The 10th-of-the-Month Panic: California Structural PUR in 2026 and the Audit a Binder Cannot Reconstruct
County monthly summaries, negative “no use” reports, and the technician ticket an inspector can actually match to the label.
September 2026 · 12 min
Every structural operator in California already knows the shape of the month: the routes ran, the tickets are in a folder or a spreadsheet tab, and the 10th is closer than the office wants to admit. The rule underneath that panic is not new in 2026. What is current is how the Department of Pesticide Regulation still describes it, and how a structural use monitoring inspection looks when someone shows up while the technician is mixing.
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