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Air Quality Initiative
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The Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Air Quality Initiative is a comprehensive effort to improve air quality statewide. The initiative targets air toxins as well as smog-producing chemicals from pesticide emissions, and focuses on four areas:
– Reducing emissions from fumigants;
– Reformulating other pesticide products to reduce emissions;
– Promoting new, more environmentally-friendly technologies, and
– Developing strategic pest management partnerships in concert with industry
- Press release announcing air quality initiative (May 30, 2006)
- Workshop presentation (PDF, 625 kb) - Workshops were held in August 2006 to get public comment on the Air Quality Initiative.
- Concept paper for air initiative (PDF, 199 kb), (Español, PDF, 232 kb)
- Innovative Technologies handout (PDF, 76 kb)
- Pest Management handout (PDF, 158 kb)
Additional information
For content questions contact:
Randy Segawa
Phone: (916) 324-4137
E-mail: rsegawa@cdpr.ca.gov