Pesticide Investigation and Enforcement Oregon Department of Agriculture Pesticides Program Dale Mitchell, Pesticides Program Manager

Presentation Overview Pesticides Program Overview w/2015 Update 2015 Legislative Session w/Pesticide Focus Co-existence, Status Update Wrap Up & Q&A

Pesticides Division Programs Pesticide Product Registration – 13,000+ Licensing & Certification Water Quality Program – PSP & WQMT Endangered Species Program Fertilizer Program Pesticide Analytical Response Center Compliance/Enforcement 532 Cases Initiated

Routine Compliance Monitoring Operator/Applicator Record Inspection (ARI) 79 Dealer Record Review (DRI) 31 Market Place Inspection (MPI) 52 Agricultural Use Follow Up/Observation (AUF/AUO) 30 Non-agricultural Use Follow Up/Observation (NUF/NUO) 181 Producer Establishment Inspection (PEI) 6 Experimental Use Inspection (EUP) 2 Import/Export Inspections (IMP/EXP) 0

Enforcement Responses FY 2015 Civil Penalties: 32 Notices of Violation: 70 Stop Sale, Use or Removal Order: 3 Crop Seizures or Embargoes: 2 Case Referred to EPA: 6 Letters of Advisement, Non-Enforcement Contested Case Administrative Proceeding

Legislative Update  155 Days in Session  2,641 Bills Introduced  Pesticide related bills introduced = 15  HB 3549 – 60 ft. buffers for schools & dwellings for forestry aerial applications  HB 3549 – Civil Penalties doubled  HB 3549 – *New License & Exam for Aerial Applicators

Legislative Update 2015  HB 3549 – Loss of applicator license for failure to pay CP  HB 3549 – Re-Testing of applicators for violations  HB 3549 – Four new investigators, One Case Reviewer  HB 3549 – Pesticide Reg. Fee $320  HB 3549 – New aerial applicator Training requirements  HB 3549 – Cost $2.410 million

Education & Outreach Efforts with Stakeholders  Awareness of changes  Involvement in Legislative Process, as Individual or Organization  Provide comments to Rule Making process  Staying connected with ODA Pesticides Program

Preventing and Reducing Pesticide Drift to Vineyards, Co-existence November 25, 2014 Oregon Department of Agriculture

Summary  Recognize drift from herbicides that mimic plant growth signals cause significant damage to grapes plants  Organize meeting with agricultural stakeholders to pursue a cooperative solution The stakeholders goal is to effectively change the behavior of pesticide applicators to prevent/reduce drift to vineyards. The stakeholders goal is to effectively change the behavior of pesticide applicators to prevent/reduce drift to vineyards.  Meetings of the group start in January of 2014  Members of the group have already taken steps to bring this to the attention of their organizations members and to share with other groups  Ready to launch strategies to comprehensively prevent and reduce drift to vineyards

Stakeholder Outreach

Preventing and reducing pesticide drift to vineyards Working Group: Goal, Tasks, and Strategies Task  Education and Outreach: Working group objectives Improve understanding of plant development and sensitive growth periods Improve understanding of plant development and sensitive growth periods Increase understanding of pesticide volatility and drift Increase understanding of pesticide volatility and drift

 Education and Outreach: Working group strategies Calendars Calendars Plant developmental sensitivityPlant developmental sensitivity Planting, flowering, harvestingPlanting, flowering, harvesting Stakeholder events and meetingsStakeholder events and meetings Printed materials Printed materials ODA brochureODA brochure Stakeholder publicationsStakeholder publications Robo calls Robo calls

_____________________________________________________________________________ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Timelines bud break flowering fruit set ripening harvest Plant spring harvest varieties Spring/summer weeds i.e. roadside, right-of- way, residential Key - grape - wheat - weeds - fruit trees bud break flowering fruit set ripening Fall/winter weeds i.e. roadside, right-of- way, residential

Preventing and reducing pesticide drift to vineyards

Thank You Questions ? Dale L. Mitchell Pesticide Program Manager Natural Resource Policy Area Oregon Department of Agriculture 635 Capitol Street NE Salem, Oregon (503)