Commission on the Environment Resolution Adopting a San Francisco Revised Reduced-Risk Pesticides List For 2014.
[Revised Reduced-Risk Pesticides List]
Resolution Adopting a Revised Reduced-Risk Pesticides List For 2014.
WHEREAS, Chapter 3, Section 307(d) of the San Francisco Environment Code allows the Commission on the Environment to exempt “reduced-risk” pesticides from the ban imposed by the Ordinance upon a finding that the “reduced-risk” pesticide is commonly used as part of an IPM strategy; and,
WHEREAS, The Department of the Environment has performed an extensive evaluation of pesticide products that qualify as “reduced-risk” pesticides in consultation with members of the public, scientists, and departments and agencies of the City and County of San Francisco; and,
WHEREAS, The Department of the Environment has developed and recommends the attached revised Integrated Pest Management Program Reduced-Risk Pesticides List, hereby called the Approved List 2014, for adoption by the Commission for the year 2014; and,
WHEREAS, The Approved List 2014 will be reviewed and updated on an as-needed basis; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Commission on the Environment finds that the pesticide products on the Approved List 2014 are “reduced-risk” pesticides commonly used as part of an IPM strategy, and are therefore exempt from the ban imposed by Sections 302 and 303 of the Environment Code.
I hereby certify that this Resolution was adopted at the Commission on the Environment’s Meeting on January 28, 2014.
Monica Fish, Commission Secretary
VOTE: 6-0 Approved; 1 Absent
AYES: Commissioners Arce, Gravanis, Josefowitz, Stephenson, Wald, Wan
NOES: None
ABSENT: Commissioner King