[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: 40CFR171.9]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 171_CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  171.9  Submission and approval of Government Agency Plan.



    This section is included to provide for certain Federal employees 

including those whose duties may require them to use or supervise the 

use of restricted use pesticides in a number of States.

    (a) Sections 171.1 through 171.8 will, with the necessary changes, 

apply to the Government Agency Plan (GAP) for determining and attesting 

to the competency of Federal employees to use or supervise the use of 

restricted use pesticides.

    (b) Federal employees qualified under the GAP shall:

    (1) Be prepared to present the Federal form issued to them attesting 

to their competency to appropriate State officials.

    (2) Fulfill any additional requirements States may have enumerated 

in their State plans as provided for under Sec.  171.7(e)(4).

    (c) The employing Federal agency shall ensure that certified 

employees using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides 

within a Federal facility are subject to the same or equivalent 

provisions prescribed under Sec.  171.7(b)(1)(iii) (A)-(E).



[40 FR 11704, Mar. 12, 1975]