Section 6624 - Pesticide Use Records(a) The following persons shall maintain records of pesticide use: (1) Any person who uses a pesticide for an agricultural use as defined in Food and Agricultural Code section 11408, other than use on livestock as defined in Food and Agricultural Code section 18663;(2) Any person who uses a pesticide listed in section 6400;(3) Any person engaged for hire in the business of pest control;(4) Any person who uses a pesticide for industrial post-harvest commodity treatment; and(5) Any person who uses a pesticide listed in section 6800(b) for any outdoor institution or outdoor industrial use.(b) The records shall include the following information for each pest control operation: (1) Date and time of the application;(2) Name of the operator of the property treated;(3) Location of property treated;(4) Crop commodity, or site treated;(5) Total acreage or units treated at the site; and(6) Pesticide, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) or State registration number which is on the pesticide label, and amount used.(c) In addition to the information required in subsection (b), the operator of the property which is producing an agricultural commodity, and an agricultural pest control business applying pesticides to such property, shall include in the records the following information for each pest control operation: (1) Location of the property treated, by county, section, township, range, base and meridian;(2) Date and time the treatment started and ended;(3) The operator identification number issued to the operator of the property treated;(4) The site identification number issued to the operator of the property treated;(5) Method of application;(6) Total acreage (planted) or units at the site; and(7) Name or identity of the person(s) who made and supervised the application, if the pesticide application was made by an agricultural pest control business.(8) For an application of 1,3-Dichloropropene, the field fumigation method code referenced in "1,3-Dichloropropene Field Fumigation Requirements, est. January 1, 2024," hereby incorporated by reference.(d) The operator of the property which is producing an agricultural commodity shall maintain records of pesticides applied by an agricultural pest control business to such property, by site.(e) In addition to the information required in (b), persons engaged for hire in the business of pest control at a school site [defined in Education Code section 17609(e)] shall include in the records the following information for each pest control operation: (1) Time application was completed;(2) Name and address of the school site; and(3) Application location at the school site. For purposes of this subsection, location includes, but is not limited to, classrooms, playgrounds, cafeteria, vehicles, and athletic fields.(f) In addition to the information required in subsections (b) and (c), persons who use methyl bromide, 1,3-Dichloropropene, chloropicrin, metam-sodium, N-methyl dithiocarbamate (metam-potassium), dazomet, or sodium tetrathiocarbonate field fumigants within the Sacramento Metro, San Joaquin Valley, South Coast, Southeast Desert, or Ventura ozone nonattainment areas shall include in the records a description of the method of application pursuant to sections 6446.1, 6447.3, 6448.2, 6449.1, 6450.1, 6450.2, 6451.1, or 6452.(g) The records required pursuant to this section shall be retained for two years and made promptly available to the Director or commissioner upon request.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 6624
Note: Authority cited: Sections 12976, 13145, 13188 and 14005, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 11708, 11733, 13186, 14006 and 14011.5, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. New section filed 12-22-89; operative 1-1-90 (Register 90, No. 1).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(2) and Note filed 8-27-96 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 96, No. 35).
3. Amendment of subsections (b)(6), (c) and (c)(4), new subsections (e)-(e)(3), subsection relettering and amendment of Note filed 10-11-2001; operative 11-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 41).
4. New subsection (f) and subsection relettering filed 1-25-2008; operative 1-25-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 4).
5. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 12-20-2010 as an emergency; operative 12-20-2010 (Register 2010, No. 52). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-20-2011 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-20-2010 order transmitted to OAL 4-26-2011 and filed 5-11-2011 (Register 2011, No. 19).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (f) filed 8-6-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 32).
8. Amendment of subsections (b)(1) and (c)(2), new subsection (c)(5), subsection renumbering and amendment of subsections (e) and (g) filed 6-30-2023; operative 1/1/2024 (Register 2023, No. 26).
9. New subsection (c)(8) and amendment of subsection (f) filed 12-22-2023; operative 1/1/2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 51).