APPENDIX - CCAMP PESTICIDE RECOMMENDATIONS 



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STATE 



6. Rank pesticides in terms of environmental fate and toxicity; review 

 all registrations in terms of this information. 



7. Support Massachusetts Dobbin Pesticides Reform Act Bill. 



8. Appropriate sufficient funds to conduct environmental fate studies on 

 priority pesticides. 



9. Establish private well testing programs through inner-agency task 

 force in especially vulnerable areas. DEQE should provide technical 

 assistance to local boards of health in identifying potential areas of 

 contamination . 



10. Develop a multiagency strategy to protect groundwater from pesticide 

 contamination. 



11. Compile complete inventory of pesticide products used for various 

 purposes, quantities sold, and the annual use records for various 

 parts of the state. 



12. Increase visibility of Department of Food and Agriculture Pesticide 

 Bureau as regulatory enforcement agency through development of 

 regional offices. 



13. Research synergistic effects of more than two pesticide compounds in a 

 water supply. 



14. Continue interagency task force on pesticides to coordinate response 

 to water supply/public health issues. 



15. Provide technical assistance to communities to insure compliance with 

 Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act. 



COUNTY 



16. Implement program of periodic spot checking of private wells for 

 pesticide chemicals in common use today. 



17. Perform pesticide analyses on public supply wells once every three 

 years . 



18. Facilitate/coordinate communication between state and local level on 

 pesticide issues. 



LOCAL 



19. Identify and map all sensitive areas where pesticide use should be 

 restricted or prohibited, including areas of private drinking water 

 supply wells and Zone lis for public supply wells. 



20. Develop communication method to report pesticide incidents to DFA 

 Pesticide Bureau. 



