PROPERTY EXCLUSION REGULATION PROMULGATED 



Regulations were also promulgated providing for a mechanism allowing 

 properties to be excluded from certain pesticide applications. The regulations 

 were initiated by the submittal of a petition from the South Shore Environmental 

 Association and resulted in several months of discussion before final regula- 

 tions were presented to the Pesticide Board for approval. 



REGISTRATION. CERTIFICATION AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS ON THE INCREASE 



In addition to the several issues discussed above, the Bureau assumed full 

 administrative responsibility for reviewing and processing pesticide product 

 registrations (totalling more than 5,500) and initiated steps to join the 

 National Pesticides Information Retrieval System which will allow access to 

 valuable data relative to pesticide products on a national level as well as pro- 

 vide us with a modern and efficient data processing system to handle our own 

 registration program needs. 



The Certification and Enforcement Programs both continued to increase in 

 activity despite an actual loss of one position in the Enforcement Program. 



The Bureau certified or licensed nearly 6,000 individuals in FY 1983 while 

 its enforcement activities resulted in the issuance of 87 administrative orders 

 and referral of five cases to the Office of the Attorney General. Enforcement 

 continues to be a high priority with the Bureau. 



The Pesticide Bureau budget in fiscal year 1983 totalled $285,000 with 

 $140,000 from federal grant funds which included $75,000 in funds awarded to 

 the University of Massachusetts Medical School to support our pesticide analyti- 

 cal laboratory. 



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