Begin Reevaluation of Specified Total Release Foggers
Summary
SCH Number
2026061287
Public Agency
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
(DPR)
Document Title
Begin Reevaluation of Specified Total Release Foggers
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/29/2026
Document Description
The Department of Pesticide Regulation begins reevaluation of the identified Total Release Foggers which requires gathering relevant data on potential impacts, effective June 29, 2026.
Contact Information
Name
JT Teerlink
Agency Name
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Job Title
Deputy Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Statewide
Other Location Info
Statewide indoor non-commercial spaces
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Information Collection 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Category 6 Exemption for Information Collection: A decision to Begin Reevaluation commences a period of data gathering by DPR to evaluate and determine whether the initial information indicating a registered product has or is likely to cause a significant effect on the environment is valid. (3 CCR sections 6220, et seq.) During this time, no changes are made to use requirements until sufficient data is collected and consultation with public agencies is complete. (3 CCR section 6252.) This activity consists of basic data collection, research, and resource evaluation activities that do not result in any new disturbance to an environmental resource. Category 6 activities may include those that are part of a study leading to action which an agency has not yet approved. DPR has not yet determined whether TRFs may continue to be used under current use limitations, or whether additional mitigation would be needed through adoption of a regulation, or whether cancellation of these registrations would be supported by the evidence. The Decision to begin this period of data gathering is thus exempt from CEQA.
Common Sense Exemption: Independently of the application of Category 6 to the Decision to Begin Reevaluation, the Decision is exempt from CEQA under the common sense exemption. CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment. The Decision to begin Reevaluation has no new effect on the environment, as it is a Decision to begin the process set forth in 3 CCR sections 6220 – 6224, and sections 6252 – 6256 of reevaluating pesticide products that were previously evaluated and registered for use in California. (Food and Agricultural Code sections 12824 & 12825.) No changes may be made to the use of these TRFs unless DPR either adopts a regulation or other use restriction altering the permissible uses in order to mitigate any identified potential impact or determines that no mitigation is available and proceeds to cancel the registration of the pesticide. The other potential outcome is that no changes would be made to the products’ use restrictions, and the reevaluation would be closed with no further action. These decisions will occur in the future, and until that time, there is no possibility that any effect on the environment will occur.
As set forth in the Decision to Begin Reevaluation, DPR has determined that the project subject to CEQA is the eventual decision regarding the continued use of covered TRF products under current use restrictions, and that this Decision to Begin Reevaluation is not a final decision regarding that project. Under the Certified Regulatory Program, the process of reevaluation to consider the project commences with the Director’s Decision to Begin Reevaluation. (3 CCR section 6220; Pub. Resources Code section 21080.5; CEQA section 15251(i).) DECISION TO BEGIN REEVALUATION OF SPECIFIED TOTAL RELEASE FOGGER (TRF) PRODUCTS FOR INDOOR CONSUMER USE
In an abundance of caution, DPR is filing this Notice of Exemption regarding the Decision to Begin Reevaluation because it is not subject to CEQA as it is not a final determination regarding the status of the registrations of the listed TRF pesticide products.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3) - Common Sense Exemption
Reasons for Exemption
Category 6 Exemption for Information Collection: A decision to Begin Reevaluation commences a period of data gathering by DPR to evaluate and determine whether the initial information indicating a registered product has or is likely to cause a significant effect on the environment is valid. (3 CCR sections 6220, et seq.) During this time, no changes are made to use requirements until sufficient data is collected and consultation with public agencies is complete. (3 CCR section 6252.) This activity consists of basic data collection, research, and resource evaluation activities that do not result in any new disturbance to an environmental resource. Category 6 activities may include those that are part of a study leading to action which an agency has not yet approved. DPR has not yet determined whether TRFs may continue to be used under current use limitations, or whether additional mitigation would be needed through adoption of a regulation, or whether cancellation of these registrations would be supported by the evidence. The Decision to begin this period of data gathering is thus exempt from CEQA.
Common Sense Exemption: Independently of the application of Category 6 to the Decision to Begin Reevaluation, the Decision is exempt from CEQA under the common sense exemption. CEQA only applies to projects that have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment. The Decision to begin Reevaluation has no new effect on the environment, as it is a Decision to begin the process set forth in 3 CCR sections 6220 – 6224, and sections 6252 – 6256 of reevaluating pesticide products that were previously evaluated and registered for use in California. (Food and Agricultural Code sections 12824 & 12825.) No changes may be made to the use of these TRFs unless DPR either adopts a regulation or other use restriction altering the permissible uses in order to mitigate any identified potential impact or determines that no mitigation is available and proceeds to cancel the registration of the pesticide. The other potential outcome is that no changes would be made to the products’ use restrictions, and the reevaluation would be closed with no further action. These decisions will occur in the future, and until that time, there is no possibility that any effect on the environment will occur.
As set forth in the Decision to Begin Reevaluation, DPR has determined that the project subject to CEQA is the eventual decision regarding the continued use of covered TRF products under current use restrictions, and that this Decision to Begin Reevaluation is not a final decision regarding that project. Under the Certified Regulatory Program, the process of reevaluation to consider the project commences with the Director’s Decision to Begin Reevaluation. (3 CCR section 6220; Pub. Resources Code section 21080.5; CEQA section 15251(i).) DECISION TO BEGIN REEVALUATION OF SPECIFIED TOTAL RELEASE FOGGER (TRF) PRODUCTS FOR INDOOR CONSUMER USE
In an abundance of caution, DPR is filing this Notice of Exemption regarding the Decision to Begin Reevaluation because it is not subject to CEQA as it is not a final determination regarding the status of the registrations of the listed TRF pesticide products.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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