§170.103. Exceptions.
40 C.F.R. § 170.103
Exceptions. This subpart does not apply when any pesticide is applied on an agricultural establishment in the following circumstances:
For mosquito abatement, Mediterranean fruit fly eradication, or similar wide-area public pest control programs sponsored by governmental entities;
On livestock or other animals, or in or about animal premises;
On plants grown for other than commercial or research purposes, which may include plants in habitations, home fruit and vegetable gardens, and home greenhouses;
On plants that are in ornamental gardens, parks, and public or private lawns and grounds that are intended only for aesthetic purposes or climatic modification;
By injection directly into agricultural plants. Direct injection does not include “hack and squirt,” “frill and spray,” chemigation, soil-incorporation, or soil-injection;
In a manner not directly related to the production of agricultural plants, including, but not limited to, structural pest control, control of vegetation along rights-of-way and in other noncrop areas, and pasture and rangeland use;
For control of vertebrate pests;
As attractants or repellents in traps;
On the harvested portions of agricultural plants or on harvested timber; and
For research uses of unregistered pesticides.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[57 FR 38151, Aug. 21, 1992. Redesignated at 60 FR 21952, May 3, 1995]
Authority
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136w.
Source
Source: 57 FR 38151, Aug. 21, 1992, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[57 FR 38151, Aug. 21, 1992. Redesignated at 60 FR 21952, May 3, 1995]