The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) will be holding a Central Valley listening session to gather input from stakeholders to help determine appropriate notification when field fumigation occurs in anticipation of a possible new regulation. For almonds, this applies mostly when whole orchard replant takes place.
The listening session, or workshop, will be held in Fresno on Thursday, April 14, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the Mosqueda Community Center, 4670 E. Butler Ave., and will include simultaneous Spanish and Hmong interpretation. An agenda and more information can be found here.
Current fumigant application regulations require notification of residents and others about certain applications of the soil-applied field fumigant methyl bromide. In addition, product labels for certain other soil-applied field fumigants have different notification requirements as part of the emergency preparedness and response measures. These regulations and requirements, which can be viewed in the agenda, will serve as a starting point to create a uniform requirement for all soil-applied field fumigants.
In addition to the public listening session, DPR will be accepting comments on regulation concepts for fumigation notification in writing. Written comments must be submitted to DPR by May 20, 2016, and can be directed to Randy Segawa, Department of Pesticide Regulation, at Randy.Segawa@cdpr.ca.gov or PO Box 4015, Sacramento, CA 95812-4015.
