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    <CFRTITLE>40</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Protection of Environment</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>23</VOL>
    <DATE>2009-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2009-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
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    <TITLE>Scope and purpose.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>170.1</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 170.1</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 40" SEQ="4">Protection of Environment</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER E" SEQ="2">PESTICIDE PROGRAMS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 170" SEQ="1">WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart A" SEQ="0">General Provisions</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 170.1</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Scope and purpose.</SUBJECT>
    <P>This part contains a standard designed to reduce the risks of illness or injury resulting from workers' and handlers' occupational exposures to pesticides used in the production of agricultural plants on farms or in nurseries, greenhouses, and forests and also from the accidental exposure of workers and other persons to such pesticides. It requires workplace practices designed to reduce or eliminate exposure to pesticides and establishes procedures for responding to exposure-related emergencies.</P>
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