---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 166.28"
title: "40"
number: "166.28"
heading: "Duration of exemption."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/166.28"
---

# §166.28. Duration of exemption.

- (a) **Specific or public health exemptions.** EPA shall allow use of a pesticide under a specific or public health exemption for as long a period as is reasonably expected to be necessary but in no case for longer than 1 year.
- (b) **Quarantine exemption.** EPA shall allow use of a pesticide under a quarantine exemption for as long a period as is deemed necessary but in no case for longer than 3 years. Quarantine exemptions may be renewed. Interim reports containing the information specified in [§ 166.32(b)](/cfr/40/166.32.md?p=b) to the extent available shall be filed annually.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136p, and 136w.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 1902, Jan. 15, 1986, unless otherwise noted.