§ 136r-1. — Integrated Pest Management.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC136r-1]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 6--INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
Sec. 136r-1. Integrated Pest Management
The Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Administrator,
shall implement research, demonstration, and education programs to
support adoption of Integrated Pest Management. Integrated Pest
Management is a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining
biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that
minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. The Secretary of
Agriculture and the Administrator shall make information on Integrated
Pest Management widely available to pesticide users, including Federal
agencies. Federal agencies shall use Integrated Pest Management
techniques in carrying out pest management activities and shall promote
Integrated Pest Management through procurement and regulatory policies,
and other activities.
(Pub. L. 104-170, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1512.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Food Quality Protection Act of
1996, and not as part of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act which comprises this subchapter.
