2019 IMVCA Spring Workshops
The IMVCA will be holding our 2019 Spring Workshops in Pocatello and Caldwell this year, due to Canyon County's office undergoing some major renovations. The Pocatello meeting will take place on Tuesday May 7, 2019 at the Bannock County Mosquito Abatement District office (as usual), but the Nampa meeting will be at the Southwest District Health Department, 13307 Miami Lane, Caldwell, ID 83607 on Thursday May 9, 2019. Also, the ULV calibration and droplet testing for the Caldwell meeting will be held at 4608 Tio Lane, Nampa, ID. Please make sure all sprayers are in good working order, have plenty of product and fuel, and the flow rate has been measured. Once again this year, the IMVCA plans to focus on essential training for mosquito control technicians and Integrated Mosquito Management techniques and strategies. Please click the buttons below for the program agendas and the registration form. We look forward to seeing everyone in May!
Sprayer Calibration and Droplet Testing
IMVCA Format for Spring Meetings
Our Spring Workshop model of holding two separate training sessions, one in Pocatello and one in Nampa, has been an overwhelming success since 2014! By holding two meetings, we are able to reach many seasonal technicians and smaller districts that may not otherwise be able to travel to a single meeting held on the other side of the state. Everyone who has attended has gotten a lot out of the classes as evidenced by the great feedback we get each year. Any feedback from our membership on the format of these meetings, as well as requests/suggestions for topics to be presented, are always welcome, just contact any Board member with your ideas.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPDES
On October 31, 2011, EPA issued a final NPDES Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This action was in response to a 2009 decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA) in which the court vacated EPA's 2006 Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticides and found that point source discharges of biological pesticides, and chemical pesticides that leave a residue, into waters of the U.S. were pollutants under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As a result of the court's decision, NPDES permits are generally required for these types of discharges as of October 31, 2011. For all the latest on the NPDES, you can go to the EPA's website:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=410
On October 31, 2011, EPA issued a final NPDES Pesticide General Permit (PGP) for point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States. This action was in response to a 2009 decision by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA) in which the court vacated EPA's 2006 Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticides and found that point source discharges of biological pesticides, and chemical pesticides that leave a residue, into waters of the U.S. were pollutants under the Clean Water Act (CWA). As a result of the court's decision, NPDES permits are generally required for these types of discharges as of October 31, 2011. For all the latest on the NPDES, you can go to the EPA's website:
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=410
Mosquito breeding habitat at Bear Lake
