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Soil Fumigation
Back to Enforcement Training for County Agricultural Commissioner Staff
Soil fumigation training covers new state and federal fumigant labeling and methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) requirements that go into effect in 2010 and 2011.
U.S. EPA presentations
- Final California 2010 summary of label requirements, PDF (941 kb)
- Final California fumigant management plan (FMP), PDF (591 kb)
- Final California 2011 summary of label
requirements, PDF (592 kb)
DPR presentations
- Chloropicrin/methyl iodide final, PDF (55 kb)
- Methyl bromide requirements, PDF (67 kb)
- Recommended permit conditions for metam sodium,
metam potassium, and dazomet (MITC), PDF (1.6 mb)
California fumigant management plan (FMP) templates
- CA FMP fumigant management plan (field fumigation), PDF (458 kb) (DPR-ENF-220)
- CA FMP authorized on-site personnel (field fumigation), PDF (353 kb) (DPR-ENF-221)
- CA FMP air monitoring (field fumigation), PDF (341 kb) (DPR-ENF-222)
- CA FMP monitoring during application (field fumigation), PDF (387 kb) (DPR-ENF-223)
- CA FMP monitoring post-application (field fumigation), PDF (401 kb) (DPR-ENF-224)
- CA FMP post-application water treatments (field fumigation), PDF (309 kb) (DPR-ENF-225)
- CA FMP post-application summary
(field fumigation), PDF (388 kb) (DPR-ENF-226)
Additional references
- 2010 Soil fumigant labeling - stop work trigger demonstration table, PDF (13 kb)
- 2010 Soil fumigant federal labeling changes guidance, PDF (15 kb)
- Field fumigation (ffm), ffm code for pesticide use reporting, and emission ratings, PDF (21 kb)
- Methyl bromide: changes to work hour limitations, PDF (33 kb)
- Guide using application data to evaluate a notice of intent for a metam or dazomet soil fumigation based on DPR’s recommended permit conditions, PDF (50 kb)
- Requirements for when handlers should cease operations (80% or less methyl bromide), PDF (17 kb)
- U.S. EPA soil fumigant mitigation factsheet: implementation schedule, PDF (32 kb)
- Metam sodium and metam potassium field soil fumigation recommended permit conditions for sprinkler applications, PDF (85 kb)
For content questions contact:
Jim Walsh
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
E-mail: jwalsh@cdpr.ca.gov