2021 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 6 - Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control
Subchapter II - Environmental Pesticide Control
Sec. 136r-1 - Integrated Pest Management
| 7 U.S.C. § 136r-1 (2021) |
| §136r–1. Integrated Pest Management |
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The Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Administrator, shall implement research, demonstration, and education programs to support adoption of Integrated Pest Management. Integrated Pest Management is a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator shall make information on Integrated Pest Management widely available to pesticide users, including Federal agencies. Federal agencies shall use Integrated Pest Management techniques in carrying out pest management activities and shall promote Integrated Pest Management through procurement and regulatory policies, and other activities. |
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(Pub. L. 104–170, title III, §303, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat. 1512.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, and not as part of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act which comprises this subchapter. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 6 - INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL SUBCHAPTER II - ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL Sec. 136r-1 - Integrated Pest Management |
| section 136r-1 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 110 Stat. 1512 |
| Public Law 104-170 |
