1. (a) For products containing chloropicrin as the sole active ingredient, the field soil fumigation must be made using only the methods described in section 6447.3 or 6448.2. However within the San Joaquin Valley, Southeast Desert, or Ventura ozone nonattainment areas the methods described in the following sections are prohibited:

   1. (1) 6447.3(a)(1),(2), and (6); and 6448.2(d)(1) and (5);
   2. (2) 6448.2(d)(5), unless applied as alternating fumigated and unfumigated areas (strip fumigation) and the broadcast equivalent application rate must not exceed 210 pounds of chloropicrin per acre; and
   3. (3) 6447.3(a)(4), 6447.3(a)(3) and (5) if applied as alternating fumigated and unfumigated areas (strip fumigation), and 6448.2(d)(2) if applied as a bed fumigation unless a tarpaulin that has been tested for permeability and determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to qualify for at least 60 percent buffer zone reduction credit is used.
2. (b) If an application is made alternating fumigated and unfumigated areas (strip fumigation), the treated application block cannot be retreated with the same active ingredient between May 1 through October 31 during the same calendar year.
3. (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a reduced volatile organic compound emission field fumigation method approved pursuant to section 6452 or a method for experimental research purposes pursuant to a valid research authorization issued according to section 6260 may be allowed.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11456, 12976, 14005 and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 11501, 14006 and 14102, Food and Agricultural Code.

History

1. New section filed 1-25-2008; operative 1-25-2008 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2008, No. 4).

2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 6-18-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 25).

3. Amendment of subsection (c)(3) filed 4-7-2011; operative 4-7-2011 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2011, No. 14).

4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (b) filed 9-18-2012 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2012, No. 38).

5. Amendment filed 2-17-2016; operative 4-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 8).

6. Amendment of subsections (a)-(a)(3) filed 12-22-2023; operative 1-1-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 51).