[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: 40CFR166.2]



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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.  166.2  Types of exemptions.



    There are four types of emergency exemptions which may be 

authorized: specific, quarantine, public health, and crisis exemptions.

    (a) Specific exemption. A specific exemption may be authorized in an 

emergency condition to avert:

    (1) A significant economic loss; or

    (2) A significant risk to:

    (i) Endangered species,

    (ii) Threatened species,

    (iii) Beneficial organisms, or

    (iv) The environment.

    (b) Quarantine exemption. A quarantine exemption may be authorized 

in an emergency condition to control the introduction or spread of any 

pest that is an invasive species, or is otherwise new to or not 

theretofore known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and 

throughout the United States and its territories.

    (c) Public health exemption. A public health exemption may be 

authorized in an emergency condition to control a pest that will cause a 

significant risk to human health.

    (d) Crisis exemption. A crisis exemption may be utilized in an 

emergency condition when the time from discovery of the emergency to the 

time when the pesticide use is needed is insufficient to allow for the 

authorization of a specific, quarantine, or public health exemption.



[51 FR 1902, Jan. 15, 1986, as amended at 71 FR 4510, Jan. 27, 2006]