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As we begin the new year in earnest, it appears PCOC will be busy as we to look to 2022. If you haven’t heard, there is some good news regarding vaccination requirements for employers with 100 employees or more. The Supreme Court recently issued a stay on OSHA’s vaccination requirements which means employers will not have to follow those requirements. While that’s welcome news, we will continue to watch what California does in the coming weeks and months.
Another issue to put on your radar, USEPA just came out with recommendations to have all registered rodenticides moved to restricted use and as you might imagine, that would radically change how rodenticides are sold and applied in this country. PCOC will be working with a broad coalition of stakeholders to submit commits to USEPA opposing this requirement until we discuss how this impacts not only us, but our clients like hospitals, hotels, restaurants and more.
Finally at the state level, we’re watching for legislation that removes the state pesticide preemption in California and would allow local communities to have their own regulations. This would be a disaster for our industry, so we will keep you informed as we watch the legislative deadlines in late February. As always, we will keep you informed on all of these important issues!
Chris Reardon
PCOC Executive Vice President
chris@pcoc.org
(916) 372-4363
