The 2013 Revised Reduced Risk Pesticide List was adopted by the Commission on the Environment at its January 22, 2013 meeting

[Revised Reduced-Risk Pesticides List]

Resolution Adopting a Revised Reduced-Risk Pesticides List For 2013.
 

WHEREAS, Chapter 3, Section 303(e) 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 Integrated Pest Management (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, hereafter called the Approved List 2013, for adoption by the Commission for the year 2013; and,
 

WHEREAS, The Approved List 2013 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 2013 are “reduced-risk” pesticides commonly used as part of an IPM strategy, and are therefore exempt from the ban imposed by Section 302 of the Environment Code.
I hereby certify that this Resolution was adopted by the Commission on the Environment at its meeting on January 22, 2013.
 

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Monica Fish, Commission Secretary
 

Vote: 5-0 Approved; 1 Absent; 1 Vacant
Ayes:  Commissioners Arce, King, Gravanis, Wald, Stephenson
Noes:   None
Absent: Commissioner Mok