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Sarasota County Utilities, Water
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Green Industries Best Management Practices
Certification Training |
 Attention all commercial landscape professionals and fertilizer
applicators!
If your company applies fertilizer to turf or
landscape plants in Sarasota County, you must abide by the
following information to be compliant with new code requirements
effective as of March 3, 2008.
- Abide by the provisions in the new Sarasota County Fertilizer
and Landscape Management Code – Ordinance No. 2007-062.
- Obtain a Certificate of Completion from a Sarasota
County approved Best Management Practices training class.
- Provide proof of the completion of an approved training class
to the Sarasota County Tax Collector's office,
if you hold a Local Business Tax Certificate.
- Ensure that all your employees receive the necessary training
and abide by the code’s provisions.
- Ensure that all new employees serving as applicators receive
training from a Sarasota County approved Best Management
Practices training class within 90 days of employment.
- Ensure that all new employees work under the physical
supervision of a certified applicator until they successfully
complete a Sarasota County approved Best Management Practices
training class.
- Display a Sarasota County approved decal to the exterior of
all vehicles and trailers used in connection with the
application.
- Decals are
available at: Environmental Services, Water Resources, 1001
Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34240.
2010 BMP training
classes are scheduled for August 20 and September 14
- Classes are $25 and
registration is required.
- Go to the
Sarasota Extension website for more
information and to register.
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