The Pesticide Use Enforcement Division provides for the proper, safe, and efficient use of pesticides essential for production of food and fiber and for protection of the public health and safety. It also protects the environment from potentially harmful pesticides by prohibiting, regulating or ensuring proper stewardship of pesticides. An important component of the program focuses on agricultural and pest control workers, ensuring safe working conditions, use of proper protective equipment and training for employees who work with or around pesticides. Other components of the program include pesticide use reporting, incident investigations, outreach activities promoting best management practices, and monitoring applications in the field.

Summary Section Links

• Conditions
• Handouts
• Incident Reporting
• Maps
• Meetings/Training/Events
• New Paraquat Label Requirements
• Other Forms
• Respirator Regulations
• Rice Permit Conditions
• Training Tools
• Use Report Forms

Dear Growers and PCA’s,

As we enter into the 2021 pesticide permit season, California’s County Agricultural Commissioners want to make you aware of some new information that will be required prior to issuing you a restricted materials permit. Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), section 6426 requires a permit applicant (grower) and pest control advisers to consider feasible alternatives to the use of restricted materials before applying for a restricted material permit with the county agricultural commissioner (CAC). What that means is that starting in 2021, you will need to provide your CAC with documentation that you have considered non-restricted alternatives to each restricted material that you place on your permit. Specifically, you should consider the following:

• Effectiveness (consider: broad control vs. selectivity, allowable applications per season, delivery mechanism, etc.)
• Reliability (consider: weather effects, resistance development, effects of other species such as argentine ants when attempting to control mealybugs, etc.)
• Economic Factors (consider: cost-benefit of application, quality metrics, harvest timing, trade restrictions, etc.)
• Environmental Factors (consider: how alternative could avoid or substantially lessen any significant environmental effect)
• Social Factors (consider: nearby buildings or institutions, availability of labor and PPE, likeliness of drift, etc.)
• Technological Factors (consider: delivery mechanism, type of sprayer available, acreage and topography, automation, etc.)

The CAC will consider the information you provided above in its independent review of your permit application and in the CAC’s consideration of feasible alternatives and mitigation measures, per Title 3, CCR section 6432. We know that this new requirement will create an added workload, but pledge to do our best to work with you to ensure that you can continue to protect your crops while maintaining full compliance with California’s pesticide laws and regulations. Please contact your local CAC for more information.

• Alternatives Worksheet Applicant Information
• Alternatives Worksheet Template
• CAC Alternatives FAQ

New labeling states that paraquat handlers, mixers and loaders must now be a certified applicator and must complete the online paraquat EPA training module. Paraquat Dichloride products that enter the market place after November 14th, 2019 are required to have the new labels; some older product may still be in the channels of trade. The EPA training module certification can be found at:

https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/paraquat-dichloride-training-certified-applicators

Please provide a copy of your or your employee’s certification to our office.

Beewhere is a real-time mapping system where users can mark hives with a simple pin drop in the field. This also allows for easy notification of pesticide applications.

Learn more at beewherecalifornia.com

If this is an emergency and pesticides endanger people's health, call 911.

Please contact (530) 822-7307 if a Pesticide incident occurs after business hours or on weekends.

Si ocurre un incidente de pesticida despues del horario de oficina o fines de semana, favor de comunicarse al (530) 822-7307.

• Sutter County Complaint Form
• Community Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Pesticide Problems (available in Spanish)

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has launched a new mobile app CASPIR (California's System for Pesticide Incident Reporting) which provides a quick and easy way to report pesticide incidents in California from mobile phones and tablets

https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/dept/quicklinks/caspir.htm (available in Spanish)

For environmental complaints beyond pesticides (in English and Spanish) please visit https://calepacomplaints.secure.force.com/complaints/Complaint (available in Spanish)

Download the app: (For Apple)(For Android)

• Grower's Factsheet
• Permit Conditions
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation – Addressing Pesticide Applications Near Schools

• CalAgPermits Login

Create a CalAgPermits User Name and Password at calagpermits.org in order to quickly submit Use Reports and Notices of Intent. While we encourage the use of CalAgPermits for all report submissions, paper versions can be delivered to our office or emailed to [email protected]

• 7-Day Pesticide Use Report
• Monthly Summary Pesticide Use Reports
• Production Ag Pesticide Use Report
• Notice of Intent

• Dormant Spray Regulations
• Phenoxy Permit Conditions
• Sutter County General Permit Conditions

• Agricultural Pest Control Operator Handout
• Farm Labor Contractor Handout
• Farm Labor Contractor Registration Form
• Landscape Maintenance/Gardener Handout
• Pest Control Advisors' Handout
• Pesticide Authorization Use Form
• Pilot Handout
• Structural Operators Handout
• Structural Registration Form (Branch 1)
• Structural Registration Form (Branches 2 and 3)
• Sutter County Registration Form (PCB, MGB, PCA, PILOT)

Pesticide Use Enforcement Newsletter

• Pesticide Newsletter 08/09
• Pesticide Newsletter 09/10
• Pesticide Newsletter 10/11
• Pesticide Newsletter 12/13
• Pesticide Newsletter 13/14
• Pesticide Newsletter 15/16
• Pesticide Newsletter 16/17
• Pesticide Newsletter 17/18
• Pesticide Newsletter 18/19
• Pesticide Newsletter 19/20

• California Department of Pesticide Regulations Endangered Species Project
• Ground Water Protection Area Mitigation Methods
• Pesticide Storage & Disposal Requirements
• Public Information Request
• Steps to Avoid Penalties

• Cal OHSA Small Entity Compliance Guide
• Guidelines for a Respirator Protection Program with Medical Evaluation Form - English
• Overview of New Respirator Regulations
• Respirator Medical Evaluation Form - Spanish
• Respiratory Protection Requirements CCR 6739
• Respiratory Protection Written Program
• Voluntary Respirator Use Posting

• Corteva Cyhalofop-butyl Ground Rig Certification 2021
• Cyhalofop-butyl Permit Conditions
• Online Thiobencarb Stewardship Training
• Mandatory Pesticide Use Limitations for Thiobencarb
• Phenoxy Permit Conditions - Revised 2009
• Propanil Aerial Permit Conditions
• Propanil Ground Application Beyond 1/2 Mile of Prunes
• Propanil Ground Application Within 1/2 Mile of Prunes
• Bispyribac-sodium Ground Permit Conditions
• Bispyribac-sodium Air Permit Conditions
• Thiobencarb Water Holding Conditions

• Phenoxy Buffers 2021
• Propanil Buffers (Robbins Basin 2021)
• Propanil Buffers (South County 2021)
• Bispyribac-Sodium Buffers (South County 2021)

• 2016 Closed Mixing Systems Requirement
• CDPR - Laws & Regulations Study Guide (2011)
• CDPR Translated Publications
• Compliance Assistance Booklet Series
• Employee Safety Checklist
• Fact Sheet Directory (available in multiple languages)
• Pesticide Safety Information Series (available in multiple languages)
• Pesticide Safety Training Record - Field Worker
• Pesticide Safety Training Record - Handler
• Pesticide Safety Training Videos (Bilingual)
• Written Pesticide Safety Training Program

Kill The Bug Recycle The Jug

• 2021 Pesticide Container Recycle Days

We have recycled 97,753 pounds of pesticide containers in 2020! We now have recycled over a million pounds of pesticide containers since 2007!! Good job Sutter County growers, and thank you for participating.

Classes

IMPORTANT: All Private Applicator Certificate holders are required to obtain six hours of continuing education hours every three years; of which two hours must be in Laws and Regulations. The Sutter County Agricultural Commissioner's Office will host four meetings starting in November to assist in this requirement . Each class will be worth three hours of continuing education hours, pending approval. The 2020 Continuing Education Schedule will be released in October.

• CDPR Approved and Pending Continuing Education Classes
• Private Applicator Card Holders

Contact Sutter County Agricultural Office at (530) 822-7500 for information

• California Code of Regulations - Pesticides and Pest Control Regulations
• California Department of Food and Agriculture Code Page
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation Home Page
• Current Section 18 Emergency Exemptions
• DPR Databases - Includes information on chemical ingredients, products labels and Section 18 emergency exemptions.
• Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Exam Preparation
• Sutter Yuba UC Master Gardeners
• UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management
• University Cooperative Extension - Sutter/Yuba County
• West Nile Virus Information - Department of Pesticide Regulations - Tips to Avoid Mosquitoes
• West Nile Virus Information - Sutter-Yuba Mosquito and Vector Control District

• Chris Ramirez, Agricultural Biologist III
• Haily Dutton, Agricultural Biologist I
• Kim Hicks, Agricultural Biologist III
• Sean Nelson, Agricultural Biologist III
• Trisha Royce, Secretary

Language access assistance resolution process (in English and Spanish) https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/dept/language_access.htm