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State Implementation Plan

Back to VOC Emissions from Pesticides

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, which is harmful to human health and vegetation when present at high enough concentrations. The federal Clean Air Act requires each state to submit a State Implementation Plan (SIP) for achieving and maintaining federal ambient air quality standards, including the standard for ozone. Nonattainment areas (NAAs) are regions in California that do not meet either federal or state ambient air quality standards. In 1994, California's Air Resources Board and DPR developed a plan to reduce pesticidal sources of VOCs as part of the Calfornia SIP to meet the ozone standard within certain NAAs. ARB and DPR have updated the pesticide element of the SIP as new information became available, including revisions to the ozone air quality standard.

• Maps of nonattainment areas for DPR’s VOC regulatory actions
• 1994 pesticide element of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for VOC emissions from pesticides
• 1996 update (PDF, 180 kb) of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for VOC emissions from pesticides
• 2007 update from the ARB of the State Implementation Plan (SIP) (Opens in new window). The pesticide element is discussed in
  • Chapter 5 (PDF, 181 kb) (Opens in new window)
  • Appendix E (PDF, 283 kb) (Opens in new window)
  • Appendix H (PDF, 88 kb) (Opens in new window)
  • Appendix H (revised) (PDF, 151 kb) (Opens in new window)
• DPR’s plan for the 2007 pesticide SIP element (PDF, 111 kb) (May 2007 draft)

For content questions contact:
Randy Segawa
Phone: (916) 324-4137
E-mail: rsegawa@cdpr.ca.gov