PESTICIDE REGULATION_DPR Laws and
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The difference between CA laws and DPR regulations is that laws are - Answer✔Passed by the
CA legislature and regulations are adopted by the DPR to carry out the laws
Which of the following is not one of the purposes of CA's pesticide and pest control laws and
regulations? - Answer✔Encouraging people to use more pesticides
A cooperating agency that helps DPR enforce pesticide use laws and regulations in CA is the -
Answer✔County Ag Commissioner
CAC may adopt supplemental pesticide regulations with the approval of the - Answer✔DPR
Restricted materials are - Answer✔pesticides deemed to have a higher potential to cause harm
to public health, farm workers, domestic animals, bees, environment, wildlife, or other crops
compared to other pesticides
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What department issues a Certificate of Registration for each pesticide product after reviewing
and accepting data and documentation, including labeling? - Answer✔Department of Pesticide
Regulation DPR
A registrant cannot sell a pesticide product in CA if the - Answer✔Registrant allows the
registration to lapse by not renewing it, OR DPR or US EPA suspends or cancels the pesticide
product registration
If the registrant allows a product to lapse, a pest control dealer who acquires the pesticide
product while it was still registered may - Answer✔sell and deliver it for two years after the last
date of registration
When US EPA or DPR CANCELS/SUSPENDS the registration of a pesticide product they -
Answer✔often impose specific restrictions on the sale and use of existing stocks
Any changed made to the registered label, such as adding new crops or prohibiting certain
application methods, must be reviewed by - Answer✔US EPA and DPR before the product
bearing the proposed amended label can be sold or used in CA
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What is FIFRA - Answer✔Federal Insecticide Fungicide Rodenticide Act
FIFRA is the federal law that - Answer✔outlines the various types of pesticide product
registrations and exemptions from registration
FIFRA section 3 grants... - Answer✔US EPA the authority to register pesticide products with the
corresponding label often referred to as the section 3 label containing basic registered uses &
prohibitions
The pesticide label is - Answer✔a complex legal document that you must read and understand
before making a pesticide application
Section 18 of FIFRA authorizes... - Answer✔US EPA to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide
for a limited time if EPA determines that emergency conditions exist
The regulations governing section 18 of FIFRA define the term "Emergency Condition" as... -
Answer✔an urgent, non-routine situation that requires the use of a pesticide(s)
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