Revised Training Dates and Locations for Restricted Materials And Permitting, Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium Volume III

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has recently mailed out to all County Agricultural Commissioners the newly developed Restricted Materials and Permitting (Volume III) of the Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium. As stated in ENF 06-027, DPR will conduct training sessions for County Agricultural Commissioners staff as follows.

Please note dates for the Los Angeles, Fresno, and Monterey areas have changed.

Sacramento Area
November 7, 2006
Cooperative Extension Auditorium
4145 Branch Center Road
Sacramento, California 95827

Modesto Area
November 8, 2006
Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner´s Office
Harvest Hall Room DE
3800 Cornucopia Way, Suite B
Modesto, CA 95355

Central Valley Area (new date and location)
November 15, 2006
UC Cooperative Extension Conference Room
1720 South Maple
Fresno, California 93702

Coastal Area (new date and location)
November 16, 2006
Monterey County Agricultural Center
Richard W. Nutter Conference Room
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, California 93901

Los Angeles Area (new date)
December 6, 2006
Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner´s Office
12300 Lower Azusa Road
Arcadia, California 91006-5872

Bay Area
December 12, 2006
Contra Costa County Agricultural Commissioner´s Office
2366″ A” Stanwell Circle
Concord, California 94520

Northern California
December 14, 2006
Shasta County Agricultural Commissioner´s Office
3179 Bechelli Lane, Suite 210
Redding, California 96002

San Diego Area
January 9, 2007
San Diego County Agricultural Commissioner´s Office
5555 Overland Avenue, Building 3
San Diego, California 92123-1292

Riverside Area
January 10, 2007
Coachella Valley Water Forbes Auditorium
85-995 Avenue 52 and Hwy 111
Coachella, California 92236

Santa Barbara Area
January 17, 2007
Lake Cachuma Conference Room
Off Hwy 154 between Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California

The training session is scheduled to run from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm.

We have limited seating in each location so persons interested in attending the training session must contact the Enforcement Branch Liaison assigned to their county to register no later than two weeks prior to any training date.

Please review the Restricted Materials and Permitting Manual before attending so the training exercises and scenarios will help you understand the updated policies and procedures in this manual. We highly recommend attendees have had some prior experience in evaluation and issuing of Restricted Materials Permits.

Attendees must bring a hard copy of the newly developed Restricted Materials and Permitting manual to the training session. DPR staff will not have copies available. The manual is available on-line at www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/rstrct_mat.htm

If you have any questions, please contact your Enforcement Branch Liaison.

Sincerely,