[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR166.1]

[Page 183]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 166--EXEMPTION OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES FOR USE OF PESTICIDES 
UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 166.1  Purpose and organization.


    (a) Purpose and scope. Section 18 of the Act authorizes the 
Administrator to exempt State and Federal agencies from any provision of 
the Act, if he determines that emergency conditions exist which require 
an exemption. The regulations in this part establish procedures whereby 
the Administrator may exempt a Federal or State agency from the 
provisions of the Act which regulate the manner in which a pesticide is 
made available for use or is used.
    (b) Organization. (1) The provisions in subpart A of this part 
describe the four types of emergency exemptions authorized by the Agency 
and define terms used in this part.
    (2) Subpart B of this part establishes procedures and criteria for 
specific, quarantine, and public health exemptions.
    (3) Subpart C of this part establishes procedures and criteria for 
crisis exemptions.