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With the implementation of full use reporting in 1990, all agricultural
pesticide use must now be reported monthly to the county agricultural
commissioner who, in turn, reports the data to DPR [the Calif. Dept. of
Pesticide Regulation]. The reports must include the date and location
(section, township, and range) where the application was made, and
detail the kind and amount of pesticides used. If the pesticide is
applied to a crop, the type of commodity must be specified. In
addition, two new pieces of information were added (operator and site
identification) to help determine and calculate the actual percentage
of crops treated. These data are useful in pesticide risk assessment.
Prior to the purchase and use of pesticides, every operator is required
to obtain a unique operator identification number from each county in
which pest control work will be performed. Growers obtain a site
identification number from the county agricultural commissioner for
each location and crop/commodity where pest control work will be
performed, and it is recorded on the restricted material permit or
other approved form.
California has a broad legal definition of "agricultural use," so the
reporting requirements include pesticide applications to parks, golf
courses, cemeteries, rangeland, pastures, and along roadside and
railroad rights-of-way. In addition, all postharvest pesticide
treatments of agricultural commodities must be reported, along with all
pesticide treatments in poultry and fish production, as well as some
livestock applications. The primary exceptions to the full use
reporting requirements are home and garden use, and most industrial and
institutional uses.
Structural operators, professional gardeners, and other nonagricultural
pest control operators had to report all pesticide use under the
earlier regulations, and these requirements did not change under the
full use reporting program.
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Kathy Brunetti, Agriculture Program Supervisor
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
1020 N Street Room 161, Sacramento, California, USA 95814-5624
voice (916) 324-4100, FAX (916) 324-4088, brunetti@empm.cdpr.ca.gov
Our Web site: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov
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