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The California Department of Pesticide Regulation, also known as DPR or CDPR, is one of six boards and departments of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA). The stated mission of DPR is "to protect human health and the environment by regulating pesticide sales and use, and by fostering reduced-risk pest management."
California controls applicator licensing and pesticide registration at the state level. Enforcement and compliance of pesticide regulations occurs at the county level by the County Agricultural Commission (CAC). [26] In 2015, the DPR set regulation of the pesticide chloropicrin higher than the EPA. [27]
Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) The California Integrated Waste Management Board, that focused on recycling and waste ...
She said California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has wide latitude to evaluate pesticides for safety "so pesticide-specific legislation … that supersedes this process was unnecessary."
California Department of Pesticide Regulation; Circle of Poison; F. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
On June 10, 2009, The Senate Environmental Quality Committee voted to recommend that OEHHA be kept intact and expanded with the addition of California Department Pesticide Regulation's risk assessment activities, California Department of Toxic Substances Control's hazard evaluation functions, and lead roles in the children's health initiative ...
The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) identifies the type of requirements that must be satisfied to obtain the proper license needed to purchase and apply restricted use pesticide. [2] The process required to obtain a pest control licenses is regulated by a combination of state laws, federal laws, common law, and private company policies.
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