Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 6761.1 - Application-Specific Information for Fieldworkers

(a) The operator of property used for the commercial or research production of an agricultural plant commodity shall display at a central location the following application-specific information, while fieldworkers are employed to work in treated fields on the operator's property:

(1) The crop or site treated and identification of the treated field;

(2) The date(s) and time(s) the application started and ended;

(3) Restricted entry interval;

(4) Product name(s), U.S. EPA registration number(s), and active ingredient(s);

(5) A copy of the Safety Data Sheet(s) for the applied pesticide(s); and

(6) Spray adjuvant product name(s) and California registration number(s) if applicable.

(b) The information must be displayed when the operator of the property receives notice of the completion of an application and before any fieldworkers are allowed to enter the treated field. The information must include all applications that have been made to any field on the operator's property. The information must remain displayed until the area no longer meets the definition of a treated field or fieldworkers will no longer be on the operator's property, whichever occurs earlier.

(c) The operator of the property and any employer with fieldworkers hired to work on the operator's property, shall display at the worksite or at a central location where fieldworkers gather, a description of the location of the application-specific information display whenever their fieldworkers are working in a treated field. The description of the location must be specific enough for fieldworkers to find and have unimpeded access to the displayed application-specific information. The location description must be included in the appropriate section of, or as an attachment to, the Hazard Communication Information for Employees Working in Fields (Pesticide Safety Information Series leaflet A-9) pursuant to section 6761(a).

(d) The information required by this section must be retained for two years.

(e) The original or copies of documents otherwise required to be maintained by this chapter may be used to meet the requirements of this section, provided they contain the information required by this section.

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 6761.1

1. New section filed 12-31-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 1).
2. Amendment filed 8-13-2009; operative 9-12-2009 (Register 2009, No. 33).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)(1)-(2) and (a)(4), new subsection (a)(5), subsection renumbering, new subsection (d) and subsection relettering filed 10-17-2016; operative 1-2-2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2016, No. 43).

Note: Authority cited: Section 12981, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 12973, 12980 and 12981, Food and Agricultural Code.

1. New section filed 12-31-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 1).
2. Amendment filed 8-13-2009; operative 9-12-2009 (Register 2009, No. 33).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)(1)-(2) and (a)(4), new subsection (a)(5), subsection renumbering, new subsection (d) and subsection relettering filed 10-17-2016; operative 1/2/2017 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(2) (Register 2016, No. 43).