§ 136w-3. — Identification of pests; cooperation with Department of Agriculture's program.
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January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC136w-3]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 6--INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
Sec. 136w-3. Identification of pests; cooperation with
Department of Agriculture's program
(a) In general
The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall identify those pests that must be brought under
control. The Administrator shall also coordinate and cooperate with the
Secretary of Agriculture's research and implementation programs to
develop and improve the safe use and effectiveness of chemical,
biological, and alternative methods to combat and control pests that
reduce the quality and economical production and distribution of
agricultural products to domestic and foreign consumers.
(b) Pest control availability
(1) In general
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, shall identify--
(A) available methods of pest control by crop or animal;
(B) minor pest control problems, both in minor crops and
minor or localized problems in major crops; and
(C) factors limiting the availability of specific pest
control methods, such as resistance to control methods and
regulatory actions limiting the availability of control methods.
(2) Report
The Secretary of Agriculture shall, not later than 180 days
after November 28, 1990, and annually thereafter, prepare a report
and send the report to the Administrator. The report shall--
(A) contain the information described in paragraph (1);
(B) identify the crucial pest control needs where a shortage
of control methods is indicated by the information described in
paragraph (1); and
(C) describe in detail research and extension efforts
designed to address the needs identified in subparagraph (B).
(c) Integrated pest management
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
shall develop approaches to the control of pests based on integrated
pest management that respond to the needs of producers, with a special
emphasis on minor pests.
(d) Public health pests
The Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall identify pests of
significant public health importance and, in coordination with the
Public Health Service, develop and implement programs to improve and
facilitate the safe and necessary use of chemical, biological, and other
methods to combat and control such pests of public health importance.
(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, Sec. 28, as added Pub. L. 95-396, Sec. 24(2),
Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 838; amended Pub. L. 101-624, title XIV,
Sec. 1495, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3629; Pub. L. 104-127, title VIII,
Sec. 862(b)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1174; Pub. L. 104-170, title II,
Sec. 236, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1509.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-127 struck out ``and the
information required by section 5882 of this title'' after ``paragraph
(1)''.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-170 added subsec. (d).
1990--Pub. L. 101-624 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
