If your business uses pesticides you are required to comply with environmental laws and regulations that protect the environment. The following resources provide information on what you need to know and the steps to take to make sure you are operating legally.
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General Information
Offers a guide to the regulation of pesticides in the United States.
Provides pesticide-specific compliance and enforcement information.
Lists frequently asked questions and answers about complying with pesticide regulations.
Antimicrobial Pesticides
Contains links to disinfectant technical science section guidance documents.
Lists links to antimicrobial pesticide policy and guidance documents.
Provides information about regulating antimicrobial pesticides.
Gives contact information for the headquarters office of Pesticides Programs.
Biopesticides
Provides information about regulating biopesticides.
Offers EPA guide to complying with regulations governing the use of biopesticides in agriculture.
Lists biopesticide regulatory contacts.
Crop Production
Provides information about the Food Quality Protection Act.
E-Commerce
Supplies regulatory information about buying and selling pesticides over the Internet.
Provides information about pesticides sales in e-commerce.
Good Laboratory Practices
Provides information about the GLPS compliance monitoring program.
Contains EPA responses to several questions to help clarify the GLPS rule.
Lists links to interpretations of the GLP regulations as issued by the Agriculture Division of the Office of Compliance.
Import/Export
Provides information about the pesticide import and export program.
Explains how the EPA regulates both the import and export of pesticides. All pesticides which are intended to be used in the U.S. must first be registered with EPA prior to import. This Website provides information about international trade issues regarding pesticides.
Monitoring
Provides information about pesticide compliance monitoring.
Covers information about the NCDB.
Outlines how to conduct compliance audits under the FIFRA.
Registration
Offers an online registration kit containing pertinent forms and information needed to register a pesticide product with the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP).
Contains links to pesticide registration forms.
Provides information about pesticide tolerance reassessment and reregistration.
Lists common questions and answers regarding the application for registering as a Pesticide/Active Ingredient/and Device-Producing Establishment using EPA Form 3540 - 8.
Provides guidance to establishments that produce pesticides or devices, including companies that import into the U.S., on how to register and file production reports with the EPA.
Contains the EPA's answers to commonly asked questions for individuals required to register their establishment and file a report on pesticide production.
Supplies questions and answers about pesticide registration.
Storage and Disposal
Outlines how the EPA is required by FIFRA to promulgate regulations prescribing procedures and standards for container design and the removal of pesticides from containers prior to disposal. Information on this page will help registrants, refillers, retailers, commercial applicators and custom blenders to comply with the requirements of this rule.
Contains links to guidance and information about the storage and disposal of pesticides.
Gives information on pesticides regulations for waste management of pesticides for small quantity and large quantity handlers.
Worker Safety and Protection
Offers guide to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a regulation designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers.
Provides information about the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) intended to protect the health and safety of workers who are exposed to pesticides in the course of their jobs.
Lists documents covering agricultural worker protection standards concerning exposure to agrichemicals.
Provides information about the WPS and recent amendments.
Provides information about the WPS for agricultural pesticides.
Lists regulatory documents pertaining to the implementation of the WPS.
