Message to Unlicensed Golf Courses from the Ministry of Environment

As of July 1, 2016, all British Columbia golf courses are required to obtain a Pesticide User’s Licence in order to legally apply pesticides.  To assist golf courses with the compliance process, Conrad Berube, MOE Officer for Vancouver Island, has provided the following instructions and weblinks.

From: Berube, Conrad ENV:EX [mailto:Conrad.Berube@gov.bc.ca]
Subject: RE: Unlicensed golf courses?

It just occurred to me that, in case you’ll be contacting any of your members to encourage them to obtain a Pesticide User’s Licence (and the requisite Applicators’ Certificates for staff), there’s a summary of why they need it at:

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/pesticides-and-pest-management/pesticide-use/guidelines/the-rules-have-changed-guide-for-golf-courses-gardens-cemeteries.pdf

Information on obtaining licences and certification for using pesticides on golf courses is available at:

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/pesticides-pest-management/business-industry/authorization-to-sell-or-use-pesticides

Golf courses need to ensure that a licence is in place prior to the application of any prescribed pesticides.  Golf courses may be able to substitute the use of most pesticides through management practices and Excluded pesticides (which do not require licence or certification to apply).  Information on Excluded pesticides is available at:

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/pesticides-and-pest-management/pesticide-use/guidelines/the_rules_have_changed-schedule2.pdf

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/pesticides-and-pest-management/pesticide-use/guidelines/the_rules_have_changed-schedule5.pdf