[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR156.210]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 156_LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDES AND DEVICES--Table of 

Contents

 

                 Subpart K_Worker Protection Statements

 

Sec.  156.210  Notification-to-workers statements.



    (a) Requirement. Each product that meets the requirements of 

paragraph (b) of this section shall bear the posting and oral 

notification statements prescribed below. The statements shall be in the 

DIRECTIONS FOR USE section of the labeling under the heading 

AGRICULTURAL USE REQUIREMENTS.

    (b) Notification to workers of pesticide application. (1) Each 

product that contains any active ingredient classified as toxicity 

category I for either acute dermal toxicity or skin irritation potential 

under the criteria in Sec.  156.10(h)(1) shall bear the statement: 

``Notify workers of the application by warning them orally and by 

posting warning signs at entrances to treated areas.'' If no acute 

dermal toxicity data are obtainable, data on acute oral toxicity of the 

active ingredient shall be considered instead. If no data on acute 

dermal toxicity, skin irritation potential, or acute oral toxicity are 

obtainable on the active ingredient, the toxicity category corresponding 

to the signal word of any registered manufacturing-use product that is 

the source of the active ingredient in the end-use product shall be 

used. If none of the applicable acute toxicity data are obtainable on 

the active ingredient and no toxicity category of the registered



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manufacturing-use product is obtainable, the toxicity category of the 

end-use product corresponding to the product's signal word shall be 

used.

    (2) Each product that is a fumigant and is registered for use in a 

greenhouse (or whose labeling allows use in a greenhouse) shall bear the 

statement: ``For greenhouse applications, notify workers of the 

application by warning them orally and by posting warning signs outside 

all entrances to the greenhouse.''



[57 FR 38146, Aug. 21, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 34203, June 23, 1993]