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.
Upcoming Meetings: All Urban Pesticide Committee meetings are held in Room 1411 of the State Office Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland unless otherwise specified. A teleconference line is provided for those unable to participate in person. The teleconference number for all 2008 meetings is 916 227-1132. Upcoming meetings are scheduled for:
May 20, 2008
July 15, 2008
September 16, 2008
November
18, 2008
For directions, visit http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/direction.htm
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.
Meeting Materials:
- Agenda, May 20, 2008 UPC Meeting (PDF file)
- Agenda, March 18, 2008 UPC Meeting (PDF file)
- Meeting Summary, March 18, 2008 UPC Meeting (PDF file)
- Presentation: Pesticide Analytical Methods, Patti TenBrook, U.S. EPA Region 9 (PDF file)
- Presentation: Reevaluation, Rachel Kubiak, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (PDF file)
- Agenda, January 15, 2008 UPC Meeting (PDF file)
- Meeting Summary, January 15, 2008 UPC Meeting (PDF file)
- Handout: Pyrethroids Method Development Project, Michelle Hladik, USGS
- Presentation: Highlights of UP3 Accomplishments, Laura Speare, UP3 Project
- Handout: Pyrethroids Reevaluation Data Requirement Due Date Summary - October 2007, Prepared by TDC Environmental, LLC for the UP3 Project
- Presentation: West Nile Virus, Mosquito Abatement, and Pesticide Use, David Brown, Sacramento-Yolo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
- Presentation: Urban Pesticide Use, Modeling, and Stewardship – Scotts Miracle Gro., Larry Coltharp, Scotts Miracle Gro. (PDF file)
- Presentation: How Pesticides Move from Urban Application Locations to Surface Water (Draft Conceptual Model for Urban Pesticide Transport to Surface Waters), Kelly Moran, TDC Environmental, LLC (PDF file)
- Highlights –UP3 Project Urban Pesticide Use Trends Annual Report 2007, Kelly Moran, TDC Environmental, LLC
- Presentation: Statewide Investigation of the Role of Pyrethroid Pesticides in Sediment Toxicity in California’s Urban Waterways – Preliminary Data, Robert Holmes, Central Valley Water Board
- Presentation: Shifting Pesticide Use: The decline of diazinon, the emergence of synthetic pyrethroids, and changes in observed toxicity in stormwater runoff, David S. Renfrew, Weston Solutions, Inc.
- Handout: Summary Information Regarding October 2006 Endangered Species Ruling, Prepared by Patti TenBrook, U.S. EPA, Region 9
- Presentation: Water Quality Criteria Method Development , Joe Karkoski and Paul Hann, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (PDF file)
- Presentation: UP3 2006 Annual Regulatory Update, Kelly Moran, TDC Environmental (PDF file)
- Presentation: Strategic Directions for the UC Statewide IPM Program in Urban IPM , Mary Louise Flint, UC-IPM (PDF file)
2006 Meeting Materials Archive--For 2005 UPC meeting materials, click here.
2005 Meeting Materials Archive--For 2005 UPC meeting materials, click here.
UPC E-mail Updates Archive:
The following e-mail updates were circulated to the UPC (all files are PDF):
- UP3 2008 Science Update now available, April 29, 2008
- USGS published chemical analysis method for fipronil and other current-use pesticides
- EPA Revises Cypermethrin Reregistration Decision, April 24, 2008
- CASQA Issues Call for Papers and Presentations- Due 5/23, April 14, 2008
- Fwd: Scotts promo on NPR, April 14, 2008
- UPC action and followup items--March 18 mtg., March 20, 2008
- DPR Reevaluation Update for July-December 2007, March 12, 2008
- Attachment: DPR Reevaluation Status Report 03_08
- EPA Revises Permethrin Reregistration Decision, March 12, 2008
- Final Report--DPR's Urban Pest Management Working Group, March 10, 2008
- Attachment: Final Report, UPMWG
- UPC: EPA Re registration schedule updated, February 26, 2008
- News on upcoming paper on effects of pesticide mixtures on salmon, February 19, 2008
- Pyrethroids sampling & chemical analysis, February 4, 2008
- DPR releases 2006 pesticide sales data , February 4, 2008
- UPC action and follow-up items--Jan 15, 2008 mtg., January 17, 2008
- DPR Pest Management Alliance Grants, January 15, 2007
2007 UPC E-mail updates archive: For links to 2007 UPC e-mails, click here.
2006 UPC E-mail updates archive: For links to 2006 UPC e-mails, click here.
2005 UPC E-mail updates archive: For links to 2005 UPC e-mails, click here.