California Government Code

§ 7924.305

GOV § 7924.305 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 10 · Title 1 · Part 5 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a request pursuant to this division for the release of data submitted and designated as a trade secret by a registrant or applicant, shall determine whether any or all of the data so submitted is a properly designated trade secret. In order to assure that the interested public has an opportunity to obtain and review pesticide safety and efficacy data and to comment before the expiration of the public comment period on a proposed pesticide registration, the director shall provide notice to interested persons when an application for registration enters the registration evaluation process.

(b)If the director determines that the data is not a trade secret, the director shall notify the registrant or applicant by certified mail.

(c)The registrant or applicant shall have 30 days after receipt of this notification to provide the director with a complete justification and statement of the grounds on which the trade secret privilege is claimed. This justification and statement shall be submitted by certified mail.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2. (AB 473) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 7931.000. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed in Section 7924.335.