Compliance Assistance - Laws and Regulations

Compliance Guide for Employers and Businesses (PDF, 142 kb) – Overview of pesticide laws and regulations governing pesticide use
California laws governing pesticide registration and use
- Compliance handouts on recent legislation
California regulations
- Regulations (links to DPR’s existing, recently adopted, emergency, and proposed regulations)
- Dormant spray rules – information and resources
- Field fumigant restrictions to reduce VOCs – information and resources
- Ground water regulations – information and resources
- Pesticide use reporting
- Respiratory protection regulations - information and resources
Federal laws and regulations
- FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (primary federal law governing pesticide licensing and use)
  - Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
- Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
- Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) – governments pesticide residue levels in food and feed crops
- Guide to federal pesticide laws and regulations – National Pesticide Information Center