Pesticide Investigation Pesticide Investigation and Enforcementand Enforcement

Oregon Department of Agriculture

Pesticides Division

ODA Pesticides DivisionODA Pesticides Division

• Pesticide Investigation & Enforcement Program– Primary Goal: To ensure compliance

Oregon Revised Statues (ORS) 634Pesticide Control Law

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

USDA Record Keeping Requirements

Pesticide Regulatory ActivitiesPesticide Regulatory Activities

• Pesticide Product Registration (12, 000)• Licensing (Commercial, Public, Private)• Routine Compliance Monitoring

– Pesticide Application Activities– Record Inspections

• Use Observations• Complaint-Initiated Investigations.

Additional Services & ProgramsAdditional Services & Programs

• Regulatory and Technical Information• Education & Outreach• Compliance Assistance• Water Quality• Endangered Species• Section 18, 24c Registrations• Pesticide Analytical and Response Center

OfficesOffices

• Headquarters– Salem Office

• Field Offices– Central Point– Hermiston– Bend– Baker City

Who is regulated by ODA?Who is regulated by ODA?

• Licensees

• Non-licensed users of pesticides (3,823,465)

Oregon Pesticide Licenses - 2009

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PrivateApplicators

CommercialApplicators

PublicApplicators

Trainees

CommercialOperators

Consultants

Dealers

Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 July 1, 2008July 1, 2008 - - June 30, 2009June 30, 2009 • Complaints/Concerns - 267

– General inquiries Pesticide regulations Licensing regulations Specific use practices

• 24% lead to formal investigations

200 Pesticide Complaints200 Pesticide Complaints

• 267 Total complaints• Sources:

– Referrals from other agencies– Neighbors– Customers– General Public– Employees– Competitors– NPIC ?

Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 July 1, 2008July 1, 2008 - - June 30, 2009June 30, 2009 Counties with highest number of complaints:

– Marion County– Lane County– Clackamas County– Multnomah County– Yamhill County– Washington County

Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 Enforcement Statistics - FY ‘09 July 1, 2008July 1, 2008 - - June 30, 2009June 30, 2009

• Investigations Completed- 372– Routine Compliance Monitoring– Pesticide Use/Observation Investigations

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Routine Compliance Monitoring Routine Compliance Monitoring • Operator/Applicator Record Inspection (ARI)• Dealer Record Review (DRI)• Market Place Inspection (MPI)• Agricultural Use Follow Up/Observation

(AUF/AUO)• Non-agricultural Use Follow Up/Observation

(NUF/NUO)• Producer Establishment Inspection (PEI)• Experimental Use Inspection (EUP)• Import/Export Inspections (IMP/EXP)

Enforcement Responses Enforcement Responses

• Civil Penalties:16• Notices of Violation: 70• Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order: 3• Crop Seizures or Embargoes: 2• Case Referred to EPA: 22• Letters of Advisement: 25

Pesticides DivisionPesticides Division

• (503) 986-4635• pestx@oda.state.or.us