[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: 40CFR166.1]



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                   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.

166.49 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.



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