The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is urging farmers, contractors and rural businesses to double-check their pesticide licences and training as a new compliance blitz begins across the northwest.
With spray season underway, EPA officers will inspect operators in Moree, Walgett, Narrabri, Brewarrina, Warren, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Gunnedah and surrounding districts to ensure anyone applying commercial pesticides is properly accredited.
EPA Director of Operations Scott Kidd said the agency had received increasing reports of unlicensed operators carrying out pesticide and herbicide spraying across NSW.