A Contractor wishing to apply a pesticide on behalf of the City of Edmonton must first complete the Contractor Pesticide Use Notification and receive acceptance for your intended application from your City of Edmonton Contract or Project Manager.
A Contractor wishing to apply pesticide under conversation with Development Inspections must first complete the Contractor Pesticide Use Notification and receive acceptance for your intended application from your City of Edmonton Senior Landscape Specialist for Private Development.
All requirements are indicated within the Contractor’s Environmental Responsibility Package, May 2022 version. Please note, this process applies only to the area you are specifically contracted to manage by the City of Edmonton, and cannot be extended past that area into privately owned property or other lands directly maintained for pest control by the City of Edmonton.
Notification must be sent at least 48 hours (not including weekends and holidays) prior to the planned application, and must be acknowledged with an email response from your City of Edmonton Contract Manager, Project Manager, or your City of Edmonton Senior Landscape Specialist for Private Development as confirmation before conducting the treatment.
Before completing these steps, you are required to confirm your planned work meets the requirements within:
- The current City of Edmonton Cosmetic Herbicide Restrictions
- The City of Edmonton Integrated Pest Management Policy C501A
- Requirements for pesticide application outlined in the Contractor’s Environmental Responsibility Package, May 2022 version
- The product label requirement for the intended application location
- Requirements for application by a Certified Applicator and under a valid Pesticide Registration with appropriate insurance
The Use of this Contractor Notification form applies to the application of all pesticides, as defined in IPM Policy C501A , and includes but is not limited to herbicides, rodenticides, fungicides, insecticides, animal and insect and rodent control devices.
All spills and releases of pesticides and pesticide incidents must be reported to the City of Edmonton, as outlined in the Contractor’s Environmental Responsibility Package, May 2022 version, in addition to the reporting obligations you have to the Federal and Provincial regulators.
For help in understanding how to complete these steps, please contact your City of Edmonton Contract Manager, Project Manager, or City of Edmonton Senior Landscape Specialist for Private Development. For troubleshooting using this form, please contact ipm@edmonton.ca.