Name of Petitioner: Cecil R. Harris, Jr., County

Administrator, Hanover County; Kimberly A. Hynes,

Executive Director, Central Virginia Waste Management

Authority.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: Requesting that certain

government employees who utilize FIFRA 25(b) minimumrisk

pesticide products be exempt from the applicator

certification requirements of the Virginia Pesticide Control

Act when the only intended use of those products is to

prevent immediate personal harm from stinging or biting

insects.

Agency's Plan for Disposition of the Request: Agency will

consider this request at its next quarterly meeting following

the comment period.

Public comments may be submitted until December 1, 2009.

Agency Contact: Liza Fleeson, Program Manager, Office of

Pesticide Services, Virginia Department of Agriculture and

Consumer Services, P.O. Box 1163, Richmond, VA 23218,

telephone (804) 371-6559, FAX (804) 786-9149, or email

liza.fleeson.vdacs.virginia.gov.