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PUBLIC LAW 88-305-MAY 12, 1964
[78 STAT.
, tion or requiring modification of the claims or the labeling. Such order shall be based only on substantial evidence of record at such hearing, including any report, recommendations, underlying data, and reason certified to the Secretary by an advisory committee, and shall set forth detailed findings of fact upon which the order is based. In connection with consideration of any registration or application for registration under this section, the Secretary may consult with any other Federal agency or with an advisory committee appointed as herein provided. ^V^*c** ^^^* Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3.c.(4), information relative to formulas of products acquired by authority of this section may be revealed, when necessary under this section, to an advisory committee, or to any Federal agency-^ consulted, or at a public hearing, or in findings of fact issued by the Secretary. All data submitted to an advisory committee in support of a petition under this section shall be Use of data. cousidercd confidential by such advisory committee: Provided, That this provision shall not be construed as prohibiting the use of such data by the committee in connection with its consultation with the petitioner or representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, as provided for herein, and in connection with its report and recomsuspension of mendatious to the Secretary. Notwithstanding any other provision regis ra ion. ^^ ^j^^^ section, tile Secretary may, when he finds that such action is necessary to prevent an imminent hazard to the public, by order, suspend the registration of an economic poison immediately. In such case, he shall give the registrant prompt notice of such action and afford the registrant the opportunity to have the matter submitted to an advisory committee and for an expedited hearing under this section. Final orders of the Secretary under this section shall be subject to judicial review, in accordance with the provisions of subsection d. In no event shall registration of an article be construed as a defense for 61 Stat. 166. ii^g commission of any offense prohibited under section 3 of this Act." 7 USC 135a. g^^ ^ Section 4 of said Act (61 Stat. 167; 7 U.S.C. 135b) is hereby further amended by redesignating subsections d. and e. as subsections e. and f., and by adding a new subsection d., as follows: Judicial review.
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Appeals."" ° under this section, any person who will be adversely affected by such order may obtain judicial review by filing in the United States court of appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, within sixty days after the entry of such order, a petition praying that the order be set aside in whole or in part. A copy of the petition shallbe forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary, or any officer designated by him for that purpose, and thereupon the Secretary shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his order, as provided 72 Stat. 941. in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. Upon the filing of such petition the court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to affirm or set aside the order complained of in whole or in part. The findings of the Secretary with respect to questions of fact shall be sustained if supported by substantial evidence when considered on the record as a whole, including any report and recommendation of an advisory dence" °"^^ ^"^' committec. If application is made to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, the court may order such additional evidence to be taken before the Secretary, and to be adduced upon the hearing in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as to the court may seem proper, if such evidence is material and there were reasonable grounds for failure to adduce such evidence in the proceedings below.
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