PESTICIDE BUREAU 

 Jeffrey L. Carlson, Chief 



The Pesticide Bureau is charged with carrying out the intent of the 

 Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act (Chapter 132B of the General Laws) which was 

 signed into law January, 1978. Among its responsibilities, the Bureau licenses 

 and certifies pesticide applicators, carries out the administrative functions of 

 pesticide product registration, enforces the laws and regulations and provides 

 technical information and assistance to state and municipal agencies as well as 

 the general public. 



Outlined below are some of the more important activities of the Bureau in 

 1984. 



REGISTRATION SECTION 



The registration section was involved in numerous important registration 

 decisions in FY84. These included the registration of eleven 24-c Special Local 

 Needs Registrations, fifteen experimental use permits (EUP's), classification of 

 seventeen products as Restricted Use Pesticides and the cancellation of the 

 registration of nine other products. In other program activities, the Bureau 

 joined the National Pesticide Inforamtion Retrieval System (NPIRS), a computer 

 based data bank system that contains information describing pesticides products 

 registered by the Environmental Protection Agency as well as participating 

 states. 



The following details the registration actions taken by the Pesticide Board 

 Subcommittee. 



REGISTRATION ACTION 



Section 24-c (Special Local Needs Registration) 11* 



granted by the Pesticide Board Subcommittee. 



(*Five of the 24-c registrations indicated are modifications of federally 

 accepted registration. Additional requirements beyond those which were 

 accepted by the federal government were required as a condition of 

 registration in Massachusetts) 



Section 24-c's Denied 3 



Experimental Use Permits (EUP's) Granted by 15 



Subcommi ttee 



Additions to State Restricted Use List 18 



Products Denied Re-Registration 8 



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