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§ 6692. Annual Notification.

3 CA ADC § 6692Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 3. Food and Agriculture
Division 6. Pesticides and Pest Control Operations
Chapter 3. Pest Control Operations
Subchapter 2. Work Requirements
Article 5. Pesticide Use near Schoolsites
3 CCR § 6692
§ 6692. Annual Notification.
(a) For all applications of pesticides expected to be made for the production of an agricultural commodity within ¼ mile of a schoolsite, the operator of the property to be treated shall provide annual notification to those specified in (b) no later than April 30 of pesticide(s) expected to be used from July 1 of the current year through June 30 of the next year.
(1) Effective April 1, 2018, if the operator of the property to be treated changes, the new property operator shall provide the notification as specified in (b) and (c) within 30 days of assuming control of that property for expected pesticide(s) to be used from the time the notification is provided through June 30 of the following year. If the notification made 30 days after assuming control includes information about the pesticide(s) expected to be used July 1 of the current year through June 30 of the following year, then (a) does not apply. Subsequent notifications must be provided as specified in (a).
(b) The annual notification must be provided to:
(1) The principal of the public K-12 school;
(2) The administrator of the child day care facility; and
(3) The county agricultural commissioner.
(c) The annual notification must be in writing and include the following information:
(1) A summary of the operator of the property's requirements to provide annual notification to a schoolsite as described in subsection (a).
(2) A summary of the applicable pesticide application restrictions specified in section 6691.
(3) Operator of the property's name and contact information;
(4) Map showing location of the field(s) involved and the school or child day care facilities;
(5) County agricultural commissioner's contact information;
(6) National Pesticide Information Center Web site address;
(7) Information on the pesticide(s) expected to be used including: name of each active ingredient, or principal functioning agent for a spray adjuvant; example pesticide product name(s); and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or California registration number.
(8) The following statements: “This notification is informational only, and includes a list of pesticides expected to be used. Beginning July 1, 2018, schoolsites will be informed of pesticides not on the list at least 48 hours prior to their use. The county agricultural commissioner may be contacted for questions or additional information; if violations of these requirements are suspected; or other non-emergency situations.”
(9) A description of the option to negotiate an alternate to the required application restrictions as provided in section 6691, subsection (f).
(d) Effective July 1, 2018, if a pesticide to be used was not included in the annual notification as specified in subsection (c)(7), the operator of the property shall provide this information to the schoolsite and commissioner at least 48 hours prior to the application.
(e) The property operator shall retain a copy of each annual notification for two years and make them available to the Director or commissioner upon request. The commissioner shall retain a copy of each annual notification for one year.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 11456 and 12976, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 2281, 11501.5 and 11501, Food and Agricultural Code.
History
1. New section filed 11-7-2017; operative 1-1-2018 (Register 2017, No. 45).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 3, § 6692, 3 CA ADC § 6692
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