§ 136r. — Research and monitoring.
[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]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 6--INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
Sec. 136r. Research and monitoring
(a) Research
The Administrator shall undertake research including research by
grant or contract with other Federal agencies, universities, or others
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, and
the Administrator shall conduct research into integrated pest management
in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture. The Administrator
shall also take care to ensure that such research does not duplicate
research being undertaken by any other Federal agency.
(b) National monitoring plan
The Administrator shall formulate and periodically revise, in
cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies, a national
plan for monitoring pesticides.
(c) Monitoring
The Administrator shall undertake such monitoring activities,
including, but not limited to monitoring in air, soil, water, man,
plants, and animals, as may be necessary for the implementation of this
subchapter and of the national pesticide monitoring plan. The
Administrator shall establish procedures for the monitoring of man and
animals and their environment for incidential \1\ pesticide exposure,
including, but not limited to, the quantification of incidental human
and environmental pesticide pollution and the secular trends thereof,
and identification of the sources of contamination and their
relationship to human and environmental effects. Such activities shall
be carried out in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local
agencies.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``incidental''.
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(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, Sec. 20, as added Pub. L. 92-516, Sec. 2, Oct.
21, 1972, 86 Stat. 996; amended Pub. L. 95-396, Sec. 20, Sept. 30, 1978,
92 Stat. 834; Pub. L. 102-237, title X, Sec. 1006(a)(10), (b)(1), Dec.
13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1895.)
Amendments
1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-237 substituted ``ensure'' for
``insure'' and ``the Administrator'' for ``he'' before ``shall
conduct''.
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-396, Sec. 20(1), substituted in first
sentence ``shall conduct research into integrated pest management in
coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture'' for ``shall give
priority to research to develop biologically integrated alternatives for
pest control''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-396, Sec. 20(2), inserted provision
requiring establishment of monitoring procedures and the carrying out of
the activities in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local
agencies.
Effective Date
For effective date of section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92-516, set
out as a note under section 136 of this title.
Availability of Grants
Pub. L. 106-74, title III, Oct. 20, 1999, 113 Stat. 1081, provided
in part: ``That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C. 2609,
beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded under
section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act [7
U.S.C. 136r], as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control
Act [15 U.S.C. 2609], as amended, shall be available for research,
development, monitoring, public education, training, demonstrations, and
studies''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 5881 of this title.
