DPR’s Enforcement Branch:

Partnership with CAC’S, and current issues

2012 CAC Oral Exam Review Webinar27 January 2012

Michael Zeiss, Senior Environmental Scientistmzeiss@cdpr.ca.gov

“Is this going to be on the test?”

• My focus today: CAC core responsibilities for pesticide use enforcement (your partnership with DPR’s Enforcement Branch)

• Excellent resources for guidance / study:o DPR website http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/county/comenu.htm

(“Enforcement”, then “CAC”) - - especially,

• Pesticide laws and regs are complex (prod ag, non-prod ag . . .)

• I don’t know

o Enforcement Branch Liaisons (EBL’s) - - “a real person”

o Pesticide Use Enforcement Program Standards Compendium

Shared authority for regulating pesticide use

U.S. EPAFIFRA delegates primary enforcement authority to states

DPRFAC 2281FAC 11501.5FAC 12977FAC 12982FAC 14004.5FAC 15201Cooperative Agreement* between U.S. EPA, DPR, and CACASA (County Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Assoc.)

CAC’s

* View online at http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/enf_auth.htm

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SPCB

Fish &Game

CDFAMOU’s

Branches within DPR1. Pesticide Product Registration2. Product Compliance3. Pest Management and Licensing4. Environmental Monitoring5. Worker Health and Safety6. Medical Toxicology7. Enforcement

DPR Enforcement Branch key functions:1. Develop standards for safe pesticide use, including laws, regulations,

and guidance (Compendium, Enforcement Letters, etc.)

2. Conduct outreach and training• Compliance assistance for regulated community• Training for CAC’s (new regs, structural, Compendium, etc.)

3. Oversee and evaluate county pesticide enforcement programs, to ensure consistency and effectiveness

• Oversight inspections with CAC inspectors• Effectiveness evaluation at least every 3 years (3 CCR 6394)

4. Monitor and enforce pesticide residues for food safety5. Compile and analyze data for accountability and

continuous improvement, including:

• County PUE Statistical Profiles http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/county/enf_stat_profile.htm

• Summary of CAC Civil Penalties for PUE http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/admnacts/cvlpnlty.htm

Key pesticide enforcement functions of CAC’s“CAC’s serve as the primary enforcement agentsfor State pesticide laws and regulations.” *

* Regulating Pesticides: The California Story, Chapter 7. http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/dprguide1.htm

• Restricted materials permitting

• Compliance monitoringo Surveillanceo Inspectionso Investigations

• Enforcement response, including levying penalties

• Register licensed businesses and individuals (ag PCB, structural PCB, pilot, PCA)

• Receive and process pesticide use reports

• Training and compliance assistance

= three core program elements for effectiveness evaluation (Enforcement Letter ENF 2008-18)

CAC enforcement function #1:

Restricted Materials PermittingKey duties:• Evaluate application for health, environmental impacts

(including endangered species, schools, organic crops, etc.)

• If needed, impose conditions to mitigate adverse effects• Deny permit if cannot be mitigated (ensure due process)• Review Notices of Intent (time-specific “functional equivalency” to CEQA)

• Pre-application inspections of at least 5%

Key references:• Restricted Materials and Permitting (Vol. 3 of Compendium) http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/rstrct_mat.htm

• FAC 15204.5 (d) - - notifications of structural fumigations

CAC enforcement function #2:

Compliance Monitoring

• Inspections, including applications, headquarters, and fieldworkers (9 inspection forms, some with multiple types)

Key references:• Inspection Procedures (Vol. 4 of Compendium) http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_4/inspect_procedures.htm

• Investigation Procedures (Vol. 5 of Compendium) http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_5/invstprc.htm

Key duties:• Allocating your resources - - prioritizing surveillance and inspections

• Investigations (complaints, episodes, illnesses/injuries, mis-use indicated by illegal residues)

Investigating complaints or episodes

• Triggered by:– Complaint from citizen or employee (written or oral)– “Doctor’s First” report (including from DPR’s WHS Branch)

– Pesticide Episode Notification Record (PENR)– news media report– other (surveillance, inspection, etc.)

• Prevent additional exposure / damage• Inform relevant agencies• Develop investigation plan• Determine whether pesticide involved, and whether violation occurred• Identify the violator• Obtain evidence to prove his/her culpability (“elements of the violation”)

CAC enforcement function #3:

Enforcement ResponseKey duties:• Classifying violations, and selecting appropriate response (ERR)

Key references:• Enforcement Response regulations (3 CCR 6128 and 6130)• Restricted Materials and Permitting (Vol. 3 of Compendium) - -

Chapter 9 (Grounds for Refusal, Revocation, and Suspension)Chapter 10 (Due Process Related to Permits)

Though written about permits, also useful guidance for enforcement actions http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/enforce/compend/vol_3/rstrct_mat.htm

• Compliance or enforcement actions, ensuring due process• Compliance interview• Civil penalties• Prohibit harvest order (FAC 12672)• Refuse, suspend, or revoke county registration• Referral to DPR, DA, or Attorney General

• Hearings if requested

Online soon:Enforcement Toolbox (Vol. 6)Hearings Source Book (Vol. 7)

Key pesticide enforcement functions of CAC’s“CAC’s serve as the primary enforcement agentsfor State pesticide laws and regulations.” *

* Regulating Pesticides: The California Story, Chapter 7. http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pressrls/dprguide1.htm

• Restricted materials permitting

• Compliance monitoringo Surveillanceo Inspectionso Investigations (complaints, episodes, illnesses/injuries, mis-use indicated by illegal residues)

• Enforcement response, including levying penalties

• Register licensed businesses and individuals (ag PCB, structural PCB, pilot, PCA)

• Receive and process pesticide use permits

• Training and compliance assistance

= three core program elements for effectiveness evaluation (Enforcement Letter ENF 2008-18)

Some current PUE issues that will affect “all” CAC’s

• Soil fumigants: new labels, CA regs, CA permit conditionshttp://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/emon/methbrom/mb_main.htm

• Continuing need to protect ag workers

• Surface water, including proposed regs for urban usersIdentify pesticides that may contaminate surface water, and require pest control businesses, including maintenance gardeners, that apply these pesticides to minimize that contamination. http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/legbills/rulepkgs/11-004/11-004.htm (comment period closed 12/12/2011)

• Emerging pests: bedbugs, citrus psyllid, etc.

• Setting priorities during tough times: How to allocate staff to keep your PUE program effective

(what is mandated to do, vs. what would be nice to do?)

The big picture: regulatory authority----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Level Elements regulated Authority----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Federal Pesticide products (registration, FIFRA (Federal Insecticide,

(U.S. EPA) labels, restricted use classification) Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)

Certification / training of applicators Worker Protection Standard (REI, PPE, notification, decontamination, emergency care)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. EPA Tolerances for pesticide residues FFDCA (Federal Food, Drug,

and FDA in food commodities and Cosmetic Act)

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“Stateprimacy”

State Pesticide registration FIFRA and(DPR) Certification of applicators FAC (California Food and

Enforcement of Worker Prot. Std. Agricultural Code)

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