[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR163.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 163--CERTIFICATION OF USEFULNESS OF PESTICIDE CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 163.2  Definitions.

    Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall be 
construed, respectively, to mean:
    (a) Act means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
301

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et seq.), as amended by Pub. L. 518, 83d Congress, 2d Session, ``An Act 
to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to 
residues of pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities'' 
(68 Stat. 511).
    (b) Director means the Director of the Pesticides Regulation 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
    (c) Agency means the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (d) Pesticide chemical and raw agricultural commodity shall have the 
same meanings as they have in paragraphs (q) and (r), respectively, of 
section 201 of the Act.
    (e) Economic poison shall have the same meaning as it has under the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 135-135k) 
and the regulations issued thereunder.
    (f) Person means individuals, partnerships, corporations, and 
associations.
    (g) Certification means a certification by the Director that a 
pesticide chemical is useful for the purpose for which a tolerance or 
exemption is sought under the act.
    (h) Petition means a petition filed with the Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to section 408(d)(1) of the 
Act.

[36 FR 22533, Nov. 25, 1971, as amended at 53 FR 15999, May 4, 1988]