Department of Pesticide Regulation

UPDATES TO VOLUME 3, RESTRICTED MATERIALS AND PERMITTING, PESTICIDE USE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM STANDARDS COMPENDIUM: 1, 3-D USING TOTALLY IMPERMEABLE FILM FOR STRIP SHANK APPLICATIONS

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:

• Volume 3 - Restricted Materials and Permitting Updates, Replacement Page Instructions, September 2014 | Update 2
  • Provides information updated in the manual
• Appendix C, Section C.7, Subsection C.7.1, Part 7.1.3, Calculating Adjusted Total Pounds
  • On page C-113, added information on the Strip fumigation method to Table 1, Determining the Application Factor (AF)

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

cc:    Mr. Joe Marade, DPR Agricultural Commissioner Liaison
         Mr. Vic Acosta, DPR Senior Environmental Scientist
         Ms. Pamela Wofford, DPR Environmental Program Manager I
         Enforcement Branch Liaison