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DIVISION 6. PESTICIDES AND PEST CONTROL OPERATIONS

CHAPTER 2. PESTICIDES

SUBCHAPTER 4. RESTRICTED MATERIALS ARTICLE 4. FIELD FUMIGATION USE REQUIREMENTS

Amend section 6452 to read:

6452. Reduced Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Field Fumigation Methods. (a) For the Sacramento Metro and South Coast ozone nonattainment areas, the Directo r may approve use of a field fumigation method not described in sections 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 6450.1, 6450.2, and 6451.1 if the request is accompanied by scientific data documenting the volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The emission rating spec ified in section 6452.4

68 8 1 or the maximum emission rate (emission rating multiplied by the maximum application rate) must be no greater than any one of the methods for the same fumigant described in sections 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 6450.1, 6450.2, and 64 51.1. (b) For the San Joaquin Valley, Southeast Desert, and Ventura ozone nonattainment areas, upon written request, the Director may approve use of a field fumigation method either not described or excluded from use in sections 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 645 0.1, 6450.2, or 6451.1 if the request meets the following criteria: (1) The request is accompanied by scientific data documenting the VOC emissions; (A) The emission rating, as specified in section 6452.4 6881 , is no greater than any one of the

methods fo r the same fumigant allowed for use in the San Joaquin Valley, Southeast Desert, and Ventura ozone nonattainment areas as specified in sections 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 6450.1, 6450.2, or 6451.1, or (B) The maximum emission rate (emission rating multiplied by the maximum application rate) is no greater than any one of the methods for the same fumigant allowed for use in the San Joaquin Valley, Southeast Desert, and Ventura ozone nonattainment areas as specified in sections 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 6450.1, 645 0.2, or 6451.1.

(c) Criteria the Director shall consider includes whether: (1) the data and information provided are sufficient to estimate emissions; (2) the results are valid as indicated by the quality control data; and (3) the conditions studied repres ent agricultural fields fumigated. (d) The Director shall publish a notice of interim approval for a field fumigation method on the Department’s Web site. The interim approval expires three years after the date of approval.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sectio ns 11456, 12976, 14005, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 14006, and 14102.2 Amend section 6452.2 to read:

6452.2 Fumigant Volatile Organic Compound Emission Limits.

(a) The Director shall establish field fumigant volatile organic compound (VOC) emission limits in the Annual Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Inventory Report issued pursuant to

section 6452.4 6881 for the Sacramento Metro, South Coast, Southeast Desert, and Ventura

ozone nonattainment areas where the differ ence between emissions in the most recent inventory report and the benchmarks for that area is five percent or less of the benchmarks or exceeds the benchmarks listed below during the May 1 through October 31 time period:

Ozone Nonattainment Area Total Ag ricultural and Structural VOC Emissions Inventory Benchmarks from May 1 to October 31

Sacramento Metro 820,000 lbs. (2.2 tons/day average) San Joaquin Valley 6,700,000 lbs. (18.1 tons/day average)

South Coast 3,200,000 lbs. (8.7 tons/day average)

South east Desert 340,000 lbs. (0.92 tons/day average)

Ventura in 2011 1,200,000 lbs. (3.3 tons/day average)

Ventura in 2012 and later 1,100,000 lbs. (3.0 tons/day average)

(1 ) Notwithstanding (a), i I f a VOC emission limit is in effect pursuant to (a) that l imit must remain in effect until the commissioner does not condition permits to include a fumigant emission allowance specified in (c)(1) or (d)(1), and does not deny any permit or notice of intent specified in (c)(2) or (d)(2) in order to comply with the fumigant emission limit for two consecutive years.

(b) The Director shall calculate the field fumigant VOC emission limits specified in (a) by subtracting the nonfumigant pesticide VOC emissions from the total agricultural and structural

VOC e missions inve ntory benchmarks. Nonfumigant pesticide product emissions will be the summation of the pounds of each pesticide product used multiplied by the VOC content (emission potential) for the specific product.

(c) For the Ventura ozone nonattainment area, the comm issioner shall ensure that the fumigant limits specified in (a) are not exceeded during the May 1 through October 31 time period using one or more of the following methods for field soil fumigations:

(1) Condition permit to include fumigant emission allowa nces. (2) Deny any permit or notice of intent that would cause the fumigant limit to be exceeded. (3) Condition permit to prohibit or require any of the methods allowed by sections 6447.3(a), 6448(c), 6449.1(b), 6450.1(d), or 6452 during the May 1 through October 31 time period.

(d) For ozone nonattainment areas other than Ventura, the Director shall select one or more of the following methods to ensure the fumigant limits specified in (a) are not exceeded during the May 1 through October 31 time period:

( 1) The Director establishes a fumigant emission allowance for each permittee, based on information provided the commissioners within the ozone nonattainment area. The total allowances in each ozone nonattainment area must not exceed the fumigant limit esta blished for that area. Commissioners shall issue permits or amend existing permits to comply with the fumigant emission allowance(s) established by the Director. Commissioners shall deny any notice of intent that does not comply with the permittees’ fumiga nt emission allowances. (2) Commissioners deny any permit or notice of intent that would cause the fumigant limit to

be exceeded.3 (3) Commissioners condition permits to prohibit or require any of the methods allowed by sections 6447.3(a), 6448(c), 6449.1( b), 6450.1(d), or 6452 during the May 1 through October 31 time period.

(e) No person may apply a field fumigant during the May 1 through October 31 time period in an ozone nonattainment area for which a fumigant emission limit has been established pursuan t

to this section (a) , unless their restricted material permit includes conditions specified in (c) or (d), or notice of intent is approved in writing.

(f) For the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment area, if the difference between emissions

in the mos t recent emissions inventory report and the 6,700,000 pound (18.1 tons per day)

benchmark for this area is five p ercent or less of the benchmark or exceeds this benchmark during the May 1 through October 31 time period, the provisions of section 688 4 shall apply.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, 14005, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 14006, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

CHAPTER 3. PEST CONTROL OPERATIONS

SUBCHAPTER 1. LICENSING

ARTICLE 5. AGRICU LTURAL PEST CONTROL ADVISER LICENSES

Adopt section 6558 to read:

6558. Recommendation for Use of Nonfumigants in the San Joaquin Valley Ozone

Nonattainment Area.

A licensed pest control adviser shall not recommend a use in violation with the provision i n section 6884. If a licensed agricultural pest control adviser recommends the use of a high

- volatile organic compound nonfumigant product implementing an exception under section 6884(b), the exception must be identified. A pest control adviser must retain a recommendation for a high

volatile organic compound product for at least two years.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 12003, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

ARTICLE 6. PEST CONTROL DEALER LICENSES

Adopt section 6577 to read:

6577. Sales of Nonfumigants for Use in the San Joaquin Valley Ozone Nonattainment

Area.

(a) When sale of a high

- volatile organic compound (VOC) nonfumigant product with agricultural uses

, spe cified in the Annual Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Inventory Report required in section 688 1

, is made to or for the operator of the property with an operator identification number issued by a county agricultural commissioner in the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment area, the licensed pest control dealer shall provide the following VOC information, in writing, at time of purchase or delivery:4 High

- volatile organic compound nonfumigant products containing abamectin, chlorpyrifos, gibberellins, or o xyfluorfen as a primary active ingredient are subject to additional use restrictions during May 1 through October 31 when used in the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment area on the following crops: alfalfa, almond, citrus, cotton, grape, pistachio, and walnut. Use prohibitions that may apply are found in Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section 6884. The operator of the property must obtain a written recommendation of a licensed pest control adviser prior to use on these crops during this time p eriod.

(b) In addition to the requirements in section 6562, each licensed pest control deal er shall

in dicate on the invoice that the information required in (a) was provided

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NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456 and 12 111 , Food and Agricultural Code. R eference: Section 11501, Food and Agricultural Code.

CHAPTER 4

. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SUBCHAPTER 2. AIR

ARTICLE 1

. TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANTS

Renumber section 6890 to 68 64 :

6890 68 64 . Criteria for Identifying Pesticides as Toxic Air Contaminants.

A pest icide shall be identified as a toxic air contaminant if its concentrations in ambient air are greater than the following levels (for the purposes of this section, a threshold is defined as the dose of a chemical below which no adverse effect occurs):

(a) F or pesticides which have thresholds for adverse health effects, this level shall be ten

- fold below the air concentration which has been determined by the Director to be adequately protective of human health.

(b) For pesticides which do not have thresholds for adverse health effects, this level shall be equivalent to the air concentration which would result in a ten

- fold lower risk than that which has been determined by the D irector to be a negligible risk.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 11456, Food and Agr icultural Code. Reference: Sections 14021 and 14023, Food and Agricultural Code.5 ARTICLE 2. VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Adopt section 68 80 to read:

6880. Criteria to Designate Low

- Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) or High

- VOC Nonfumigant Pesticide Product s.

(a) The Director shall designate in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report all nonfumigant products with agricultural uses containing the following primary active ingredients

as low

- VOC if the product has less than or equal to the product VOC emissio n potential listed

below. All other products containing the primary active ingredients below with active or inactive registrations shall be designated as high

- VOC.

Product Primary Active Ingredient* Product VOC Emission Potential (percent by weight )

Ab amectin 35 Chlorpyrifos 25

Gibberellins 2 5 Oxyfluorfen 15 *If a product contains more than one active ingredient, the primary active ingredient is the one present at the highest percentage in a product. These criteria do not apply to products that cont ain an active ingredient listed above, but not as the primary active ingredient , including products

with one or more active ingredient s present at the same percentage.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

R eference: Sections 11501 and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

Renumber section 6452. 4 to 68 8 1 and amend to read :

6452.4

. 68 8 1

. Annual Volatile Organic Compound Emissions Inventory Report.

(a) The Director shall issue an annual emissions inventory repo rt for the Sacramento Metro, San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Southeast Desert, and Ventura ozone nonattainment areas. The

emission s inventory report must:

(1) report the total agricultural and structural (fumigant and nonfumigant) pesticide volatile

organ ic compound (VOC) emissions for the previous years

. Nonfumigant pesticide product emissions will be the summation of the pounds of each pesticide product used multiplied by the VOC content (emission potential) for the specific product. Fumigant product emi ssions will be the summation of the pounds of each pesticide product used multiplied by the emission potential for that specific product and VOC emission rating for the application method, as specified in ( 5 4 );

(2) evaluate compliance with the total pounds of agricultural and structural VOC emissions specified in section 6452.2 ;

(3) establish fumigant emissions limits pursuant to section 6452. 2 f or the upcoming year; (4) establish an emission rating for each field fumigation method described in sections 64 46.1, 6447.3, 6448.1, 6449.1, 6450.1, 6450.2, 6451.1, or 6452. The emission rating will be expressed as a percentage of the amount of fumigant applied. The Director shall base the emission rating upon available scientific data documenting the VOC emissions

. ;6 (5) establish prohibitions on high

- VOC nonfumigant products pursuant to section 6 452.2(f)

, and if applicable, determine if prohibitions pursuant to section 6884(c) remain in effect;

( 6 ) establish a list of the nonfumigant products that are designated as low

- VOC pursuant to
section 6 8 8 0 ;

( 7 ) establish a list of the active ly registered nonfumigant products that are designated as high

VOC pursuant to section 688 0

.

(b) A draft emission s report shall be made available to the public for comment. A 45

- day publi c comment period will be provided to allow for submission of written statements or arguments to the Director for review before finalizing the Annual Volatile Organic Compound

Emission s Inventory Report. The emission s report will be posted on the Department 's Web site.

(c) Low

- VOC ag ricultural use products registered after the release of the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report and contain abamectin, chlorpyrifos, gibberellins, or oxyfluorfen as the primary active ingredient

, will be listed in a supplement al report and posted on the Department's Web site. The products designated as low

- VOC will be based up on the criteria

established in section 6880.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, 14005, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

Reference: Sect ions 11501 and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

Adopt section 6883 to read:

6883. Recommendation Requirements in the San Joaquin V alley Ozone Nonattainment

Area.

In the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment area, the operator of the property shall no t apply a high

- volatile organic compound nonfumigant product specified in section 6881 during May 1 through October 31 to one of the following crops unless they obtain the written recommendation of a licensed ag ricultural pest control adviser: alfalfa, alm ond, citrus, cotton, grape, pistachio, and walnut. The operator of the property shall retain the written

recommendation for at least two years after the application occurs.

NOTE : Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Cod e. Reference: Sections 11501 , 12003, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

Adopt section 68 8 4 to read:

6 8 8 4

. San Joaquin Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area Use Prohibitions

.

Pursuant to section 6452.2(f), the following shall apply to agricultural uses of high

- volatile organic compound ( VOC ) products specified in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report required in section 6881 containing abamectin, chlorpyrifos, gibberellins, or oxyfluorfen as the primary active ingredient in the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment area during the May 1 through October 31 time period.

( a ) N o person may apply a nonfumigant product that has been designated as a high

- VOC pursuant to section 6880 and as specified in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report required by sect ion 68 8 1 on the following crops: alfalfa, almond, citrus, cotton, grape, pistachio,

and walnut. If the product is not listed as a low

- VOC , it cannot be used.

( b ) Notwithstanding ( a ), the following exceptions for use of high

- VOC products are permitted:7 ( 1 ) Use of c hlorpyrifos products to control aphids on cotton. ( 2 ) Use of gibberellins products when applied at an application rate of 16 grams of active ingredient per acre or less.

(3) Use of oxyfluorfen products when applied at an application rate of 0.125 (1⁄8) pounds of active ingredient per acre or less.

( 4 ) U ses for which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an emergency exemption from registration under Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act.

(5) Uses registe red as a Special Local Need under Section 24 ( c ) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

(6) Applications made by or under the direction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, or county agricultural commissioner to control, suppress or eradicate pests.

(7) A pplications using precision spray technology meeting the criteria of the California Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

(c) If prohibitions for high

- VOC nonfumigant products are in effect p ursuant to section 6452.2(f), those prohibitions must remain in effect until the hypothetical VOC emissions shown in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report comply with the limit specified in section 6452.2(f) for at least two consecutive years. The hypothetical VOC emissions during a year of prohibitions shall be calculated for each active ingredient used on each crop specified in section 6884. The hypothetical emissions shall be calculate d by assuming the relative mixture of high

and low

- VOC products used in the current year of prohibitions would have been the same as i n the most recent year without prohibitions . The VOC emissions are then calculated using that product mixture for the amou nt of active ingredient used in the current year.

The following formula represents how the hypothetical VOC emissions described above would be calculated for each pesticide

- crop combination:

Hypothetical emissions

for a pesticide

- crop combination listed in section 6884 during May

- Oct for the year

of prohibitions = ( E missions for the pesticide

- crop combination during May

- Oct for the most current year without prohibitions ) x (Pounds active ingredient for the crop during May

- Oct for the year of prohibitions )

P ounds active ingredient for the crop during May

- Oct for the most current year without prohibitions

The total hypothetical VOC emissions will be the summation of the hypothetical emissions for each pesticide

- crop combination, plus the actual VOC emi ssions for the remaining pesticides and crops not listed in section 6880.

(d) If t he Director makes a determination that the removal of a n active ingredient designated as
a high

- VOC in section 6880 , or the removal of a crop in subsection (a), or the additi on of an
exception in subsection (b) will not affect the ability to comply with the limit specified in section
6452.2(f) (17.2 tons per day ) , then t he Director may approve the interim removal and/or addition
using the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory process described below in (e).

(1) The Director's determination to remove an active ingredient shall be based on : (A) the decrease in its use and emissions ; (B) the decrease being caused by factors that are likely to persist ; and

(C) on a calculation of the inv entory using the assumption that all applications to the crops8 listed in subsection ( a ) would have used the product(s) containing the removed pesticide that
would result in the high e st VOC emissions for the two most recent years of the VOC emission s

invent ory

.

(2) T he Director 's determination to remove a crop shall be based on : (A) the decrease in use and emissions from products specified in section 6880 on this crop; (B) the decrease being caused by factors that are likely to persist ; and (C) on a calcul ation of the inventory using the assumption that all applications to the removed crop would use the products containing the primary active ingredients listed in section 6880 that result in the highest VOC emissions for the two most recent years of VOC emis sions inventory.

(3) The Director's determination to add an exception shall be based on the es timated VOC emissions that would result from allowing the exception based on the two most recent years of the VOC emissions inventory and study information. The s tudy must:

(A) specify the maximum application rate (pounds per acre) of the high

- VOC product of the added exception; and

(B) estimate the maximum number of acres that could be treated with a high

- VOC product for the added exception during May

- October, and the method to estimate the number of acres.

(C) No exception would be allowed unless the study shows a greater amount of an active ingredient must be applied using a low

- VOC product to achieve the same efficacy as a high

VOC product.

(e) The Director shal l publish the proposed interim removal of an active ingredient or crop, or

the addition of an exception in the draft VOC emissions report specified in section 6881(b). The report must include a description of the calculations used to determine that the lim it specified in section 6452.2(f) would not have been exceeded in the two most recent years, with the removal or addition. The report must also include a description of the changes in cropping patterns, pest management practices, product registration, regu latory requirements, or other factors that have caused a decrease in use and emissions, and are likely to persist. A 45

- day public comment period will be provided to allow for submission of written statements or arguments to the

Director for review before finalizing the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report. The emissions report will be posted on the Department's Web site. The removal or addition must be evaluated each year in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report and may only remain in effect up to thr ee years unless implemented through state and federal rulemaking

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NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501 and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

Adopt section 68 8 6 to read:

6 8 8 6

. De aler Responsibilities for the San Joaquin Valley Ozone Nonattainment Area.

Each licensed pest control dealer of a high

- v olatile o rganic c ompound (V OC ) nonfumigant product specified in the Annual VOC Emissions Inventory Report, shall provide VOC

informatio n, in writing, to the purchaser at time of purchase or delivery pursuant section 6577 if

the sale is made to or for the operator of the property with an operator identification number issued by a county agricultural commissioner in the San Joaquin Valley ozone nonattainment

area

.

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 11456 and 12 111 , Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 11501, Food and Agricultural Code.