[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR166.1]

[Page 185]
 
                   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.


                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
166.1 Purpose and organization.
166.2 Types of exemptions.
166.3 Definitions.
166.7 User notification; advertising.

      Subpart B_Specific, Quarantine, and Public Health Exemptions

166.20 Application for a specific, quarantine, or public health 
          exemption.
166.22 Consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and Governors of 
          the States.
166.24 Public notice of receipt of application and opportunity for 
          public comment.
166.25 Agency review.
166.28 Duration of exemption.
166.30 Notice of Agency decision.
166.32 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements for specific, 
          quarantine, and public health exemptions.
166.34 EPA review of information obtained in connection with emergency 
          exemptions.
166.35 Revocation or modification of exemptions.

                       Subpart C_Crisis Exemptions

166.40 Authorization.
166.41 Limitations.
166.43 Notice to EPA and registrants or basic manufacturers.
166.45 Duration of crisis exemption.
166.47 Notification of FDA, USDA, and State health officials.
166.49 Public notice of crisis exemptions.
166.50 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements for crisis exemption.
166.53 EPA review of crisis exemption and revocation of authority.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y.

    Source: 51 FR 1902, Jan. 15, 1986, unless otherwise noted.



    (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.