Section 13143 Of Article 15. The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 15.
13143
. (a) Not later than December 1, 1986, a person that has
registered a pesticide in California for agricultural use shall
submit to the director the information prescribed in this
subdivision. The information shall be submitted for each active
ingredient in each pesticide registered. The registrant shall submit
all of the following information:
(1) Water solubility.
(2) Vapor pressure.
(3) Octanol-water partition coefficient.
(4) The soil adsorption coefficient.
(5) Henry's Law constant.
(6) Dissipation studies, including hydrolysis, photolysis, aerobic
and anaerobic soil metabolism, and field dissipation, under
California or similar environmental use conditions.
(7) Any additional information the director determines is
necessary.
(b) The director also may require the information prescribed in
subdivision (a) for other specified ingredients and degradation
products of an active ingredient in any pesticide. The director shall
also require this information when the State Department of Health
Services or the board submits a written request for the information
to the director, if the State Department of Health Services or the
board specifies the reasons why it considers the information
necessary. The director shall deny the request upon a written finding
that, based on available scientific evidence, the request would not
further the purposes of this article.
(c) All information submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
presented in English and summarized in tabular form on no more than
three sheets of paper with the actual studies, including methods and
protocols attached. All information , at a minimum, shall meet the
testing methods and reporting requirements provided by the
Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Assessment Guidelines,
Subdivision D Series 60 to 64, inclusive, for product chemistry and
Subdivision N Series 161 to 164, inclusive, for environmental fate,
including information required for degradation products in specific
studies. With prior approval from the director, registrants may use
specified alternative protocols as permitted by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, if the director finds use
of the protocol is consistent with, and accomplishes the objectives
of, this article. Studies conducted on active ingredients in the
formulation of pesticides shall meet the same testing methods as
required for studies conducted on active ingredients. The department,
in consultation with the board, in addition, may require specified
testing protocols that are specific to California soil and climatic
conditions. The director may give a pesticide registrant an extension
of up to two years if it determines that this additional time is
necessary and warranted to complete the studies required in paragraph
(6) of subdivision (a). No extension of the deadline for these
studies shall go beyond December 1, 1989. When seeking the extension,
the registrant shall submit to the director a written report on the
current status of the dissipation studies for which the extension is
being sought. For registrants granted an extension pursuant to this
section, Section 13145 shall be effective upon the completion date
established by the director.
(d) The director may grant the registrant an extension beyond the
one authorized in subdivision (c), if all of the following conditions
are met:
(1) The registrant submits a written request to the director for
an extension beyond the one granted pursuant to subdivision (c). The
request shall include the reasons why the extension is necessary and
the findings produced by the study up to the time the request is
made.
(2) The director finds that the registrant has made every effort
to complete the studies required in paragraph (6) of subdivision (a)
within the required time limits of the extension granted pursuant to
subdivision (c) and that those studies could not be completed within
the required time limits due to circumstances beyond the control of
the registrant.
(3) The director establishes a final deadline, not to exceed one
year beyond the time limit of the extension granted pursuant to
subdivision (c), and a schedule of progress by which the registrant
shall complete the studies required in paragraph (6) of subdivision
(a).
(e) After December 1, 1986, no registration of any new pesticide
shall be granted unless the applicant submits all of the information
required by the director pursuant to this article and the director
finds that the information meets the requirements of this article.