Pesticide Enforcement Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

1. Pesticide Enforcement Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Karen Stahlman Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office January 15, 2011

2. Overview • Background – Historical Perspective • Pesticide Issues Today & Tomorrow • Opportunities Ahead Photo: Flickr / Jill Greenseth

3. Health Monitoring Environment Risk Assessment Right To Know Laws And Regulations Risk Mgt. & Mitigation Alternatives Reduced Risk Public Perception Enforcement

4. Soil Fumigants

5. Pat Brown Governor Ronald Regan Governor 1960’s – 1970’s Right To Know Environment • Environmental Movement • Heightened Awareness • Environmental consequences of pollution • DDT • Public Right-To-Know • Freedom of Information Act • California Public Records Act • NEPA/CEQA – CA RM Permit System • EPA Established • State & federal environmental legislation enacted • water, air, pesticides • DBCP cancelled – ground water/reproductive effects • Proposition 13 Jarvis-Gann Amendment • Huge negative impact on county budgets Monitoring Laws And Regulation

6. Jerry Brown Governor Richard Rominger Director CDFA 1980’s Health • Health Concerns - • Med Fly in SF Bay Area • Restricted Material Permit Appeals • 2, 4-D timber Mendocino, Humbolt & Trinity • “Data Gaps” “Risk Assessment” • Reregistration of older pesticides • CA Toxic Air Contaminant Act • CA Birth Defect Prevention Act • CA Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act • FIFRA Amendments • Right-to-know Risk Assessment Right To Know Monitoring

7. G. Deukmejian, Governor Clare Berryhill Secretary CDFA 1980’s Health Environment • Food Safety Issues • Aldicarb on watermelons in CA • Alar on apples in WA • Tolerances / Delany Clause • Enforcement Authority • Ag Civil Penalties • Environmental Concerns • Endangered Species • EDB Cancelled – groundwater contamination • Montreal Protocol • Proposition 65 • Ordram / Bolero Rice Herbicides Enforcement Public Perception Laws And Regulation

8. Pete Wilson Governor Henry Voss Secretary CDFA 1990’s Right To Know Alternatives Reduced Risk • 100% Pesticide Use Reporting • 1,3-D permits suspended in CA • Metam Sodium Task Force – TIB • Med Fly in Los Angeles • CalEPA Established • Metam Sodium spill Dunsmuir CA • Hazard Communication Regs. • Multimedia Enforcement Strategies • IPM Innovator Health Risk Assessment Monitoring Enforcement Jack Schrock, Secty Cal EPA Jim Wells Director, DPR

9. Pete Wilson Governor Ann Veneman Secretary CDFA 1990’s Enforcement Risk Management • IPM in schools • Federal Clean Air Act Amendments • VOCs; State Implementation Plans • 1,3-D Reintroduced • Enforcement Guidelines • Negotiated Workplans • Food Quality Protection Act • Surface Water Quality Issues • MeBr permit conditions – acute exposures • RM Permit appeals • MeBr strawberries • Federal Worker Protection Standard • Hepatitis A frozen strawberries Baja CA, Mexico Laws And Regulation Right To Know Alternatives Reduced Risk Monitoring Jack Schrock, Secty Cal EPA Jim Wells Director, DPR

10. Gray Davis Governor Bill Lyons Secretary CDFA 2000’s Health • Transparent Government • Increased Enforcement • Enforcement program assessment • Healthy Schools Act • MeBr • CA law suit: subchronic exposure • Metam & Chloropicrin • Conditional Ag Waivers • Lompoc Air Monitoring • 1,3-D Management Plan Risk Assessment Risk Management Laws And Regulation Alternatives Reduced Risk Enforcement Right To Know Winston Hickox, Secty Cal EPA Paul Helliker Director, DPR

11. A. Schwarzenegger Governor A.G. Kawamura Secretary CDFA 2000’s Perception • Application to register MeI • MeBr • EPA Soil Fumigant Cluster Assessment • Air: State Implementation Plan VOC reduction • Endangered Species law suits • DPR Surface Water Program • DPR Dormant Spray Regulations • EJ Parlier Project (Air) • Spinach e-coli outbreak Risk Mgt Health Env Monitoring Laws And Regulation Enforcement T. Tamminen / A. Lloyd, Sectys Cal EPA Mary Ann Warmerdam Director, DPR

12. A. Schwarzenegger Governor A.G. Kawamura Secretary CDFA 2000’s Enforcement • Enforcement Response Regulations • California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement • Endangered Species Act Law Suit – SF Bay • LBAM Aerial Spraying • Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo Law suit • Aquatic Buffer Zones on Labeling • EPA Soil Fumigant Label Changes • Metam Conditions • MeBr Township Cap Public Perception Laws And Regulation Health Risk Management Environment Linda Adams, Secty Cal EPA Mary Ann Warmerdam Director, DPR

13. Pesticide Issues Today & Tomorrow Jerry Brown Governor • Fumigants • MeI • MeBr Township Cap • New Label Requirements • Sulfuryl fluoride tolerance revocation • Water • DPR Surface Water Regulations • Buffers • Air • VOCs • DPR Pesticide Air Monitoring Network Karen Ross Secretary CDFA Linda Adams ? Secty Cal EPA Mary Ann Warmerdam ? Director, DPR

14. Pesticide Issues Today & Tomorrow • Legislature / Court Cases / Cal-EPA Directives • AB 1721 Pesticides School Zones • AB 2595 Irrigated Agriculture / Op Ids • SB 1157 Healthy Schools Act 2010 • Washington Toxics Endangered Species Act Buffers • Center for Bio Diversity ESA Buffers SF Bay • Methyl Iodide > Earth Justice / CRLA • State Air and Water Boards • Regional Boards

15. Pesticide Issues Today & Tomorrow • Food Safety • Conflicts with good agricultural practices • Zero tolerance • Public Activism / Activation • Interaction vs Reaction • Working with the people we serve • Invasive Pests • Enforcement • Enforcement Response Regulation changes

16. Many Opportunities Ahead

17. BuildingLasting Relationships Effective Communication Health Monitoring Environment Risk Assessment Right To Know Laws And Regulations Risk Mgt. & Mitigation Alternatives Reduced Risk Public Perception Enforcement