(1) Each licensee, before performing general fumigation, shall notify the department at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the fumigation period. Notification shall be made utilizing the department’s electronic fumigation notification website https://aeslicensing.fdacs.gov or by submitting via electronic mail to biirfumigation@FDACS.gov, a completed Notification of Fumigation, FDACS-13667, Rev. 11/25, which is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference and available online at HYPERLINK "https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19188"https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-19188. The notice shall accurately state the following:
- (a) Company name, license number, email address and business location address.
- (b) Trade name and active ingredients of fumigant to be used.
- (c) Name of certified operator in charge, together with their day and night telephone numbers.
- (d) Location (address), county, type of structure (residential, non-residential, vault or other), and number of structures to be fumigated.
- (e) Date of fumigation.
- (f) Target pest.
- (g) Primary Contractor’s name and address (if subcontracted).
- (h) Reason for less than 24 hour notification.
- (2) Any change(s) in information required in notices by this regulation shall be reported via https:/aeslicensing.fdacs.gov or in writing via electronic mail to biirfumigation@FDACS.gov in advance of the fumigation period.
- (3) Exceptions: Notification of less than 24 hours is allowed only for verifiable situations affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public or if a Notice of Fumigation, FDACS-13667, Rev. 11/25, was previously submitted and a verifiable severe weather condition is forecast. Licensees must maintain weather reports (ie: print out from a local news weather report, The Weather Channel or the National Weather Service) of the forecasted severe weather condition for twenty-four months. Notification shall be made immediately before the fumigation period by advance electronic submission via https://aeslicensing.fdacs.gov, or electronic mail to biirfumigation@FDACS.gov.
- (4) A licensee that performs chamber or vault fumigations on the premises of the licensee’s licensed business location shall notify the department annually in writing. This notice may be submitted using the electronic notification system at https://aeslicensing.fdacs.gov. Information required in the written notification shall include the type (or description) of chamber being used on the property (such as shipping containers, trucks, PODS, tarpaulin areas, etc.), and the days of the week and hours during which these fumigations may be performed during the year of notification. The licensee shall provide the department at least 24 hours notice of any changes in the days of the week and hours during which fumigations may be performed.
Rulemaking Authority 482.051, 570.07(23) FS. Law Implemented 482.051(4) FS. History–New 1-1-77, Amended 6-27-79, 6-22-83, 10-25-90, Formerly 10D-55.110, Amended 7-5-95, 9-17-08, 9-6-10, 5-7-17, 8-8-21, 5-18-26.