[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: 40CFR170.1]

[Page 208]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170--WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 170.1  Scope and purpose.


    This part contains a standard designed to reduce the risks of 
illness or injury resulting from workers' and handlers' occupational 
exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on 
farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests and also from the 
accidental exposure of workers and other persons to such pesticides. It 
requires workplace practices designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to 
pesticides and establishes procedures for responding to exposure-related 
emergencies.