EPA proposes to approve several revisions to the Pesticide Element of the California state implementation plan (SIP). These revisions include regulations adopted by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) that: (1) Reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the application of agricultural field fumigants in the South Coast, Southeast Desert, Ventura, San Joaquin Valley (SJV), and Sacramento Metro ozone nonattainment areas by restricting fumigant application methods; (2) establish a contingency fumigant emissions limit and allocation system for Ventura; (3) require CDPR to prepare and make available to the public an annual pesticide VOC emissions inventory report; and (4) require recordkeeping and reporting of pesticide usage. EPA also proposes to approve CDPR...
Department of Pesticide Regulation Awards IPM Innovator, Second Time for CCVT SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sustainability In Practice certification program of the Central Coast Vineyard Team has been awarded an IPM Innovators award by the state of California Department of Pesticide Regulation, the second time the Central Coast Vineyard Team has been honored by California DPR.
BREATH OF RELIEF... Last month we reported on the increasing number of pesticide-related illnesses due to applications of chloropicrin and methyl bromide on strawberry fields. A state appeals court has ruled that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation failed to adequately protect farmworkers and the public from methyl bromide. The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District upheld a Superior Court ruling that DPR didn't make use of health standards recommended by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. The office had recommended that seasonal exposure to methyl bromide should not exceed one part per billion for the general public and two parts per billion for farmworkers.
As scientists warn that recent heavy rains followed by warm weather could speed up an outbreak of West Nile virus this year, the approval of a chemical that could slow the spread of the disease is being delayed by a state environmental agency. The chemical, Picaridin, which is marketed as a longer-lasting alternative to the mosquito-repelling DEET, is still being reviewed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and is at least two months from being approved for use in this state, said department spokeswoman Veda Federighi.
WHITTIER -- As scientists warn that recent heavy rains followed by warm weather could speed up an outbreak of West Nile virus this year, the approval of a chemical that could slow the spread of the disease is being delayed by a state environmental agency. The chemical, Picaridin, which is marketed as a longer-lasting alternative to the mosquito-repelling DEET, is still being reviewed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and is at least two months from being approved for use in this state, according to department spokeswoman Veda Federighi.
WHITTIER -- As scientists warn that recent heavy rains followed by warm weather could speed up an outbreak of West Nile virus this year, the approval of a chemical that could slow the spread of the disease is being delayed by a state environmental agency. The chemical, Picaridin, which is marketed as a longer-lasting alternative to the mosquito-repelling DEET, is still being reviewed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and is at least two months from being approved for use in this state, according to department spokeswoman Veda Federighi.
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DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing educational outreach effort, Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) today sponsored a Biopesticide Roundtable at the University of California, Davis, examining the importance of biopesticides as effective tools in integrated pest management (IPM) programs. The interactive roundtable, hosted by the Association of Applied IPM Ecologists, featured university and industry experts who discussed the benefits of biopesticide use on grape, stone fruit, walnut and other important agricultural crops. Biopesticides offer an effective and environmentally safe option for managing agricultural crops and are rapidly being adopted in both conventional and organic crop management," said MBI CEO Pam Marrone, Ph.D. "In the future, we expect more bi...
... practices with or without the use of pesticides. The result of a successful IPM program is effecti... education units from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. About Marrone Bio Innovat...
...Subpart F: California. 52.220 - Identification of plan. Link to an amen... Paints (Measure CP3), and California Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Plan, as conta...
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