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SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing three vacancies on the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board.
The board advises the Secretary on the department’s Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program, which ensures fertilizing materials are safe, effective and meet quality guarantees.
As part of the program, inspectors and investigators located throughout the state conduct routine sampling and inspections; respond to consumer complaints; and enforce laws and regulations that govern the manufacturing and distribution of fertilizing materials.
The program is funded by fertilizer license fees and mill assessments.
Vacancies are available for two board positions and one public member. The term of office for board members is three years. Members receive no compensation, but are entitled to necessary travel expenses.
The two board member applicants must hold a current fertilizing materials license or be a representative of a licensed firm; the public member vacancy is not subject to this requirement.
Individuals interested in a board appointment must submit a resume and a completed prospective member appointment questionnaire, available on the CDFA Web site by Aug. 31.
Send resume and prospective member appointment questionnaire via email toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by mail to CDFA, Feed, Fertilizer and Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services Branch, Attn: Brittnie Sabalbro, 1220 N St., Sacramento, CA 95814.
For more information, contact Brittnie Sabalbro at 916-900-5022 orThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The board advises the Secretary on the department’s Fertilizing Materials Inspection Program, which ensures fertilizing materials are safe, effective and meet quality guarantees.
As part of the program, inspectors and investigators located throughout the state conduct routine sampling and inspections; respond to consumer complaints; and enforce laws and regulations that govern the manufacturing and distribution of fertilizing materials.
The program is funded by fertilizer license fees and mill assessments.
Vacancies are available for two board positions and one public member. The term of office for board members is three years. Members receive no compensation, but are entitled to necessary travel expenses.
The two board member applicants must hold a current fertilizing materials license or be a representative of a licensed firm; the public member vacancy is not subject to this requirement.
Individuals interested in a board appointment must submit a resume and a completed prospective member appointment questionnaire, available on the CDFA Web site by Aug. 31.
Send resume and prospective member appointment questionnaire via email to
For more information, contact Brittnie Sabalbro at 916-900-5022 or
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- Written by: California Department of Food and Agriculture
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is developing regulations to implement a retrieval program for lost or abandoned commercial Dungeness crab gear.
A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. June 25, at the CDFW Monterey Office at 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Monterey.
At the initial public hearing in Santa Rosa on April 2, CDFW proposed modifications to the program.
A supplemental public comment period began May 10 and will run through June 24.
Under existing law (Fish and Game Code Section 8276(d)), all commercial Dungeness crab traps must be removed from the water by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the commercial Dungeness crab season.
Under the proposed program, qualified entities (retrieval permittees) and their designated agents can retrieve lost or abandoned commercial Dungeness crab gear remaining in the water after the close of the season.
Retrieval permittees must contact the Dungeness crab vessel permitholder and offer to return the gear in exchange for reasonable compensation. If reasonable compensation is not provided, CDFW will reimburse the Retrieval Permittee and levy fees against the vessel permitholder.
The program is expected to reduce the amount of lost or abandoned commercial trap gear in ocean waters, which pose entanglement risk to marine life and navigational hazards to other boaters.
Interested individuals are encouraged to review the proposed regulations and to submit written comments prior to the close of the supplemental public comment period (5 p.m. on June 24) or give oral comments at the public hearing on June 25.
A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. June 25, at the CDFW Monterey Office at 20 Lower Ragsdale Drive, Monterey.
At the initial public hearing in Santa Rosa on April 2, CDFW proposed modifications to the program.
A supplemental public comment period began May 10 and will run through June 24.
Under existing law (Fish and Game Code Section 8276(d)), all commercial Dungeness crab traps must be removed from the water by 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the commercial Dungeness crab season.
Under the proposed program, qualified entities (retrieval permittees) and their designated agents can retrieve lost or abandoned commercial Dungeness crab gear remaining in the water after the close of the season.
Retrieval permittees must contact the Dungeness crab vessel permitholder and offer to return the gear in exchange for reasonable compensation. If reasonable compensation is not provided, CDFW will reimburse the Retrieval Permittee and levy fees against the vessel permitholder.
The program is expected to reduce the amount of lost or abandoned commercial trap gear in ocean waters, which pose entanglement risk to marine life and navigational hazards to other boaters.
Interested individuals are encouraged to review the proposed regulations and to submit written comments prior to the close of the supplemental public comment period (5 p.m. on June 24) or give oral comments at the public hearing on June 25.
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- Written by: California Department of Fish and Wildlife
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