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Pesticide regulator describes new mill funding and expanded enforcement, monitoring plans
Summary
The Department of Pesticide Regulation told senators that a multi-year mill assessment reform will phase in 120 positions and increased mill assessments to stabilize funding and expand registration review, enforcement and monitoring.
Dr. Karen Morrison, director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 that last year—s budget and AB 2,113 created a multi-year plan to address a longstanding structural budget shortfall by phasing in staff and increasing the mill assessment charged on pesticide sales.
"Our primary funding source, the mill assessment, comes from the sale of pesticides in California," Morrison said, explaining that the assessment…
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