive a notice of the emergency application that otherwise meets the advance notice requirements of MCL324.8316(3)(b) and (c)? MCL 324.8316(5) Parents receive the information identified in #20 promptly after the treatment occurs.

20. For schools and day care centers – The contents of the ADVANCE NOTICE includes: MCL324.8316(4) ☐ Name, phone # and e-mail (if available) of contact person ☐ Toll-free number for pesticide information (National Pesticide Information Center # is 800-858-7378) and phone number for MDARD (# is 800-292-3939). ☒ No advance notice is given 21a. For schools - In months when schools are not in session, how does the school provide ADVANCE NOTICE? School administrators may utilize a message notification system that parents or guardians may access at least 1 day before application. R285.637.15(5) ☐ Advance notice methods listed in #18 ☐ Other: ☐ Message notification system ☐ No advance notice (treatments occur) ☐ NA ☐ Yes ☒ No 21b. If a message notification system is used in months when school is not in session, are parents ☐ NA or guardians informed how the information may be obtained? R285.637.15(5) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

Statement that a pesticide is expected to be applied Target pest Approximate location of application Date of application

OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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MISCELLANEOUS 22. For schools and day care centers - Are INDOOR LIQUID or AEROSOL INSECTICIDE applications made in compliance with the 4 hour minimum re-entry for students or children? MCL324.8316(6). Sanitizers, germicides, disinfectants, anti-microbials exempt, MCL 324.8316(8)

☒ Yes ☐NA

☐ No

23. For schools - Are outdoor liquid turf or ornamental applications made on school grounds within 100 feet of occupied classroom buildings during school class hours or when persons are using the treatment area? R285.637.15(2)

☐ Yes ☐ NA

☒ No

☒ Yes ☐ NA

☐ No

☐ Yes

☐ No

☐ Yes

☐ No

☐ Yes ☒ NA

☐ No

☒ Yes ☐ NA

☐ No

☒ Yes ☐ NA

☐ No

24. For schools and day care centers - Does the applicator notify the building manager of REIs required by labels of any pesticide the applicator has applied on school or day care property (indoor or outdoor treatments)? R285.637.15(3) 25. For medical care and public buildings - INDOOR INSECTICIDE APPLICATION POSTING R285.637.11(4)

For broadcast, foliar, or space insecticide applications other than general use ready-to-use pesticides in commercial buildings, public buildings, or health care facilities, does the commercial applicator:  Provide a house-in-cloud sign to be placed at the primary point of entry by the building manager?  Instruct the building manger to post the sign for not less than 48 hours after the insecticide application?  Write the date of application on the sign? NOTE: For schools and day care centers, in lieu of posting the house-in-cloud sign, MDARD policy allows the school/daycare to post at the primary point(s) of entry using the advance notification information required by MCL324.8316(4) as listed in block #19 of this report. 26. For all facilities - OUTDOOR POSTING R285.637.11(2): When making a broadcast, foliar, or space application to an ornamental or turf site, does the commercial applicator:  Place a lawn marker sign at the primary point or points of entry, immediately following the application?  Inform the customer that lawn markers should remain posted for 24 hours, after which time the customer should remove the lawn markers?

OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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COMMENTS: The Western School District handbook states “At the beginning of each school year, school administrators shall notify parents and guardians of children attending that school of the right to be informed prior to any application of a pesticide at that school. The notice shall contain information, obtained from the person applying the pesticides, which includes a statement that a pesticide will be applied, the approximate location of the application, and the date of the application”. Mr. Raehtz stated that the schools will add information to their annual notification informing parents they may review the schools’ IPM Program and any application records. They will also include information indicating which doors at the schools are considered commonly used, primary entrances. Note: Be aware the schools are required to provide the following information to parents on a yearly basis: 1. Notify parents in writing that pesticide applications may occur at (inside & outside) facility within 30 days of the beginning of the school year including the information that parents are entitled to receive notice by mail at least 3 days prior to any pesticide application; and the notification MUST explain how the request for this option shall be made. 2. Notify parents that they may review the school’s IPM program, if any, and records on any pesticide application. 3. The name, telephone number, and, if applicable, e-mail address of the person at the school responsible for pesticide application procedures. 4. Designate what entrances are considered “commonly used primary entrances” at which posting of applications will occur. Samples of Parental Notifications are attached below and emailed in a separate document.

I provided (or will provide by email) copies of the following documents: ☒ Parental notification information and examples. ☐ IPM Manual - Can use to obtain IPM Trained Applicator Credential ☐ Regulation 637, Pesticide Use ☐ Regulation 636, Pesticide Applicators ☐ Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of 1994, Part 83, Pesticide Control ☐ Other:

The above documents can be obtained online at the MDARD web site at www.michigan.gov/mdard . Use the search box to search for “IPM”. If you have questions regarding this report you may contact Carol Kirvan at 517-749-4536 or by email at [email protected] or you may contact our Lansing office at 800-292-3939. OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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Advisory to Parents / Guardians Dear Parent or Guardian: State of Michigan law requires that schools and day care centers that may apply pesticides on school or day care property must provide an annual advisory to parents or guardians of students attending the facility. Please be advised that the ________________________________________ school / day care center utilizes an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to control pests. IPM is a pest management system that utilizes all suitable techniques in a total pest management system with the intent of preventing pests from reaching unacceptable levels or to reduce an existing population to an acceptable level. Pest management techniques emphasize sanitation, pest exclusion, and biological controls. One of the objectives of using an IPM approach is to reduce or eliminate the need for chemical applications of pesticides. However, certain situations may require the need for pesticides to be utilized. As required by State of Michigan law, you will receive advance notice regarding the non-emergency application of a pesticide such as an insecticide, fungicide or herbicide, other than a bait or gel formulation, that is made to the school or day care grounds or buildings during this school year. In certain emergencies, such as an infestation of stinging insects, pesticides may be applied without prior notice to prevent injury to students, but you will be notified following any such application. Advance notification of pesticide applications, other than a bait or gel formulation, will be given by at least 2 methods. The first method will be by posting at the main entrance to the school / day-care center, which is located at _______________________________________. The second method will be by the method(s) checked below: Posting in a public, common area of the school or day care center, other than an entrance. We will post in the ___________________________________________________________. E-mail. A telephone call by which direct contact is made with a parent or guardian of a student of the school / dayare center or a message is recorded on an answering machine. Providing the students of the school or children of the day-care center with a written notice to be delivered to their parents or guardians. Posting on the school or day-care center’s web site. Please be advised that parents or guardians of children attending the school or day care center are entitled to receive the advance notice of a pesticide application, other than a bait or gel formulation, by first class United States mail postmarked at least 3 days before the pesticide application, if they so request. If you prefer to receive the notification by first class mail, please complete the attached form and return it to our office. Please be advised that parents or guardians of children attending the school may review the school’s Integrated Pest Management program and records of any pesticide application upon request. OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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PARENT / GUARDIAN PESTICIDE TREATMENT NOTIFICATION Dear Parent / Guardian: Complete this form ONLY if you are requesting notification by United States Postal Service first-class mail. Please be advised that you WILL receive notice via the methods identified in the advisory notice and should only complete this form if you are also requesting notification by first-class mail. If you are requesting prior notification of pesticide treatments conducted at this school or day care center, other than a bait or gel formulation, and you would like the notice to be delivered by United States Postal Service first-class mail at least 3 days prior to the planned treatment, please complete the information on the following form and submit it to: (ENTER SCHOOL NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT PERSON AND PHONE NUMBER HERE) ************************************************************** I wish to receive a prior notice of any pesticide application to the school or day care center by first-class mail.

PARENT NAME:

__________________________________________

STUDENT NAME:

__________________________________________

STREET ADDRESS: __________________________________________ CITY, ZIP

__________________________________________

DAY PHONE #

__________________________________________

EVENING PHONE # __________________________________________

Please Check One: I wish to be notified prior to a scheduled pesticide application inside of the school building. I wish to be notified prior to a scheduled pesticide application on the outside grounds of the school building. Both of the above.

__________________________________________ OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

______________________ INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan

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Date

ADVANCE NOTICE OF PESTICIDE TREATMENT This notice is to be provided whenever a pesticide, other than a bait or gel formulation, is to be applied at this facility. The information will be posted using the methods identified in the annual Advisory To Parents.

Attention: Parents / Guardians of students attending this facility: This facility utilizes an Integrated Pest Management approach for pest control, employing non-chemical methods that include sanitation and exclusion to control pests. However, from time to time a pesticide application may be necessary to control certain pests. Please be advised that a pesticide is expected to be applied to control __________________________. The approximate location of this pest control treatment is ___________________________________. The anticipated date of treatment will be ________________________________________________. If you have questions pertaining to this treatment, please contact: Name: Phone: E-mail: For further information pertaining to pesticides you can contact the National Pesticide Information Center at Oregon State University. The toll free number is 800-858-7378. The web site is www.npic.orst.edu. For additional information pertaining to pesticide use, you can contact the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD). The MDARD’s web site is www.michigan.gov/mda and a contact phone number for the MDARD is 800-292-3939.

OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE

INSPECTOR

Carol Kirvan