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. (a) For those pesticides for which a need for control
measures has been determined pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f) of
Section 14023 and pursuant to provisions of this code, the director,
in consultation with the agricultural commissioners, air pollution
control districts, and air quality management districts in the
affected counties, shall develop control measures designed to reduce
emissions sufficiently so that the source will not expose the public
to the levels of exposure that may cause or contribute to significant
adverse health effects. If no demonstrable safe level or threshold
of significant adverse health effects has been established by the
director, the control measures shall be designed to adequately
prevent an endangerment of public health through the application of
best practicable control techniques.
(b) Best practicable control techniques may include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(1) Label amendments.
(2) Applicator training.
(3) Restrictions on use patterns or locations.
(4) Changes in application procedures.
(5) Reclassification as a restricted material.
(6) Cancellation.
(c) (1) The director shall follow the consultation procedures set
forth in subdivision (a) and, within two years of the determination
of the need for control measures pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f)
of Section 14023, shall adopt control measures to protect human
health.
(2) (A) If the director is unable to adopt control measures to
protect human health within two years of the determination of the
need for control measures pursuant to paragraph (1), the director
shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the
Legislature setting forth the reasons this requirement has not been
met.
(B) The director shall update the report submitted to the
appropriate committees of the Legislature pursuant to subparagraph
(A) every two years until the control measures have been adopted.
(C) If the registration for the use of a particular pesticide is
rescinded or if the director determines there has been a dramatic
decline in the use of a particular pesticide so that control measures
for that particular pesticide are no longer needed, the director
shall include this information in the report submitted to the
appropriate committees of the Legislature pursuant to subparagraph
(A) and the director's obligations pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be
deemed to have been met.
(d) For purposes of this section, with respect to any pesticide
for which a determination of the need for control measures was made
before January 1, 2014, the two-year period described in subdivision
(c) shall commence on January 1, 2014.
(e) After conducting a public hearing pursuant to Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code, the director shall adopt, by regulation,
control measures, including application of the best practicable
control techniques enumerated in subdivision (b) or any other best
applicable control technique, for those pesticides for which a need
has been determined.