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Current Monitoring of Fumigants

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  • The following are DPR or Air Resources Board (ARB) protocols for monitoring studies in progress or scheduled in the near future.
    • DPR protocol for evaluation of buffer zones and relative emission rates for fumigants (PDF, 35 kb)
  • The ARB has a network of stations that routinely monitor California's air for a variety of pollutants such as ozone, particulate matter, metals, and other toxic air contaminants. In 2002, ARB began monitoring for methyl bromide and 1,3-dichloropropene every 12 days at approximately 20 stations in primarily urban areas throughout the State. Detailed descriptions of this monitoring are available from the following ARB web page:

    http://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/toxics/toxics.html

  • The registrants of chloropicrin are also conducting monitoring requested by a DPR notice of reevaluation (http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/registration/canot/ca01-8.pdf).