State to hold public workshops on development of statewide pesticide application notification system
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May 25, 2022 Contact: Craig Cassidy
DPR
Information Officer
(916)
207-1099
SACRAMENTO - The
California Department of Pesticide Regulation will hold three public workshops on
June 27, 28 and 29 to collect feedback to inform the next phase of design and development
for the state’s pesticide application notification system.
California will be the first state
in the nation to develop a statewide system to provide the public more
transparent and equitable access to information in advance of pesticide
applications.
The workshops
will be hosted online via Zoom and facilitated by the UC
Davis Center for Regional Change.
Each workshop will follow the same format, including a brief overview of the proposed
design for the statewide notification system and an opportunity for the public to
provide input. The proposed system design has been informed by broad
stakeholder feedback provided in public focus groups and webinars convened by
DPR in 2021. The information collected during the workshops will further inform
the design of the statewide notification system.
The workshops
will be held at the following times:
Monday, June 27: 1-3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 28: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Wednesday, June 29: 6-8 p.m.
Registration is
not required to attend. Spanish interpretation will be provided at all
workshops. A copy of materials presented during the workshops will be made
available on DPR’s website following the workshops.
DPR began developing
the statewide notification system in mid-2021, after the state budget allocated
$10 million to DPR for system development.
DPR has partnered with four County Agricultural Commissioners to launch pilot projects to inform the
department’s development of the statewide system. These county-led pilot projects have
launched in communities within Riverside, Stanislaus and Ventura counties. The Santa Cruz community pilot will launch this
summer. The UC
Davis Center for Regional Change
will conduct independent evaluations of the pilot programs.
For more information and updates on statewide
notification, please visit DPR’s website.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
PESTICIDE REGULATION
The California
Department of Pesticide Regulation protects human health and the environment by
fostering safer and sustainable pest management practices and operating a
robust regulatory system to evaluate and register pesticides and monitor and
regulate their sale and use across the state.
DPR’s work includes
conducting scientific evaluations of pesticides to assess and mitigate
potential harm to human health and the environment prior to and following
registration, registering all pesticides prior to sale or use in California,
monitoring for pesticides in the air and water, and enforcing pesticide laws
and regulations in coordination with 55 County Agricultural Commissioners and
their combined 400 field inspectors across the state’s 58 counties. DPR invests
in innovative research, outreach, and education to encourage the development
and adoption of integrated pest management tools and practices and conducts
outreach to ensure pesticide workers, farmworkers and local communities have
access to pesticide safety information.