[Title 40 CFR 171.9]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 1996 Edition]
[Title 40 - PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT]
[Chapter I - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)]
[Subchapter E - PESTICIDE PROGRAMS]
[Part 171 - CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS]
[Sec. 171.9 - Submission and approval of Government Agency Plan.]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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    PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY--(Continued)
    PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
    CERTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE APPLICATORS
  


Sec. 171.9   Submission and approval of Government Agency Plan.

    This section is included to provide for certain Federal employees 
including those whose duties may require them to use or supervise the 
use of restricted use pesticides in a number of States.
    (a) Sections 171.1 through 171.8 will, with the necessary changes, 
apply to the Government Agency Plan (GAP) for determining and attesting 
to the competency of Federal employees to use or supervise the use of 
restricted use pesticides.
    (b) Federal employees qualified under the GAP shall:
    (1) Be prepared to present the Federal form issued to them attesting 
to their competency to appropriate State officials.
    (2) Fulfill any additional requirements States may have enumerated 
in their State plans as provided for under Sec. 171.7(e)(4).
    (c) The employing Federal agency shall ensure that certified 
employees using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides 
within a Federal facility are subject to the same or equivalent 
provisions prescribed under Sec. 171.7(b)(1)(iii)(A)-(E).

[40 FR 11704, Mar. 12, 1975]