California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 15 - The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act

• Section 13141.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the right of every citizen in this state to drink safe, potable, wholesome, and pure...
• Section 13142.
  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) “Active ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 136 of Title 7 of the United...
• Section 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...
• Section 13144.
  (a) The department shall establish specific numerical values for water solubility, soil adsorption coefficient (Koc), hydrolysis, aerobic and anaerobic soil metabolism, and field dissipation. The values...
• Section 13145.
  (a) Any registrant of a pesticide identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13144 is subject to a fine of up to ten thousand...
• Section 13146.
  (a) The director shall not register or renew the registration of a pesticide intended to be applied to or injected into the ground by ground-based application...
• Section 13147.
  The director shall annually request a budget appropriation in order to meet the reasonable and anticipated costs of conducting soil and water monitoring pursuant to...
• Section 13148.
  (a) In order to more accurately determine the mobility and persistence of the pesticides identified in the Groundwater Protection List, and to determine if these pesticides...
• Section 13149.
  (a) Within 90 days after the active ingredient, other specified ingredient, or degradation product of a pesticide is detected under any of the conditions listed in...
• Section 13150.
  The director may allow the continued registration, sale, and use of a pesticide that meets any one of the conditions specified in Section 13149 if...
• Section 13151.
  Any pesticide identified pursuant to Section 13149 that fails to meet any of the conditions of Section 13150 shall be canceled.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch....
• Section 13152.
  (a) (1) The department shall conduct ongoing soil and groundwater monitoring of any pesticide whose continued use is permitted following the issuance of findings by the director...

Last modified: October 22, 2018