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Brian R. Leahy
Director

                       Department of Pesticide Regulation

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Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Governor

April 13, 2016

ENF 16-11


TO:

SUBJECT:

County Agricultural Commissioners

UPDATES TO VOLUME 3, RESTRICTED MATERIALS AND PERMITTING, PESTICIDE USE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM STANDARDS COMPENDIUM, INCLUDING LINK TO TARP LIST


This letter announces the availability of updates to Volume 3, Restricted Materials and Permitting. Please have your staff begin using these updates as soon as possible.

Updates are enclosed and will be available online at the link provided below. Remove the old sections from the manual and insert the new sections:

  • Front cover
    • Added Enforcement Branch main and FAX telephone numbers to inside front cover
  • Appendix A, Glossary
    • Under Acronyms, added TIF - Totally Impermeable Film
    • Added a definition and link to DPR's approved list of California-specific TIF tarps when using chloropicrin as a soil fumigant
    • Updated links
  • Appendix D, Recommended Permit Conditions for Rice Pesticides
    • On page D-17, third bullet, replaced "video" with "presentation"

To print the revised portions of the manual, select from the enclosures or go to www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/rstrct_mat.htm.

If you have any questions, please contact the Enforcement Branch Liaison assigned to your county.


Sincerely,


Original Signature by:

Donna Marciano
Chief, Enforcement Branch
916-324-4100

Enclosure:
Front Cover, PDF (170 kb)
Appendix A, Glossary, PDF (39 kb)
Section D.5 Thiobencarb, PDF (24 kb)
Replacement Page Instructions, PDF (19 kb)

cc: Mr. Joe Marade, DPR Agricultural Commissioner Liaison (w/Enclosures);
      Enforcement Branch Liaison


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