PUBLIC LAW 104-170—AUG. 3, 1996
110 STAT. 1493
"SEC. 30. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING OF MAINTENANCE 7 USC 136w-5.
APPLICATORS AND SERVICE TECHNICIANS.
"Each State may establish minimum requirements for training
of maintenance applicators and service technicians. Such training
may include instruction in the safe and effective handling and
use of pesticides in accordance with the Environmental Protection
Agency approved labeling, and instruction in integrated pest
management techniques. The authority of the Administrator with
respect to minimum requirements for training of maintenance
applicators and service technicians shall be limited to ensuring
that each State understands the provisions of this section.".
TITLE II—MINOR USE CROP PROTEC-
TION, ANTIMICROBIAL PESTICIDE
REGISTRATION REFORM, AND PUBLIC
HEALTH PESTICIDES
SEC. 201. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section
or other provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act.
Subtitle A—Minor Use Crop Protection
SEC. 210. MINOR CROP PROTECTION.
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 2 (7 U.S.C. 136), as amended by section 120, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
"(11) MINOR USE. — The term 'minor use' means the use of a
pesticide on an animal, on a commercial agricultural crop or site,
or for the protection of public health where—
"(1) the total United States acreage for the crop is less
than 300,000 acres, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture; or
"(2) the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary
of Agriculture, determines that, based on information provided
by an applicsint for registration or a registrant, the use does
not provide sufficient economic incentive to support the initial
registration or continuing registration of a pesticide for such
use and—
"(A) there are insufficient efficacious alternative registered pesticides available for the use;
"(B) the alternatives to the pesticide use pose greater
risks to the environment or human health;
"(C) the minor use pesticide plays or will play a significant part in managing pest resistance; or
"(D) the minor use pesticide plays or will play a significant part in an integrated pest management program.
The status as a minor use under this subsection shall continue
as long as the Administrator has not determined that, based on
existing data, such use may cause an unreasonable adverse effect
on the environment and the use otherwise qualifies for such status.".
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