The Office of Pesticide Services is in the process of filling key vacancies in the Certification, License, Registration and Training Unit. Until those vacancies are filled, we will face longer than usual processing times for all applications, as well as delays in the issuance of letters of authorization to test. Although we have hired temporary employees to help reduce the impact of these vacancies, the processing time for completed applications is currently 30 days. We fully anticipate that processing times will return to previous levels once we are fully staffed. Should you have questions or wish to discuss this further, please do not hesitate to contact me directly at https://webmail.east.cox.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=Liza.Fleeson%40vdacs.virginia.gov or 804-371-6559. We appreciate your understanding during this period of transition.
Make a Difference in Your Indstry: Volunteer
No organization can survive and thrive without the efforts of its volunteers. Because NPMA committees, divisions, and affiliate organizations are so important to our operations, making sure they are populated each year with quality, dedicated volunteers is a critical job.
TPCA Brings Awareness to Builders About Inpecting Encapsulated Crawlspaces
TPCA has been working dilegently to bring awareness to builders and building code officials about the challenges of inspecting for termites when a crawl space has been encapsulated to control moisture issues. Click here to read an article to read an article that outlines recommended strategies that builders can use to avoid problems and provide quality assurance in conditioned crawlspaces.
Michael Steele to Speak at NPMA Legislative Day
NPMA is pleased to share with you that Michael Steele, chair of the Republican National Committee, will address attendees at Legislative Day 2010, March 1-2 in Washington, D.C. NPMA's Legislative Day 2010, sponsored by FMC Professional Solutions, will be held downtown at the historic Renaissance Mayflower Hotel.
Working with VTPP, VDACS has set the release date for the new General Pest Control (2006) and Forest Pest Control (2005) manuals for November 15, 2009. A new manual order form, with the newly dated manuals (along with a price increase of $2 for the Core manual) will be available on the VTPP site as of 11/15/09. On Monday, November 16, 2009 VDACS will ensure that the OPS web site links to the new order form, and we will have paper copies available here to take the place of the October 1, 2009 manual order form.
The revised exams based on these two new manuals are set to be released at DMV and at VDACS testing sites January 6, 2010.
Those who order the new manuals from VT between now and January 2010 will receive both the new manual and a free copy of the older manual, along with information on when the exams will change. Applicants for these two exams will receive a note explaining the manual and exam changes, along with a copy of the new manual order form, starting Monday, November 16, 2009.
If you have any questions please contact me of Vickie Rengers at
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Take Advantage of the New Member Benefit
The National Pest Management Association strives to offer member companies with a variety of exclusive benefits that will impact your bottom line. Now through our partnership with Kinetic Products Group/Money Transfer Systems, Inc. (MTSI), members can have our FREE electronic check recovery service, checXchange, the national leader in electronic check recovery. The checXchange system results in successful collections of 80-85% of all NSF checks, and you don't have to do a thing. Furthermore, you will receive 100% face value of the check when collected!
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If you have any questions regarding this new program, please call NPMA at 800-678-6722 or 703-352-6762.
Fire ants: Hampton Roads is Placed in Agricultural Quarantine
Hampton Roads is under a temporary quarantine over the movement of nursery stock, sod and soil due to a significant infestationof imported fire ants.
The quarantine was announced Wednesday by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which treated 642 sites in Hampton Roads for fire ants in the last six months of 2008. The agency treated an average of 33 sites in Hampton Roads between 1989 and 2007. Department officials called the spike in fire ants a natural spread caused by an explosion in reproduction.
Bell Laboratories Recipient of 2009 Wisconsin Business Friend
Bell
Laboratories, Inc., was honored recently with a "2009 Wisconsin
Business Friend of the Environment Award" from the Wisconsin
Environmental Working Group for its demonstrated leadership in
environmental stewardship.
The Central Virginia Pest Management Association (CVPMA) had the opportunity to
participate in Call-12 on Monday, May 11, 2009.Call-12 is a great opportunity to promote the pest management industry and CVPMA to Virginian's in the Richmond area.
This year five Pest Management volunteers fielded calls from the public. Many of the caller's questions
were related to concerns about moles and ants.The panel received 262 calls between
5:00-6:30.
Kim Williams of CVMA would like to thank the 5 volunteers that answered the phone
on the panel; Lee Gilbert, Loyal Termite and Pest Control, Kevin Cane,
Pestmasters, Richard Coleman with Dodson Brothers Exterminating, Nick Castaldo
with Perma Treat and Ed Whiting with U. S. Pest Control. Karen Boniface with BASF also deserves a huge thank you for
organizing the Call-12.
