Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium
Volume 3, Restricted Materials and Permitting

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Restricted Materials and Permitting, Volume 3 of the Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium, describes the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the permit program's Environmental Impact Report (EIR) functional equivalency, DPR recommended permit conditions, permit issuance process and procedures, and permit appeals. The contents of this manual supersede guidance in earlier manuals and previous letters to the county agricultural commissioners.

• Front Cover, PDF
• Replacement Page Instructions, PDF
• Compendium Overview, PDF
• Table of Contents, PDF

Chapters

• Chapter 1. California's Restricted Materials Permitting Program, PDF
• Chapter 2. Restricted Use Pesticides and Restricted Materials, PDF
• Chapter 3. Environmental Impact Report Functional Equivalency, PDF
• Chapter 4. Private Applicator Certification, PDF
• Chapter 5. Permits and Exemptions, PDF
• Chapter 6. Permit Requirements, PDF
• Chapter 7. Permit Evaluations, PDF
• Chapter 8. (Pre-Application) Site Evaluations, PDF
• Chapter 9. Grounds for Refusal, Revocation, and Suspension, PDF
• Chapter 10. Due Process Related to Permits, PDF
• Chapter 11. Interested Party Permit Review Request, PDF
• Chapter 12. Appeals to the Director for Additional Review, PDF

Appendices

• Appendix A: Glossary, PDF
• Appendix B: California Restricted Materials Requirements (3 CCR Section 6400), PDF
• Appendix C: General Drift Minimization, PDF
• Appendix D: Recommended Permit Conditions for Rice Pesticides, PDF
• Appendix E: Ground Water Protection Approved Alternative Management Practices, PDF
• Appendix F: Tribufos (DEF, Folex) Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF
• Appendix G: Commodity Fumigation, PDF
• Appendix H: Aluminum and Magnesium Phosphide for Burrowing Rodent Control Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF
• Appendix I: Methyl Bromide Recommended Permit Conditions for Soil Fumigation within a Greenhouse, PDF
• Appendix J: 1,3-Dichloropropene (Field Soil Fumigation) Recommended Permit Conditions and Regulations Guidance, PDF
• Appendix K: Chloropicrin and Chloropicrin in Combination with Other Products (Field Soil Fumigation) Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF
• Appendix L: Metam Sodium, Metam Potassium, and Dazomet Field Soil Fumigation Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF
• Appendix M: Methyl Bromide Field Fumigation Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF
• Appendix N: Volatile Organic Compounds, PDF
• Appendix O: Chlorpyrifos Interim Recommended Permit Conditions, PDF

Revisions--Enforcement letters to CACs

• 44^rd Revision – August 2024
• 43^rd Revision – November 2018
• 42^nd Revision – August 2018
• 41^st Revision – December 2017
• 40^th Revision – November 2017
• 39^th Revision – October 2017
• 38^th Revision – February 2017 | Update 2
• 37^th Revision – February 2017

Related links

• Restricted Materials Use Requirements
• Regulations to reduce VOCs by controlling field fumigant emissions

For content questions contact:
Enforcement Headquarters
Phone : 916-324-4100
Email: ENF.HQ@cdpr.ca.gov