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California Code, Food and Agricultural Code (Formerly Agricultural Code) - FAC § 12824.5

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) On or before July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, until July 2, 2029, the department shall annually identify and initiate the reevaluation of potential adverse effects of at least one pesticide in addition to those already under reevaluation.

(2) On or before July 1, 2029, and each year thereafter, the department shall annually identify and initiate the reevaluation of potential adverse effects of at least two pesticides in addition to those already under reevaluation.

(b)(1) If the department identifies potential adverse effects of a pesticide pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall adopt any necessary mitigation measures within 24 months.

(2) If the department is unable to adopt mitigation measures within 24 months, the director shall set forth the reasons this requirement has not been met in the report described in subdivision (c), and include an updated projected timeline for adopting mitigation measures, which shall not exceed an additional 6 months.

(c) The department shall annually report on, and post on its internet website, its actions to identify and evaluate potential adverse effects of pesticides, and to develop mitigation measures to address those effects. The report and internet website posting shall include, but not be limited to, a list of pesticides under risk assessment, reevaluation, or mitigation development, and shall provide the current status and projected timelines associated with each of those actions and all other applicable reporting requirements in this chapter.

(d) The department, on or before July 1, 2026, shall identify actions to improve the efficiency of its internal processes for reevaluating pesticides. The goal of these actions shall be to complete new reevaluations within five years of their initiation. If the department identifies any regulatory or statutory changes that would improve the efficiency of the reevaluation process, the director shall notify the respective policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature of those changes on or before July 1, 2026.

(e) The department, on or before January 1, 2025, shall post on its internet website an estimated completion time for the pesticides that the department has under reevaluation as of January 1, 2024.

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