Department of Pesticide Regulation

2007 RICE PESTICIDES PROGRAM

Beginning this year, the Department of Pesticide Regulation´s recommended Rice Pesticide Permit Conditions for 2007 can now be found in the Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium; Volume III - Restricted Materials and Permitting. The 2007 permit conditions remain substantially the same as last year and include:

• Appendix C.1 - General Drift Minimization
• Appendix C.7 - Rice Pesticides
  • Subsection C.7.1 - Instructions to County Agricultural Commissioners on Rice Pesticide Permit Issuance
  • Subsection C.7.2 - General Water-Holding
  • Subsection C.7.3 - Methyl Parathion (Buffer Zone, Water Management)
  • Subsection C.7.4 - Molinate (Water Management, Worker Safety)
  • Subsection C.7.5 - Phenoxy/Dicamba Herbicides (Drift Minimization)
  • Subsection C.7.6 - Thiobencarb (Drift Minimization, Water Management)
  • Subsection C.7.7 - Malathion (Water Management)

Download these documents from: www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/append_c.pdf

On March 15, 2007, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board approved Resolution R5-2007-0018 requiring continued management practices for rice pesticides. Download the Resolution from: www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/board_decisions/adopted_orders/index.shtml

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

cc:   Mr. Tim Johnson, California Rice Commission
        Ms. Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission
        Mr. Rudy Schnagl, Canteral Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
        Mr. James Shattuck, County Agricultural Commissioner Liaison