Updates to Volume 3, Restricted Materials and Permitting, Compendium, Including Rice Pesticides

This letter announces the availability of, and summarizes updates to, Volume 3, Restricted Materials and Permitting, one of eight volumes of the Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium. Updates are enclosed and will be available online at the link provided below. Please have your staff begin using these updates as soon as possible. Hard copies of the updates will not be distributed.

To print the revised portions of the manual, select from the enclosures or go to www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/rstrct_mat.htm. It is recommended the sections be printed back-to-back, where applicable. For best results, print each chapter and appendix separately. Remove the old sections from the manual and insert the new sections.

The revisions pertain to rice pesticides and to other miscellaneous items.

• Volume 3 – Replacement Page Instructions, June 2014
  • Provides information updated in the manual, page B-1
• Appendix B, California Restricted Materials Requirements (quick reference chart)
  • Updated and reformatted form #DPR-ENF-13A
• Appendix C, DPR Recommended Permit Conditions Overview
  • Updated the Overview, page C-1
• Appendix C, Section C.2, Recommended Permit Conditions for Rice Pesticides
  • Updated “About this section,” content pertaining to Methyl Parathion, and League® MVP, pages C-4 to C-9
  • Removed Bolero® 15-G and Methyl Parathion from the Table B summary; added League® MVP, page C-11
• Appendix C, Subsection C.2.1.1, Data Reporting Guidelines for the Rice Pesticide Program
  • Under Reporting inspection, compliance, and enforcement action data, updated thiobencarb information, page C-13.1; updated contact information (note new address) on page 13.2
  • Designated the Annual Rice Reporting Information as Form C; deleted Bolero 15G; added Bolero® UltraMax and League® MVP, and updated the contact information, page C-13.3
• Appendix C, Subsection C.2.3
  • Deleted Methyl Parathion and designated a placeholder, page C-15
• Appendix C, Subsection C.2.5, Suggested Permit Conditions for Phenoxy/Dicamba
  • Revised suggested permit conditions from pertaining to all non-orchard sites to pertain only to “rice,” page C-20
• Appendix C, Section C.4, Placeholder – for future use. Formerly Suggested Permit Conditions for Carbofuran (Furadan)
  • Deleted Carbofuran (Furadan) and designated a placeholder, page C-28

If you have any questions, please contact the Enforcement Branch Liaison assigned to your county.

Sincerely,