Is a golfing country club exempt from requirements to provide the pesticide product label for commercial lawn applications?
A. If there is a dwelling on the course/country club grounds, the requirements for label provision under Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) Section 33-0905.5 must be met for any commercial pesticide application. That section requires, among other things, that every certified applicator, prior to pesticide application, provide information from pesticide product labels to dwelling occupants, or to the property owner or agent, depending upon specific conditions described in the ECL. NOTE: See the Q&A, under “PESTICIDE PRODUCT LABELS,” for information on specific requirements of ECL Section 33-0905. That Section was amended in 2007.
