Response from Mr. Helliker?
(Doing business as usual
without saying anything)
Again, Here
are the questions we asked:
Mr. Helliker, at what point do regulators stop protecting the economic interests of chemical companies and start protecting
the citizens?
http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-08-08a.htm - are you for safe alternatives or
are you going to try to "re-evaluate" this decision? We await your answers or will we get more SILENCE?
http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/00-08-05d.htm - Is it now legal in California for
pest control operators as well as the public to use unregistered alternatives to
control pest problems?
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Subject: Sale and Use of Pesticide Products Not Requiring Registration
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:41:34 -0800
From: Webmaster <webmaster@pestreg.cdpr.ca.gov>
To: steve@getipm.com
To: Mr. Stephen Tvedten
Subject: Sale and Use of Pesticide Products Not Requiring Registration
This is in response to your various emails and website references sent to Mr. Paul H. Helliker, Director of the Department of Pesticide
Regulation. The following is a description of the types of products
that are not required to be registered. There are two types of pesticide products not requiring registration if certain criteria are
met. One type of product is exempted by U.S. EPA under Section 25(b) of federal law. The other type of product is that which a homeowner can
mix for their own use. Each type is described more fully below.
1. Products exempted by U.S. EPA Section 25b.
Section 25(b) of federal law allows certain specified active ingredients in combination with certain specified inert ingredients to be exempt
from federal registration for most uses. The specific ingredients and
use limitations are found, as you have indicated, in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 152.25. California law also allows
exemption from registration for most of the same products. The specific
criteria for California exemption are outlined in California Notice to Registrants 2000-6 available on our website at www.cdpr.ca.gov under
Programs and Services, Registration Branch. This was the result of the
change in law and regulation described in the notice.
2. Homeowner mix for their own use.
The California Code of Regulations, Section 6301, allows homeowner use of some substances without the requirement to register, if certain
criteria are met. An individual's personal use of a substance to
control their residence or garden pests is allowed, provided that no treated food or feed commodity is sold or distributed and it is not fed
to animals that are sold or distributed for human consumption.
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Steve: The Agriculture Department (farmers) and professional pest control
applicators have no other choice but to use the registered poisons which will
guarantee that the food, air and water is contaminated.
(Editor's Note:
Helliker and the DPR must have an inkling of what is going.
However, here's how it appears they read their mission statement as:
Welcome to the California Environmental
Protection Agency’s Department of Pesticide Regulation. DPR has primary
responsibility for regulating all
aspects of pesticide sales and use to protect public
health and the environment. The Department’s mission is
to evaluate and mitigate impacts of pesticide
use, maintain the safety of the
pesticides, work place, and
ensure their product effectiveness, and encourage
the development and use of reduced-risk pest control practices while recognizing
the need for pest management in a healthy economy.
Their "vision/mission/value statements are at: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/planning/mission.htm Still,
no answer as to the questions. Just like Lyndon Hawkins before him,
he is obviously only following orders.)
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