2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides
ARTICLE 16 - The Interim Data Gap Exemption for Qualified Federally Registered Pesticides
Section 13163.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 13163 (2025)
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13163. In granting a certificate of interim registration, the director may defer no more than three of the following registration data requirements:

(a) Efficacy studies pursuant to Section 12824.

(b) KOW (octanol water partition coefficient) pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(c) Soil photolysis pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(d) A field dissipation study pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 13143.

(e) A study pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 that will be redone to correct errors or a study conducted under California conditions or guidelines, if the weight of evidence from all other submitted data support a scientific judgment in favor of interim registration.

(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 963, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

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