Updates to Volume 3, Restricted Materials and Permitting, Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium

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 are also 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.

Effective December 20, 2008, two pesticides, magnesium phosphide and phosphine gas, are added to Title 3, California Code of Regulations section 6400(e). A separate letter will provide additional information. The updated chart, PR-ENF-013a (Rev. 12/08) is attached. In the mean time, the chart currently in the manual, PR-ENF-013a (Rev. 7/08), remains valid until December 20.

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. Remove the old sections from the manual and insert the new sections:

• Table of Contents (2 pages)
• Appendix B, California Restricted Materials Requirements (1 page):
  • Adds Magnesium phosphide and Phosphine gas; and
  • Corrects the spelling of 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA).
• Appendix C, Department of Pesticide Regulation Recommended Permit Conditions (3 pages):
  • Appendix C.2.1.1, Data Reporting Guidelines for the Rice Pesticide Program (inserted after page C-13). The California Rice Commission will contact rice-growing counties directly to obtain inspection data, and compliance and enforcement action data.

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

Sincerely,