The Urban Pesticides Committee (UPC)
The Urban Pesticides Committee (UPC) addresses a broad range of issues related to pesticides and water quality. In addition to being an information clearinghouse, the Urban Pesticides Committee serves as a forum for coordinating TMDL implementation.
2009 Urban Pesticides Committee meetings will be held in a new location: Room 171 of the MetroCenter, 101-8th Street, Oakland. (Directions/Parking Info) A teleconference line is provided for those unable to participate in person. The teleconference number for all 2009 meetings is (916) 255-4044.
Bond Freeze Update June 2009: The UP3 Project activities were suspended by California's bond freeze from December 18, 2008 and the freeze is ongoing. The project restarted in April 2009 to a limited extent. Thanks to support from several key stakeholders, we have been able to raise enough funds to provide very limited operations through July 2009. Additional emergency funding is being sought to hold UPC meetings after July 2009. To assist, please contact Athena Honore, UP3 Project Manager, at up3@waterboards.ca.gov.
2009 Meetings Schedule (3rd Tuesdays, 10am to 2pm)
January 20 (Cancelled)
March 17 (Cancelled)
May 19 ( Meeting happened successfully)
July 21 Meeting will be held at 101 8th Street, Oakland, Room 171 (call-in 916-255-4044)
September 15 (Tentative)
November 17 (Tentative)
Sign up for UPC e-mail list:
The UPC e-mail list provides updates on UPC meetings as well as science and regulatory issues of interest to UPC members. To sign up for the mailing list, please send an e-mail to the UP3 Project Manager.
Urban Pesticides Committee 2009 Meeting Materials:
- Agenda, May 19, 2009 UPC Meeting
- Meeting Summary, May 19, 2009 UPC Meeting
- Handout: One-page summary of aquatic pesticides court ruling and status, Patti TenBrook, U.S. EPA
- Presentation: Aquatic Pesticide Regulation in California , Phil Isorena, State Water Resoources Control Board
- Handout: Federal Pesticide Regulatory Activity Tracking Table , Kelly Moran, TDC Environmental
- March 17, 2009 UPC Meeting - CANCELLED DUE TO BOND FREEZE
- January 20, 2009 UPC Meeting - CANCELLED DUE TO BOND FREEZE
UPC Meeting Materials Archive: 2008 2007 2006 2005
UPC E-mail Updates:
The following e-mail updates were circulated to the UPC (all files are PDF):
- New U.S. EPA pyrethroids website, update on pyrethroid product label improvements, June 19, 2009
- Don Weston's Delta pyrethroid source study results presented Th 7/9, 1-3pm @ C.Valley Reg. Board, June 17, 2009
- Attachment: Map of Sacramento location
- March 09 Int'l IPM Symposium: presentations & posters online, June 16, 2009
- May 19 UPC Meeting Notice , May 18, 2009
- Scope of U.S. EPA effort to "harmonize" pesticides & water evaluations, May 12, 2009
- Attachment: OPP-OW Harmonization Cover Letter re Scoping
- DPR Awards for Urban IPM Innovators (call for nominees 09/results 08), May 8, 2009
- EPA Activity related to products that may be washed to POTWs, May 7, 2009
- Resources for Evaluating Pesticide Concentrations, May 5, 2009
- USGS Published Standardized Protocol for Sampling Pyrethroids in Water & Sediment, April 29, 2009
- DPR initiates development of regulations to prevent pesticide contamination of surface water, April 17, 2009
- UP3 Project LIMITED restart - next UPC mtg 5/19, April 15, 2009
- No UPC Meeting March 17 due to ongoing bond freeze and lack of alternate funding, March 12, 2009
- JAN 20 UPC MEETING CANCELLED - BOND FREEZE, January 13, 2009
- UPC activity suspended, effective immediately, per bond project freeze, December 19, 2008
- Attachment: Budget Letter 08-33