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appropriate when adult flies are numerous.Warm weather means more adult flies and shorter development time for immature flies(less than 1 week for the common house fly,Musca domestica). • The ranch should construct and deploy more adult fly traps(at least 6 or more traps)like the design of those currently in place and maintained by the Department around the outside of lay houses number one and two. • It is the opinion of the Department that during the summer months when fly control must be given a priority that the 160,000 bird Canada Road ranch cannot be adequately maintained with the current level of staffing. Inspections reveal that something always needs attention at this facility and available staff are used for other purposes other than fly control.This practice is not acceptable and contributes to the current high level of adult and immature flies on and about the ranch. • In the furtherance of good management,on site personnel,are required to keep and make available to the Department a insecticide spray log that indicates the date,time,fly control material used,the amount of sprayed material applied,the location of where the material was applied,and by whom the material was applied. • The agreed upon manure management plan requires a tractor or other mechanized device to remove the manure.This tractor or device must be in good operating condition.The plan also calls for a tractor to be on stand by should the primary removal device fail. Recent breakdowns suggests that the primary manure removal equipment is not in good operating condition and a tractor on stand by was not available for most of a working day which delayed manure removal.This is not an acceptable situation. You are expected to have manure removal equipment in operating condition or have equipment at the site in short order to facilitate manure removal. These expectations are firm.The ranch is expected to be a good neighbor by maintaining exemplary fly control practices. Notice of Violation Since the August 9,2002 meeting, inspections of the 4140 Canada Road poultry facility on August 8, 12, 16, 19,and 22, 2002 have revealed that the ranch has failed to keep flies at acceptable levels and spot card indicator averages have been above the threshold level of 50 spots that was establish by the Department.This letter serves as notice that if flies occur again as immature stages and adults in numbers considerably in excess of those found in the surrounding environment that we will start legal/administrative action to obtain compliance.Enclosed are pictures of the excess numbers of immature fly larva,immature fly pupa,and adult flies that were found during the week of August 8,2002 through August 22,2002. A comprehensive fly control program would have prevented this from occurring. The Department is committed to a balance between the agricultural needs of our community and the needs of surrounding individual to be able to enjoy their homes. I am confident that you,too,will share this balance and seek to improve the operation of your poultry facility so that flies are kept to tolerable levels. Sincerely, Antone Pacheco,Director Hazardous Tim Mulligan,Manager Materials Compliance Division Santa Clara County Vector Control District Cc: Ben Gale,Director DEH Rachael Gibson,Supervisor Gage Greg Van Wassenhoven,County Agricultural