Pesticide usage

 

The state of California requires monthly reporting of agricultural pesticide use. This requirement is enforced by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). The following explanation of this requirement is extracted from the DPR website:

 

California’s pesticide use reporting program is recognized as the most comprehensive in the world. In 1990, California became the first state to require full reporting of agricultural pesticide use in response to demands for more realistic and comprehensive pesticide use data. Under the program, all agricultural pesticide use must be reported monthly to the county agricultural commissioner, who in turn, reports the data to DPR.

 

California has a broad legal definition of "agricultural use," so the reporting requirements include pesticide applications to parks, golf courses, cemeteries, rangeland, pastures, and along roadside and railroad rights-of-way. In addition, all postharvest pesticide treatments of agricultural commodities must be reported, along with all pesticide treatments in poultry and fish production, as well as some livestock applications. The primary exceptions to the full use reporting
requirements are home and garden use and most industrial and institutional uses.

 

All pesticide applications by California mosquito and vector control agencies are included in this requirement. This requirement is addressed under a memorandum of understanding among the Department Public Health (DPH), the Department of Pesticide Regulation, and the County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC). Under this MOU, CAC agrees to receive monthly pestidide use reports from agencies that establish cooperative agreements with DPH, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 116180 amd 116183,