Welcome to the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Environmental Justice Advisory Planning Workgroup

Back to EJ Strategic and Implementation Planning

In 10 meetings from July 2006 to April 2007, DPR met with an informal advisory group to solicit recommendations on an EJ strategy and implementation plan. The meetings were open to the public and meeting agendas and minutes posted on DPR’s Web site for review and comment by interested parties. In June 2007, the workgroup recommendations were finalized. They are posted below.

In the future, DPR will use the workgroup discussions and recommendations and other input to develop a draft EJ strategy and workplan. It will be posted on DPR’s Web site for public comment before being finalized. To sign up to be notified of this and other EJ activities, see the top of this page.

Members, DPR informal advisory group on EJ planning (PDF, 9 kb)

Recommendations on Implementing Environmental Justice Practices – June 2007 report from DPR’s Environmental Justice Planning Advisory Workgroup (PDF, 197 kb)

Meeting agendas and minutes

April 2, 2007 March 12, 2007
  • Agenda (PDF, 29 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 46 kb) - The workgroup discussed implementation objectives for the fifth goal (preventing harmful exposure)

January 29, 2007 January 16, 2007
  • Agenda (PDF, 21 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 46 kb) – The workgroup discussed implementation objectives for Goal 3 (research).

December 12, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 28 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 33 kb) – The workgroup continued to develop objectives for Goal 1 and Goal 2.

November 15, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 23 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 45 kb) – The workgroup discussed strategies for implementing Goals 1 (public participation), 2 (integration of EJ) and 3 (research).

October 5, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 24 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 37 kb) – The workgroup continued discussion of strategies and how they might be implemented. Send comments to the email address above or the postal address at the bottom of this page.

September 14, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 23 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 41 kb) – The workgroup discussed adapting Cal/EPA’s EJ strategic plan to serve as a comparable document for DPR. Please submit comments to ejustice@cdpr.ca.gov.

August 24, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 21 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 42 kb) – The workgroup discussed elements that members believe DPR should focus on in its EJ implementation plan. Public comments are invited on these elements, which are still under consideration by the workgroup. Please submit comments to ejustice@cdpr.ca.gov.

July 20, 2006
  • Agenda (PDF, 12 kb)
  • Presentation made by facilitators, "Environmental Justice Workgroup Kick-Off Meeting" (PDF, 458 kb)
  • Minutes (PDF, 31 kb)

For content questions contact:
Paul Verke
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
Telephone: (916) 445-3974
E-mail: pverke@cdpr.ca.gov or ejustice@cdpr.ca.gov