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CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.6.

13127.6.  The director shall levy a charge on data generators of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day a data gap continues to exist after the date the director issues a deferral of suspension of registration pursuant to Section 13127.5. In establishing the amount of the charge, the director shall consider the number of outstanding studies, the registrant’s timely response to data call-ins on other products registered with the department pursuant to this article, and whether the registrant has responded in a timely and appropriate manner to notices and correspondence from the department relating to data call-ins, and whether the registrant has taken appropriate measures to address study deficiencies identified by the department. If the charge levied on the data generator is not paid, all products containing that active ingredient shall be suspended. Revenues collected from the levying of charges shall be deposited in the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 706, Sec. 16. Effective September 15, 1992.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.7.

13127.7.  All documentation relevant to a finding made pursuant to Sections 13127.3 and 13127.5 shall be available to the public, and the findings shall be a public record.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 7.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.8.

13127.8.  (a) A suspension of registration of a pesticide product containing any of the active ingredients identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127 shall be revoked when the director determines that the registrant has submitted all of the mandatory health effects studies. If, upon completion of the review of the studies, the director determines that a data gap still exists, the director shall suspend the registration. (b) If at any time after January 1, 1992, the registrant meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 13127.3, notwithstanding the date specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 13127.3, the director shall revoke the suspension, and shall levy a charge pursuant to Section 13127.6 or, if a charge has already been levied on a registrant, the director may revise the charge in light of the registrant’s compliance with the requirements of this article and Article 15 (commencing with Section 13141). (c) The director may modify the amount of the charge levied pursuant to Section 13127.6 upon the initiation or submission of any health effects studies required pursuant to this article.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 8.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.9.

13127.9.  For each mandatory health effects study that is required for each active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127, the registrant shall submit to the department a progress report in December of each year until the study is completed.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 9.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.91 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.91.

13127.91.  The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide product that contains an active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127 for which the registrant fails to do any of the following:(a) Respond to the director’s notification of a data gap. (b) Submit progress reports as required by Section 13127.9. (c) Demonstrate reasonable progress toward completion of all the mandatory health effects studies.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 10.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13127.92 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13127.92.

13127.92.  (a) Extensions of time granted pursuant to Sections 13127.3, 13127.31, and 13127.5 shall only be for the time necessary to complete the mandatory health effects studies.(b) Mandatory health effects studies shall be completed in accordance with the following timetable:(1) Forty-eight months for oncogenicity, chronic feeding, and reproduction studies.(2) Twenty-four months for teratogenicity and neurotoxicity studies.(3) Twelve months for mutagenicity studies.(c) A deferral of suspension of registration issued pursuant to Section 13127.5 shall be subject to an annual review by the director and shall be limited to the time necessary to complete the required studies, and shall in no case exceed four years with the time tolling from the date that the registrant petitioned for an extension.(d) Any extension of time for submission of the mandatory health effects studies granted pursuant to Section 13127.5 shall be canceled by June 15, 1993, and the registration suspended for the affected ingredient, if the registrant fails to initiate the required studies by June 15, 1992.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 199. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13128 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13128.

13128.  No applicant for registration or current registrant of a pesticide who proposes to purchase or purchases a registered pesticide from another producer in order to formulate the purchased pesticide into an end use product shall be required pursuant to Section 13127 to submit or cite mandatory health effect data pertaining to the safety of the purchased product or to offer to pay reasonable compensation for the use of any such data if the producer is engaged in fulfilling the requirements of Section 13127.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1083, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1989.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13129 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13129.

13129.  (a) If the director, after evaluation of the health effects study of an active ingredient, finds that a pesticide product containing the active ingredient presents significant adverse health effects, including reproduction, birth defects, or infertility abnormalities, the director shall take cancellation or suspension action against the product pursuant to Section 12825 or 12826.(b) The State Director of Health Services shall have access to mandatory health effects studies and other health effects studies on file at the Department of Food and Agriculture, and may, based upon the determination of the State Director of Health Services, provide advice, consultation, and recommendations concerning the risks to human health associated wth exposure to the substances tested.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 669, Sec. 1. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13130.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13130.3.

13130.3.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13127, the time permitted by the director for submitting data to fill a data gap shall be as follows: (1) For oncogenicity studies and chronic feeding studies, 48 months. (2) For reproduction studies, 48 months. (3) For teratogenicity and neurotoxicity studies, 24 months. (4) For mutagenicity studies, 12 months. The time permitted by the director for submitting data to fill a data gap shall commence upon the date the department notifies the registrant of the data gap. (b) Notwithstanding the time limit established in subdivision (a) for submitting data to fill a data gap, the department may, with the concurrence of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, grant an extension of time to complete the required studies, upon a written finding that events beyond the control of the persons responsible for submitting the data prevent submission of the data within the prescribed time, and that those persons have made a good faith effort to complete the studies within the prescribed time. Not more than one extension of time per data requirement may be granted to complete the required studies. The length of an extension granted pursuant to this subdivision shall be limited to the time necessary to complete the studies, not to exceed the length of time specified in subdivision (a) for conducting the studies.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 14.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13131.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13131.1.

13131.1.  (a) Not later than March 1, 1992, the director shall notify registrants of the data requirements, and the guidelines the director intends to use in reviewing studies submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13127, for all pesticide active ingredients other than those identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127. (b) Not later than 90 calendar days after the date of notification of the data requirements, each registrant shall do one of the following: (1) Inform the department, in a manner prescribed by the director, of how the registrant will comply with the data requirements. (2) File a written objection, accompanied by any supporting evidence and arguments, to all or part of the director’s notice of data requirements. The objection authorized by this paragraph shall be the exclusive opportunity for a registrant to object to the director’s notice of data requirements. (c) The director may consider and grant a request by a registrant to initiate the studies necessary to comply with the data requirements in accordance with a schedule established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In no event shall a registrant be authorized pursuant to this subdivision to initiate the studies necessary for that compliance after January 1, 1994.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1227, Sec. 4.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13131.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13131.2.

13131.2.  (a) Prior to March 1, 1992, or in response to a written objection filed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13131.1, the department may determine, with the concurrence of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, that one or more of the mandatory health effects studies are not required in order to evaluate pesticide active ingredients other than those identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127. This determination may be made only in accordance with one or more of the following criteria: (1) The ingredient has been classified as “Generally Recognized as Safe” by the United States Food and Drug Administration. (2) The study is not physically possible due to the nature of the ingredient. (3) The department has on file toxicological data that is adequate for the assessment of the potential adverse health effects of the ingredient, and the studies relied upon for that purpose are of the same study type, are scientifically valid, and, when taken together, are of a power and sensitivity equivalent to the studies that would be waived pursuant to this subdivision. (b) The director may, in conjunction with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, develop regulations for modification of mandatory health effects studies.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1227, Sec. 5.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13131.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13131.3.

13131.3.  If the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment does not concur with the determination of the department pursuant to Section 13131.2, the issue shall be decided by a majority of the membership of a panel consisting of the following persons:(a) An appointee of the State Director of Health Services who has expertise in toxicology. (b) An appointee of the President of the University of California who has expertise in toxicology. (c) An appointee of the Secretary for Environmental Protection who has expertise in toxicology.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1227, Sec. 6.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13131.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13131.4.

13131.4.  (a) On or before January 1, 1994, the director shall issue a final notice of data gaps required to be filled for all pesticide active ingredients other than those identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127. This notice shall be the department’s final determination of the data gaps required to be filled. (b) The time allowed under Section 13130.3 to fill the data gaps shall commence on the date that the final notice of data gaps is issued pursuant to subdivision (a), unless an extension is granted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 13130.3. (c) Not later than 90 calendar days after the date the final notice of data gaps is issued pursuant to subdivision (a), each registrant shall inform the department, in a manner prescribed by the director, how the registrant will fill the data gap, including a proposed schedule for initiation, completion, and submittal of all required studies.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1228, Sec. 16.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13131.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13131.5.

13131.5.  The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide containing an active ingredient for which the director notifies a registrant pursuant to Section 13131.1 and for which the registrant or data generator, in the judgment of the director, fails to respond appropriately or fails to provide evidence that it is taking appropriate steps to secure the data that are required pursuant to Section 13131.1 or the final notice of data gaps pursuant to Section 13131.4.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 764, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13133 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13133.

13133.  If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are severable.(Added by renumbering Section 13132 (as renumbered from 13130 by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1227) by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13135 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention|Section 13135.

13135.  The department and the State Department of Health Services shall jointly review the existing federal and state pesticide registration and food safety system and determine if the existing programs adequately protect infants and children from dietary exposure to pesticide residues. The review shall commence as early as possible in 1990, so that any policy or administrative adjustments determined to be necessary as a result of the joint review can be made on a timely basis. The department shall consult with the University of California and other qualified public and private entities in conducting the joint review. The joint review shall continue for a sufficient time in order to evaluate the report of infant exposure to pesticide residues, which is presently being undertaken by the National Academy of Sciences. Within six months of the official release of the National Academy of Sciences’ study, the department shall finalize a report describing the evaluation that was conducted pursuant to this section, including any recommendations for modification of the existing regulatory system in order to adequately protect infants and children.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 62. Effective October 12, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13141 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 15 - The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act|Section 13141.

13141.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the right of every citizen in this state to drink safe, potable, wholesome, and pure drinking water.(b) The health and economic prosperity of rural communities and individual farm families in the state are threatened by contaminated drinking water supplies because of their proximity to the use of pesticides.(c) Pesticide contaminants and other organic chemicals are being found at an ever increasing rate in underground drinking water supplies.(d) The United States Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that evidence of relatively localized levels of pesticide pollution should be treated as a warning of more widespread, future contamination.(e) Groundwater once polluted cannot be easily cleaned up; thus, there is a considerable potential that groundwater pollution will continue long after actions have been taken to restrict application of the pesticide to land.(f) Due to the potential widespread exposure to public drinking water supplies from pesticide applications to the land and the resultant risk to public health and welfare, the potential for pollution of groundwater due to pesticide use must be considered in the registration, renewal, and reregistration process.(g) It is the purpose of this article to prevent further pesticide pollution of the groundwater aquifers of this state which may be used for drinking water supplies.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1298, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 15 - The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act|Section 13142.

13142.  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Active ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 136 of Title 7 of the United States Code.(b) “Agricultural use” has the same meaning as defined in Section 11408.(c) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.(d) “Chemigation” means a method of irrigation whereby a pesticide is mixed with irrigation water before the water is applied to the crop or to the soil.(e) “Degradation product” means a substance resulting from the transformation of a pesticide by physicochemical or biochemical means.(f) “Groundwater protection data gap” means that, for a particular pesticide, the director, after study, has been unable to determine that each study required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 has been submitted or that each study submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 is valid, complete, and adequate.(g) “Henry’s Law constant” is an indicator of the escaping tendency of dilute solutes from water and is approximated by the ratio of the vapor pressure to the water solubility at the same temperature.(h) “Pesticide” is defined in Section 12753.(i) “Pesticide registrant” means a person that has registered a pesticide pursuant to this chapter.(j) “Pollute” means to introduce a pesticide product into the groundwaters of the state resulting in an active ingredient, other specified ingredient, or a degradation product of a pesticide above a level that does not cause adverse health effects, accounting for an adequate margin of safety.(k) “Pollution” means the consequence of polluting.(l) “Soil adsorption coefficient” is a measure of the tendency of pesticides, or their biologically active transformation products, to bond to the surfaces of soil particles.(m) “Soil microbial zone” means the zone of the soil below which the activity of microbial species is so reduced that it has no significant effect on pesticide breakdown.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 626, Sec. 1. (SB 1117) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 13144 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS|CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides|ARTICLE 15 - The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act|Section 13144.

13144.  (a) The department shall establish specific numerical values for water solubility, soil adsorption coefficient (Koc), hydrolysis, aerobic and anaerobic soil metabolism, and field dissipation. The values established by the department shall be at least equal to those established by the Environmental Protection Agency. The department shall revise the numerical values when the department finds that the revision is necessary to protect the groundwater of the state. The numerical values established or revised by the department shall always be at least as stringent as the values being used by the Environmental Protection Agency at the time the values are established or revised by the department.(b) On or before December 31, 2004, and updated at least annually thereafter, the director shall post the following information on the department’s Internet Web site for each pesticide registered for agricultural use and during years that specific numerical values are revised:(1) A list of each active ingredient, other specified ingredient, or degradation product of an active ingredient of a pesticide for which there is a groundwater protection data gap.(2) The Groundwater Protection List established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 13145.(3) For each pesticide listed pursuant to paragraph (2) for which information is available, a list of the amount sold in California during the most recent year for which sales information is available and where and for what purpose the pesticide was used, when this information is available in the pesticide use report.(c) The department shall determine, to the extent possible, the toxicological significance of the pesticides listed in the Groundwater Protection List.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 626, Sec. 2. (SB 1117) Effective January 1, 2015.)