legislation: 99-hr-5440
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| 99-hr-5440 | 99 | hr | 5440 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 | Environmental Protection | 1986-08-15 | 1986-09-02 | See H.R.2482. | House | Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] | TX | D | D000203 | 3 | Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Registration - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide for public access to health and safety data submitted to support a registration application for a pesticide containing a new active ingredient, or to authorize the initial food use of a pesticide active ingredient. Provides criminal penalties for wrongful disclosure. Prohibits conditional registrations for additional uses unless in the public interest. Requires the reregistration of active ingredient pesticides with outstanding data requirements registered before November 1, 1984. Requires an inert ingredient priority list to be established. Title II: Information Disclosure - Requires pesticide producers to make health, safety, and environmental information available to the public. Provides for data disclosure to States. Title III: Review and Cancellation - Provides for a public administrative review of pesticide safety. Provides for cancellation of registrations based on false or invalid data. Title IV: Records and Inspections - Authorizes duly designated Federal and State officials or employees to inspect pesticide facilities. Title V: Exports - Requires that specified precautionary information be placed on the labels of pesticides intended for export, unless such information is in conflict with the importing country's laws. Revises notification requirements. Title VI: Certification and Training - Makes it a violation for any person to use any pesticide as a commercial applicator unless such person is a certified commercial applicator or a registered commercial applicator under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator. Provides for the development of training materials and procedures, including standards for trainers and training programs. Requires pesticide dealers to maintain sales and distribution records. Title VII: Data Compensation - Requires each registrant of an active ingredient pesticide used only in food, feed, or fiber production to jointly develop, or share in the development costs, of additional data. Title VIII: General - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Terminates State primary enforcement responsibility for pesticide violations as of January 1, 1989, unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines that the State has the authority to impose civil and criminal penalties at least equal to those provided for in this Act. Makes the scientific advisory panel under such Act permanent. Authorizes any person to obtain judicial review of EPA regulations. Requires: (1) indemnity reports to the appropriate congressional committees; (2) the Administrator to protect drinking and groundwater from pesticide contamination; and (3) the Administrator to protect the health and safety of pesticide workers. Authorizes FY 1987 through 1991 appropriations. Obligates specified amounts for research. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Sets forth agricultural producers liability provisions. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate the activities under this Act and report to the Congress. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide support for the interregional project number 4 program (IR4 program). Requires EPA studies and reports to the Congress on the following: (1) pesticide risk rating; (2) nonagricultural pesticides; (3) dioxin residues in human milk; (4) pesticide drift; and (5) naturally occurring agents that act as pesticides. Title IX: Clarifying and Technical Amendments - Makes technical amendments. Title X: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date for the provisions of this Act. Title XI: Tolerances and International Cooperation - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to revoking tolerances or exemptions from tolerances established for pesticide chemical residues. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance to foreign countries on pesticide regulatory programs and to survey all countries that import pesticides from U.S. exporters or from which the United States imports agricultural commodities. | 2025-08-29T16:32:41Z |