View all text of Subchapter II [§ 135 - § 136y]
§ 136i. Use of restricted use pesticides; applicators
(a) Certification procedure
(1) Federal certification
(2) State certification
If any State, at any time, desires to certify applicators of pesticides, the Governor of such State shall submit a State plan for such purpose. The Administrator shall approve the plan submitted by any State, or any modification thereof, if such plan in the Administrator’s judgment—
(A) designates a State agency as the agency responsible for administering the plan throughout the State;
(B) contains satisfactory assurances that such agency has or will have the legal authority and qualified personnel necessary to carry out the plan;
(C) gives satisfactory assurances that the State will devote adequate funds to the administration of the plan;
(D) provides that the State agency will make such reports to the Administrator in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may from time to time require; and
(E) contains satisfactory assurances that State standards for the certification of applicators of pesticides conform with those standards prescribed by the Administrator under paragraph (1).
Any State certification program under this section shall be maintained in accordance with the State plan approved under this section.
(b) State plans
(c) Instruction in integrated pest management techniques
(d) In general
(e) Separate standards
(June 25, 1947, ch. 125, § 11, formerly §§ 4, 11, as added Pub. L. 92–516, § 2, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 983, 989; amended Pub. L. 94–140, §§ 5, 11, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 753, 754; Pub. L. 95–396, § 9, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 827; Pub. L. 100–532, title VIII, § 801(c), (q)(1)(A)–(C), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2681, 2683; Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1006(a)(6), (b)(1), (2), (3)(K), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1895, 1896.)