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DPR 08-006 Field Fumigant Emission Limits (Notice 11/28/08; Comment period closes 1/15/09) This proposed action would revise the total pesticide (fumigant and nonfumigant) volatile organic compound emissions benchmarks in the Sacramento Metro, San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Southeast Desert, and Ventura ozone nonattainment areas (NAAs), and delay fumigant limits and allowances in all ozone NAAs except Ventura until 2011.
Notice of Proposed Regulatory Action and Notice of Public Hearing on a Proposed Ozone State Implementation Plan Amendment Regarding Pesticide Emissions in the San Joaquin Valley Nonattainment Area (PDF, 27 kb) (En Español) (PDF, 42 kb)
Proposed Text (PDF, 21 kb)
Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF, 55 kb) (En Español) (PDF, 63 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (Form 399) (PDF, 100 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement - Attachment (PDF, 11 kb)Public Hearings
Public hearings will be held to receive oral comments regarding the proposed regulatory changes and associated changes in the State Implementation Plan (PDF, 54 kb).
DATE: January 12, 2009
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: Kern Agricultural Pavilion
3300 E. Belle Terrace
Bakersfield, California 93307DATE: January 14, 2009
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building
Sierra Hearing Room
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Persons who wish to speak will be asked to register before the hearing. The registration of speakers will be conducted at the location of the hearing from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Bakersfield, and from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. in Sacramento.
Comments received during the comment period will be considered and responded to in the Department’s Final Statement of Reasons. It is in the Department’s discretion whether to consider comments that are received after the close of the comment period.
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Agency Contact:
Linda Irokawa-Otani, Regulations Coordinator
Department of Pesticide Regulation
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-3991
Fax: (916) 324-1452
E-mail: dpr08006@cdpr.ca.gov
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DPR 08-005 Ground Water Protection List (Notice 11/21/08; Comment period closes 1/5/09) The proposed regulatory action pertains to ground water protection and would add pesticides to the Groundwater Protection List of pesticides that have the potential to pollute ground water.
Notice of Proposed Action (PDF, 25 kb)
Proposed Text (PDF, 21 kb)
Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF, 27 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (Form 399) (PDF, 160 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement - Attachment (PDF, 15 kb)Comments received during the comment period will be considered and responded to in the Department’s Final Statement of Reasons. It is in the Department’s discretion whether to consider comments that are received after the close of the comment period.
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Agency Contact:
Mark Pepple, Staff Environmental Scientist
Department of Pesticide Regulation
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 324-4086
E-mail: dpr08005@cdpr.ca.gov
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DPR 08-004 Toxic Air Contaminant (Notice 11/21/08; Comment period closes 1/6/09) This regulatory action would designate the pesticide chemical endosulfan as a toxic air contaminant pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code section 14023.
Notice of Proposed Action (PDF, 26 kb)
Proposed Text (PDF, 12 kb)
Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF, 28 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (Form 399) (PDF, 102 kb)Public Hearing
A public hearing to receive oral comments regarding the proposed regulatory changes will be held at the following location:
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DATE: January 5, 2009
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building
Sierra Hearing Room
1001 I Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Persons who wish to speak will be asked to register before the hearing. The registration of speakers will be conducted at the location of the hearing from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Comments received during the comment period will be considered and responded to in the Department’s Final Statement of Reasons. It is in the Department’s discretion whether to consider comments that are received after the close of the comment period.
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Agency Contact:
Linda Irokawa-Otani, Regulations Coordinator
Department of Pesticide Regulation
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-3991
Fax: (916) 324-1452
E-mail: dpr08004@cdpr.ca.gov
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DATE: January 5, 2009
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DPR 08-002 Notification and Application-Specific Information (Noticed 7/4/08; 45-day comment period extended from 8/18/08 to 12/5/08) The proposed regulatory action would clarify the notification requirements prior to, and after, a pesticide application, including who is to be notified and the persons responsible for providing such notification; revise the requirements for application-specific information for fieldworkers; and clarify the specific activities allowed during the restricted entry interval (REI) and the requirements employers must meet in order to send fieldworkers into the field during the REI.
Notice of Proposed Action (PDF, 38 kb) (En Español) (PDF, 41 kb)
Proposed Text (PDF, 76 kb)
Initial Statement of Reasons (PDF, 52 kb) (En Español) (PDF, 58 kb)
Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (Form 399) (PDF, 130 kb)
Notice of Extension of the Public Comment Period (PDF, 12 kb)
Notice of Second Extension of the Public Comment Period (PDF, 12 kb)
Notice of Public Hearing (PDF, 18 kb)
Notice of Third Extension of Public Comment Period (PDF, 17 kb)
Comments received during the comment period will be considered and responded to in the Department’s Final Statement of Reasons. It is in the Department’s discretion whether to consider comments that are received after the close of the comment period.
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Agency Contact:
Linda Irokawa-Otani, Regulations Coordinator
Department of Pesticide Regulation
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, California 95812-4015
Phone: (916) 445-3991
Fax: (916) 324-1452
E-mail: dpr08002@cdpr.ca.gov
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