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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B28-6. Restriction on the use of pesticides.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B28-6. Restriction on the use of pesticides.

Except for the use of pesticides exempted pursuant to Section B28-3, pesticides granted an exemption pursuant to Section B28-5(b) or 5(c) or pesticides on the approved list per Section B28-5(a), no department shall use any of the following types of pesticides. A list of the pesticides and pesticide products identified in (b) through (g) below shall be on file with the County IPM Coordinator.

(a) Toxicity Category I or II pesticide products.

(b) Any pesticide containing a chemical identified by the State of California as a chemical known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive or developmental toxicity pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

(c) Pesticides identified by the State of California on the Groundwater Protection List (Food and Agricultural Code § 13145(d)).

(d) Pesticides classified by active ingredient as organophosphate type pesticides as identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (Office of Pesticide Programs, Document 735-F-99-14, May 1999), or California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Chemical Inquiries Database.

(e) Pesticides containing carbamate-type chemicals (California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Chemical Inquiries Database).

(f) Any pesticide classified as a human carcinogen, probable human carcinogen or possible human carcinogen by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, under procedures established in "Proposed Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment," EPA/600/P-92/003C, April 1996, or equivalent documents.

(g) Any pesticide group officially designated by the California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Pesticide Regulation or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as posing significant hazard to human health or the environment.

(Ord. No. NS-517.70, 5-21-02)

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