1 / 39

California Department of Pesticide Regulation Sidney Bastura Department of Pesticide Regulation

Learn about the functions and oversight of the DPR Enforcement Branch in regulating pesticide use to protect human health and the environment in California.

robynj
Download Presentation

California Department of Pesticide Regulation Sidney Bastura Department of Pesticide Regulation

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. California Department of Pesticide Regulation Sidney Bastura Department of Pesticide Regulation Enforcement Branch

  2. DPR: Lead Agency for Pesticides California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is part of the California Environmental Protection Agency • Our mission: • To protect human health and the environment • by regulating pesticide sales and use, and • by fostering reduced-risk pest management

  3. What is a pesticide?? • “Pesticide” includes any of the following: • (a) Any spray adjuvant. • (b) Any substance, or mixture of substances which is intended to be used for defoliating plants, regulating plant growth, or for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, as defined in Section 12754.5 (Pest)), which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, man, animals, or households, or be present in any agricultural or nonagricultural environment whatsoever.

  4. Pesticides Include:

  5. Shared Authority U.S. EPA FIFRAdelegates primary enforcement authority to states (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) MOU’s DPR CDFA DIR FAC 2281 FAC 11501.5 FAC 12977 FAC 12982 FAC 14004.5 FAC 15201 Cooperative Agreement* between U.S. EPA, DPR, and CACASA (County Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Assoc.) SPCB Fish & Game CAC’s * View online at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/enf_auth.htm

  6. DPR’s Program Enforcement Human Health Assessment Pest Management and Licensing Environmental Monitoring Worker Health and Safety Pesticide Registration Structural Pest Control Board

  7. Enforcement • Headquarters Office • Three Regional Offices • West Sacramento • Clovis • Anaheim • Use enforcement implemented by 55 County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC)

  8. Functions Within Enforcement

  9. CAC Pesticide Use Enforcement CAC activities: • Issue permits for restricted-use agricultural pesticides; • Facilitate and enforce pesticide use reporting • Conduct inspections and investigations to protect worker safety; and • Take enforcement action when violations are found.

  10. CAC Pesticide Use Enforcement Inspection Types: • Pre-Application Site Evaluation • Pesticide Applications • Agriculture • Structural

  11. Types of Inspections • Pre-application Site Inspection • Fieldworker Safety Inspections • Pesticide Use Monitoring Inspections • Structural Inspections • Pest Control Business and Owner/Operator Records Review

  12. Enforcement Investigations

  13. Pesticide Use Enforcement • DPR oversees and directs CAC activities: • Develop work plans • Inspection/investigation training • Compliance and enforcement response • Program evaluations

  14. DPR Oversight Inspections

  15. Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner • Top Commodities of 2017 • Grapes • Pears • Nursery Stock • Hay • Corn • Cherries

  16. Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner In 2016, approximately 180,000 acres of urban land

  17. Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner In 2016, approximately 360,000 acres of agricultural land

  18. Functions Within Enforcement

  19. Enforcement – Food Safety Food Safety Program – • Ensure pesticide residues on raw produce are in compliance with U.S. EPA tolerances • Samples collected “throughout the channels of trade”: • Wholesale and retail outlets • Distribution centers • Farmers’ markets

  20. Residues and Tolerances • Residue = actual amount of pesticide detected • Tolerance = maximum amount of residue allowed (most countries call “MRL”) • Tolerances are set by U.S. EPA and published in the Code of Federal Regulations (title 40, part 180) • U.S. EPA establishes a tolerance for a particular pesticide on a particular food crop before California approves the use of that pesticide on that crop.

  21. Residues and Tolerances • US EPA tolerances are established based on the toxicity of the pesticide, how much and how often the pesticide is applied and how much of the pesticide remains in or on the commodity. • Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program (CPRMP) enforces U.S. EPA tolerances. • In 2017, DPR imposed $208,000 in civil penalties against five produce companies with a history of recurring illegal pesticide residue violations.

  22. What do we test? We test “produce” in its raw or natural state intended for consumer use without any or further processing.

  23. Commodity Criteria • Highly Consumed by Infants & Children • Select commodities and sampling sites to reflect differences in consumption patterns among ethnic and socioeconomic groups. • Recent history of illegal residues • Commodities known to use pesticides which may cause cancer or birth defects.

  24. DPRStaff Collect Samples “throughout the channels of trade” Retail Outlets Wholesale

  25. DPRStaff Collect Samples DistributionCenters

  26. DPRStaff Collect Samples Farmers’ Markets Roadside Bodegas

  27. DPR contracts with the California Department of Food & Agriculture to analyze ~3600 samples yearly

  28. Pesticide Residue Analysis • LCMSMS and GCMSMS Screens • > 400 pesticide residues detected

  29. Let’s Take a Look at the Numbers! 2017

  30. Sampling in 2017

  31. Origins of Samples • Commodities sampled originated from 28 countries • 60% of the samples were domestically (U.S.) grown produce (2,208 samples) • 39% of the samples were imported produce (1,428 samples) • the remaining 1%, (59 samples) were of undetermined origin

  32. Illegal Residues Origins Sacramento County: 510 samples collected 19 violations found

  33. Functions Within Enforcement

  34. Product Compliance Program • Two main goals: • Marketplace equity • Consumer protection

  35. Marketplace Equity • Ensure products offered for sale are registered in California • Marketplace Surveillance Inspections (MSI) • Producer Establishment Inspections (PEI)

  36. Marketplace Equity • Violation examples • Unregistered pesticides • Claims, ingredient, –OR– intent, without obtaining federal and state registration • Misbranded pesticides • Registered pesticide with a label that differs from the label on file with DPR • Exempt pesticides • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 152.25 • California Code of Regulations Title 3. Food and Agriculture (3 CCR) section 6147

  37. Marketplace Surveillance Inspections • Sites • Statewide inspections • Retail and wholesale establishments • Agricultural dealers • Any location that may sell pesticide products • Sacramento County: • 47 Inspections Conducted • 15 Follow Up Actions Required

  38. Any Questions about DPR Enforcement? For more information go to: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov

More Related