---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 176.1"
title: "40"
number: "176.1"
heading: "Scope and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/176.1"
---

# §176.1. Scope and applicability.


This part describes the procedures and criteria under which EPA will establish time-limited tolerances and exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for pesticide chemical residues associated with use of pesticides under emergency or crisis exemptions under FIFRA [section 18](/cfr/40/18.md). This part applies only to tolerances issued on the initiative of EPA as the result of the issuance of an emergency exemption or the declaration of a crisis exemption. This part does not cover time-limited tolerances in any other circumstances.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 64131, Oct. 25, 2000, unless otherwise noted.