Definition: Limited commercial operator?

• A. Any person who in the course of conducting a business only in or on property owned or leased by the person or the person's employer is engaged in applying RUPs
• B. A private landowner using pesticides on own property
• C. A public official applying pesticides
• D. An employee who tests pesticides in labs

Answer: (A)

A limited commercial operator is someone who, in the course of conducting a business, applies restricted-use pesticides only on property owned or leased by the person or the person’s employer. This definition centers on performing pesticide applications as part of a business and restricts where those applications can take place to property the business owns or leases. This makes the option describing a person applying RUPs within a business on property they or their employer own or lease the best fit. It also sets apart this role from a private landowner using pesticides on their own property, a public official, or someone who tests pesticides in a lab, none of whom operate in this specific business-and-property-limited way.