HR 8681 · 95th Congress · Environmental Protection
A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended.
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EnactedLatest: Text inserted in H.R. 7073 as passed House.(1977-10-31)
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Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to establish exceptions to the definition of the term " to use any registered pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. Amends FIFRA to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from using data previously submitted by a successful applicant for a pesticide registration to support a later applicant, unless (1) eight years have passed since the data was originally submitted; (2) the original data submitter has consented to use; or (3) the later data submitter offers to compensate the original submitter for such use. Specifies a procedure for negotiation and arbitration of the amount of compensation. Establishes procedures governing the generation of data needed to maintain existing registrations if the original data is incomplete or inadequate. Directs the Administrator to prescribe procedures for the registration of pesticides. Directs the Administrator, in establishing standards for data requirements for the registration of pesticides intended for minor uses, to (1) make the standards commensurate with the anticipated extent and pattern of use, and the level and degree of pote…
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