### U n i te d S ta te s En v i r o n m e n ta l P r o tecti o n A g e n cy R e g i o nIX 75 H a w th o r n e S treet S a n F r a n c i s c o, CA 94105
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Tr an s m i tta l of EPA Ru l e R e v i e w C omments

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an k S pu rl o ck, Ca li fo rn i a Depa r tment O f P e s t

i c i de Regu l at

i on f cs pu rl o ck @ c dp r

. c a.gov M i k e G u zz etta, Ca li fo rn i a A i r Re s ou rce s B oa rd mgu zz ett

@ a rb. c a.gov Fr om: A nd r

ew S te ck e l , Ru l ema k i ng O ff i c e Ch i ef s te ck e l .and r

ew @ epa.gov R e: Ca li fo rn i a F i e l d F um i gant Method s , Re v i s i on s sc hedu l ed fo r pub li c hea ri ng on Nov embe r

17, 2010
W e a r e p r ov i d i ng c omment

sba s ed on ou r

p r e li m i na ry r

e v i ew of the d r

aft ru l e i dent

i f i ed abov e. W e r e c ogn i z e that man y

of the s e c omment

sadd r e ss ru l e p r

ov i s i on sthat a r

e not p r opo s ed fo r r

e v i s i on. W e a l s o note that we ma y i dent i f y add i t i ona l c on c e rn swhen we fo rma ll y r e v i ew th i s ru l e fo r i n c l u s i on i nto Ca li fo rn i a' s S tate Imp l ementat i on P l an. P l ea s e d i r

e c t an y que s t i on s i n th i s r

ega r d to me at ( 415

) 947

- 4115.

1. T he s ubm i tta l doe snot i n c l ude a demon s t r at i on of how the f

i e l d fum i gat

i on method s i mp l ement a ll r ea s onab l y

a v a il ab l e c ont

r o l te c hno l og y ( R A C T) and r ea s onab l y

a v a il ab l e c ont

r o l method s ( R A CM

) a s r equ i r ed b y the fede r

a l C l ean A i r A c t. T h i s s hou l d i n c l ude d i sc u ss i on of a ll gene r a l s t r ateg i e s fea s i b l e fo r c ont

r o lli ng V O C em i ss i on sf r om pe s t i c i de s , and the ba s i sfo r s e l e c t i ng s ome and r

e j e c t i ng othe rs . It s hou l d a l s o i n c l ude ana l ys i sof whethe r the s pe c i f

i c li m i t s , th r e s ho l d sand r

equ i r ement s i n the fum i gant f

i e l d method s r

ep r e s ent a ll r

ea s onab l y

a v a il ab l e c ont

r o l s

. W e do not s ee a ba s i s , fo r e x amp l e, to app l y r

equ i r ement s i n the ru l e (

e.g., pa r ag r aph 6447.3 (

a )) on l y between Ma y

and Oc tobe r i n li ght of R A C T /R A CM r equ i r ement sand v i o l at

i on sof fede r

a l Oz one and P M

- 2.5 N AA Q S i n Ca li fo rn i a i n othe r

month s

. S ome i ss ue sa r e d i sc u ss ed i n D P R ’ s v a ri ou s “ S tatement of Rea s on s , ” r e s pon s e sto c omment

s , and othe r

do c ument

s i n c l uded i n the s ubm i tta l , but the r e i sno c omp r ehen s i v e R A CM/R A C T ana l ys i s

. 2. In li ght of Ca li fo rn i a' s li m i ted e x pe ri en c e i mp l ement i ng the s e fum i gant r

equ i r ement sand i n o r

de r to r eta i n the i nteg ri t

y of D P R' sfum i gant p r

og r am, we en c ou r

age D P R to ma i nta i n the 80 % th r e s ho l d c u rr ent l y de scri bed i n s e c t

i on 6452.2, i n s tead of c hang i ng i t a sp r opo s ed to 95%.
3. In o r de r to en s u r e c l a ri t y and enfo rceab ili t

y of the f i e l d fum i gant method s , the S I P s ubm i tta l s hou l d i n c l ude r equ i r ement sto r epo r t deta il s (

e.g., date, l o c at

i on, fum i gant, et

c

. ) befo r e fum i gant

sa r e app li ed, s u c h a sde scri bed i n the not i c e of i ntent r

equ i r ement s i n s e c t i on 6434 and a ss o c i ated p r ov i s i on s

. 4. S e v e r

a l te rm su s ed i n the fum i gant ru l e sa r e ne i the r def i ned no r r

efe r en c ed w i th i n the s ubm i tta l

. S e c t i on 6000 def

i ne s s ome of the s e (

e.g., app li c at

i on b l o ck , a i r

fan d il ut i on sys tem and r e s t ri c ted

- ent

ry i nte rv a l ) , s o th i s i ss ue c ou l d be pa r t l y add r e ss ed b y s ubm i tt

i ng S e c t i on 6000 fo r S I P app r ov a l and r

efe r en c i ng i t w

i th i n the fum i gant r

equ i r ement s

. O the r te rm sa r e a l s o not def

i ned i nS e c t i on 6000 (

e

. g

. , a i r fan d il ut i on sys tem , b r

oad c a st , c l o s i ng s hoes , fum i gat i on
- hand li ng a c t

i v i t i es , hot ga s , r

a i s ed

- ta rpau li n, s o il c app i ng, and ta rpau li n c utt i ng )

. W e r

e c ommend add i ng def

i n i t i on sfo r a ll the s e te rm s i n the S I P to i mp r ov e c l a ri t

y and enfo rceab ili t

y

. 5. T he s ubm i tted fum i gat i on method s r

efe r en c e othe r

p r ov i s i on swh i c h a r

e not s ubm i tted. E .g., 6447.3 ( a )( 3 )(F) and ( 5

)(F) r efe r en c e 6784 ( b )( 4

) r ega r d i ng ta rpau li n c utt

i ng; 6447.3 ( b ) r

efe r en c e s6770 r ega r d i ng f i e l d ent ry afte r pe s t i c i de app li c at

i on s ; 6447.3 (c) , 6448.1 ( e ) , 6449.1 (

e ) , 6450.1 (

e ) , 6450.2 (c) and 6451.1 ( b ) r

efe r en c e 6260 r

ega r d i ng r e s ea rc h autho ri z at

i on s ; 6624 (

a )( 1 ) r efe r en c e s s e c t

i on 11408 and 18663 r

ega r d i ng def i n i t i on sof ag ri c u l tu r

a l u s e and li v e s to ck , and 6624 ( a )( 2 ) r efe r en c e s6400 r ega r d i ng r e s t ri c ted mate ri a l s

. W e r

e c ommend i n c l ud i ng a ll r efe r en c ed s e c t

i on s i n the S I P to i mp r

ov e c l a ri t y and enfo rceab ili t

y

. 6. W e unde rs tand that D P R i ntend sto update the fum i gant r equ i r ement sa sneeded to a v o i d c onf li c t w i th fede r a l pe s t i c i de l abe l spu rs uant to the F ede r a l In s e c t i c i de, F ung i c i de, and Rodent i c i de A c t (F I F R A , 7 U. S .C. §136

) . Nonethe l e ss , to r

edu c e potent

i a l c onfu s i on, we r

e c ommend i n s e r

t i ng l anguage i n D P R ’ sfum i gant r

equ i r ement s c l a ri f y i ng that the mo r

e r e s t ri c t i v e r equ i r ement sapp l y i n c a s e of c onf

li c t between s tate and fede r a l r equ i r ement s. 7. Con s i s tent w

i th C AA T i t

l e V and the fede r

a l s tatute of li m i tat

i on s , we r

e c ommend that S e c t

i on 6624 (

g ) r equ i r e that r e c o r d sbe ma i nta i ned fo r

f i v e i n s tead of two y ea rsto i mp r ov e enfo rceab ili t

y.