(a) ResearchThe Administrator shall undertake research including research by grant or contract with other Federal agencies, universities, or others as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, and the Administrator shall conduct research into integrated pest management in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture. The Administrator shall also take care to ensure that such research does not duplicate research being undertaken by any other Federal agency.
(b) National monitoring planThe Administrator shall formulate and periodically revise, in cooperation with other Federal, State, or local agencies, a national plan for monitoring pesticides.
(c) MonitoringThe Administrator shall undertake such monitoring activities, including, but not limited to monitoring in air, soil, water, man, plants, and animals, as may be necessary for the implementation of this subchapter and of the national pesticide monitoring plan. The Administrator shall establish procedures for the monitoring of man and animals and their environment for incidential 11 So in original. Probably should be “incidental”. pesticide exposure, including, but not limited to, the quantification of incidental human and environmental pesticide pollution and the secular trends thereof, and identification of the sources of contamination and their relationship to human and environmental effects. Such activities shall be carried out in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies.
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CHAPTER 6— INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II— ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
§ 136a. Registration of pesticides
§ 136a–1. Reregistration of registered pesticides
§ 136c. Experimental use permits
§ 136d. Administrative review; suspension
§ 136e. Registration of establishments
§ 136g. Inspection of establishments, etc.
§ 136h. Protection of trade secrets and other information
§ 136i. Use of restricted use pesticides; applicators
§ 136i–1. Pesticide recordkeeping
§ 136i–2. Collection of pesticide use information
§ 136k. Stop sale, use, removal, and seizure
§ 136n. Administrative procedure; judicial review
§ 136p. Exemption of Federal and State agencies
§ 136q. Storage, disposal, transportation, and recall
§ 136r. Research and monitoring
§ 136r–1. Integrated Pest Management
§ 136s. Solicitation of comments; notice of public hearings
§ 136t. Delegation and cooperation
§ 136u. State cooperation, aid, and training
§ 136w. Authority of Administrator
§ 136w–1. State primary enforcement responsibility
§ 136w–2. Failure by the State to assure enforcement of State pesticide use regulations
§ 136w–3. Identification of pests; cooperation with Department of Agriculture’s program
§ 136w–5. Minimum requirements for training of maintenance applicators and service technicians
§ 136w–6. Environmental Protection Agency minor use program
§ 136w–7. Department of Agriculture minor use program