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Certified pesticide applicators and pesticide sales businesses that make applications or sell pesticides in the state State of New York are legally required to submit an annual report.  This site provides documentation to of software and processes designed by the Pesticide Reporting Service Bureau in conjunction with the NYSDEC to assist you in meeting that requirement.  If you need additional assistance with the reporting process, please contact us.

Getting Started Guides

Use these quick overviews to get up and running quickly:

• Getting Started Guide - Option A
• Getting Started Guide - Option B
• Getting Started Guide - Option C
• Getting Started Guide - Formatted Spreadsheets

If you are new to the reporting process, we recommend that you start here.

Installation Guide

The PRL Software Installation Guide is for anyone installing the software for the first time or upgrading from a previous version.  Before you download one of our software packages, determine which option is best suited to your needs.

Getting Started Guides

Use these brief overviews of our software options to get up and running quickly:

• Getting Started Guide - Option A

User Guides

After you have installed a Reporting Software Option, explore their features in the appropriate user guide:

• Option A – Desktop software for Windows which provides electronic data entry forms similar to the paper forms.  We recommend this option for most users who have application or sales data to report.  Option A will also validate files created by third-party applications (This functionality replaces Option C, which has been discontinued.)
• Option B – A desktop application that requires Microsoft Excel on Windows.  This option is recommended for users of Excel

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• but does require some additional configuration.
• Option

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• D with Control Center User Guide - A desktop application that requires Microsoft Excel on Windows, but does not require any additional configuration.
• Option D and O – Formatted Excel spreadsheets with none of the features provided by Option

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• D with Control Center User Guide. 

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• Option D is recommended for users having difficulty installing

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• our other options, users with small amounts of data to enter, or Macintosh users of Excel.  Option O is for users who have a spreadsheet application that is not Excel.

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•   These would include programs such as Apple’s Numbers or OpenOffice.org’s Calc. 

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Downloadable Versions

Click the links below to download a Microsoft Word version of our Guides and related documentation.