[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: 40CFR163.9]

[Page 164]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 163--CERTIFICATION OF USEFULNESS OF PESTICIDE CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 163.9  Proposed certification; notice; request for hearing.

    (a) If, upon the basis of the data before him, it appears to the 
Director that the pesticide chemical is not useful for the purpose or 
purposes for which a tolerance or exemption is sought, or is useful for 
only some of the purposes for which a tolerance or exemption is sought, 
the Director shall notify the person requesting the certification of his 
proposal to so certify. Notice of such proposed certification will be 
given by registered mail.
    (b) Within one week after receipt of such notice of proposed 
certification the person requesting the certification may, by filing a 
request with the Director, (1) request that the certification be made on 
the basis of the proposed certification; (2) request a hearing on the 
proposed certification or the parts objected to; (3) request both such 
certification and such hearing; or (4) withdraw the request for 
certification as provided for in Sec. 163.10.

If no such request or withdrawal is filed with the Director within such 
time, the certification will be made as proposed.