[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR176.3]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 176_TIME-LIMITED TOLERANCES FOR EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 176.3  Definitions.

    The terms have the same meaning as in the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act section 2, and in the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act section 201 and Sec. 166.3 of this chapter. In 
addition, the following terms are defined for the purposes of this part.
    Agency means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    Applicant means any entity authorized under section 18 of FIFRA to 
request an emergency exemption that requests such an exemption under 
Sec. 166.20 of this chapter, or issues a crisis exemption under Sec. 
166.40 of this chapter.
    Crisis exemption means an exemption authorized under FIFRA section 
18, in accordance with Sec. Sec. 166.40 through 166.53 of this 
chapter.
    Emergency exemption means a specific, quarantine, or public health 
exemption

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authorized under FIFRA section 18 and the regulations at Sec. Sec. 
166.20 through 166.35 of this chapter.
    EPA means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    FFDCA means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 
et seq.).
    FIFRA means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C 136 et seq.).
    Tolerance means the maximum amount of a pesticide chemical residue 
that may lawfully be present in or on a raw agricultural commodity, or 
processed food, or animal feed, expressed as parts per million by weight 
of the pesticide chemical residue in the food or feed.
    Tolerance exemption means a formal determination by the Agency 
pursuant to FFDCA section 408(c), 21 U.S.C 346a(c), that no tolerance is 
needed for a given pesticide chemical residue in or on a particular food 
commodity. For purposes of this part, the term ``tolerance'' shall 
include an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.