TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 6 - INSECTICIDES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II - ENVIRONMENTAL PESTICIDE CONTROL
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Sec. 136r-1. Integrated Pest Management
STATUTE
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.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 104-170, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 3, 1996, 110 Stat.
1512.)
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.
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