SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI'

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodkiguez and SD WA
Representative Maximo B. Rodrigt UREN ES

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

House Bill No.

The Constitution, under Article II Section 15 provides that, “The State shall protect
and promote the right to health of the people and instill health consciousness among them.”

There is no law that regulates the use of pesticide chemicals on food despite the
hazardous effects pesticide chemicals may have on the food we consume. In accordance
with the above-quoted constitutional mandate, this bill provides for a method whereby the
State regulates the use of pesticide chemicals on food

Considering the foregoing, the early passage of this proposed measure is earnestly

solicited.
MAXIMO B. ROD! EZ, JR.


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Introduced by Represent: Rufus B. Rodriguez and
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.

House Bill No, 3009

AN ACT
TO REGULATE PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

ARTICLE |
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Pesticide Food Safety Act.
SEC 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right to
health of the people and instill health consciousness among them. To this end, the State
shall regulate the usage of pesticide chemicals in the processing of food.
SEC 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean:

(A) “Pesticide Chemical” means-

(4) (a) any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying,
repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

(b) any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator,
defoliant or desiccant;

(2) (a) in the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant, or dessicant,
an ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate any pest;

(b) in the case of a plant regulator, an ingredient which, through physiological
action, will accelerate or retard the rate of growth or rate of maturation or
otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the product thereof,

(c) in the case of a defoliant, an ingredient which will cause the leaves or foliage
to drop from a plant; and

(d) in the case of a desiccant, an ingredient which will artificially accelerate the
dying of plant tissue.

(B) “Defoliant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing
the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission;


(c)

(0)

(E)

(F)
(G)

“Desiccant” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for
artificially accelerating the dying of plant tissues;

“Pesticide Chemical Residue" means a residue in or on food of —
(1) any pesticide chemical; or
(2) any other substance that is present in the commodity or food as a result
of the metabolism or other degradation of a pesticide chemical,
regardless of whether the residue may be detected.

“Processed Food” means any food that has been subjected to processing from a
raw agricultural commodity

“Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Food Authority;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

ARTICLE II

TOLERANCE AND EXEMPTION FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUE

SEC 4. Requirement for Tolerance or Exemption. -

(a)

(b)

General Rule - Any pesticide chemical residue shall be deemed unsafe
unless —
1) a tolerance for such residue is in effect under this Act and the quantity
of such residue is within the limits of such tolerance; and,
2) an exemption for such residue is in effect under this Act and
‘exemption such residue complies with such exemption.
Effect of a Tolerance or Exemption - While a tolerance or from the
requirement for a tolerance is in effect under this section for a pesticide
chemical residue with respect to any food shall not by reason of bearing or
containing any amount of such residue be considered to be adulterated if
such residue on such food complies with such tolerance or exemption.

SEC 5. Tolerances. —

(a)

(b)

(©)

Authority - In General - The Administrator may promulgate regulations
establishing, modifying, or revoking a tolerance for a pesticide chemical
residue

(1) in response to a petition filed under Article III, Section 22; or

(2) on the initiative of the Administrator under Article Il, Section 29.

Expiration Date - A regulation under this paragraph may provide for an
‘expiration date for the tolerance.

Separate Tolerances - The Administrator may establish a separate tolerance
under subparagraph (a) for a pesticide chemical residue with respect to food
at each of the following times:

(1) Atthe time the food is harvested;

(2) Atthe time the food is purchased at retail; and


(3) After the food is processed,

SEC 6. Standard for Tolerance. ~
(a) General Rule —

(1) a tolerance may established for a pesticide chemical residue;

2) the tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue shall be revoked or
modified unless the risk to human health from dietary exposure to
the pesticide chemical residue is negligible.

(b) Negligible Risk - For purposes of this paragraph, a risk to human health from
dietary exposure to a pesticide chemical residue is negligible only if dietary
exposure to the residue is reasonably certain to cause no harm to human health
and the tolerance for such residue meets the requirements of safety.

SEC 7. Tolerances Level. \f the Administrator is able to identify a level at which a pesticide
chemical residue will not cause or contribute to any known or anticipated harm to human
health, the Administrator may establish or leave on effect a level for a tolerance for such
residue only if the Administrator finds that such tolerance will provide an ample margin of
safety, for each population group set out in Section 13.

SEC 8. Tolerances, Threshold Pesticides, Considerations. The level described in Section 7
shall be based on consideration of —

(a) the nature of the toxic effects caused by such residue and data
regarding the prevalence of the same effects caused by other
chemicals;

(b) the validity, completeness, and the reliability of the data about the
pesticide chemical residue;

(c) the variability of individual sensitivities and the sensitivities of population
subgroups to the adverse effects from such residue; and

(d) the possibility that human susceptibility to such adverse effects is

significantly greater than that of test animals.

SEC 9. Tolerances, Threshold Pesticides, Margin of Safety. A margin of safety for a level of
a pesticide chemical residue is not ample unless human exposure per unit of body
measurement to the pesticide chemical residue and other chemicals that cause the same
effect, is at least one hundred (100) times less than the no observable effect level in animals
‘on which the pesticide chemical residue was tested, and, if human data are available, at
least 10 times less than the no observable effect is the level of exposure to a pesticide
chemical that reliable data derived from exposure of humans or animals to the pesticide
chemical, and demonstrate to cause no adverse effect.

SEC 10. Tolerances, Nonthreshold Pesticides. \f the Administrator is not able to identify a
level at which a pesticide chemical residue will not cause or contribute to any known or
anticipated harm to human health or if the Administrator finds that a pesticide chemical
residue causes cancer in animals or humans, the Administrator may establish a level in
effect for such residue only if the Administrator finds that such level —
(a) will not cause or contribute to, individuals exposed to such pesticide
chemicals residue, a lifetime risk of an adverse human health effect that
‘occurs at a rate of one ina million or a risk of an adverse human health effect
that occurs at a rate of one conservative risk assessment models;
(b) is the lowest level reasonably required to allow the accomplishment of the
physical or other technical effect for which the use of the pesticide chemical


residue is removed to the extent possible in accordance with good
manufacturing practice

SEC 11. Tolerances, Exposure. Except as provided in Section 12, in determining dietary
exposure to a pesticide chemical residue, the Administrator shall —
(a)(1) use only reliable statistically significant data regarding the dietary exposure to
persons who have consumed the food for which the tolerance for the residue is
proposed or is in effect;
(2) take into account all other tolerances in effect for the same pesticide chemical
residue; and
(3) take into account all other sources (including drinking water if data demonstrating
widespread or significant regional contamination in drinking water are available) of
dietary exposure to the same pesticide chemical residue; and

(b) consider the exposure to be the level of exposure that would occur if:

(1) all food for which the tolerance for the pesticide chemical residue is proposed or
in effect, has amounts of the pesticide chemical residue equal to the tolerance
proposed or in effect;

(2) all other sources of dietary exposure to such residue described in

clause (a)(3) occur; and

(3) human exposure to the pesticide chemical residue at the tolerance level occurs
for a period to a lifetime.

SEC 12. Tolerances, Special Exposure Rule. -

(2) Data - The Administrator may calculate dietary exposure to a food based on
reliable data that provide the Administrator with a valid statistical basis to
identify the percentage of the food in which the pesticide chemical residue
actually ocours.

(b) Percentage - Such percentage shall not be less than the percentage of the
food consumed in an appropriate locality, identified by the Administrator,
which percentage represents the highest level of exposure to such residue in
the Philippines.

(©) Reevaluation - The Administrator shall reevaluate the determination under
this Act every 2 years after the determination. If, under such a reevaluation,
the Administrator finds that the determination is not justified, the Administrator
shall promptly issue a regulation requiring that the tolerance involved be set
on the basis of the new determination.

SEC 13. Tolerances, Population Covered. In determining if the dietary exposure to a
pesticide chemical residue is negligible, the Administrator shall evaluate the risk to -

(a) infants of the age 0 to 1;

(b) children of the age 1 to 2;

(c) children of the age 2 to 3;

(d) children of the age 3 to 4;

(e) children of the age 4 to 5;

(A) children of the age 6 to 10;

(g) other population groups that have been identified by the Administrator to have
special food consumption patterns or for which data are sufficient to demonstrate
special food consumption patterns; and

(h) the entire population, who consume food with such chemical residue,

SEC 14. Tolerances, Unavoidable Persistence. If a tolerance or an exemption from the
requirement for a tolerance for a pesticide chemical is revoked and the Administrator finds
the pesticide chemical residue will unavoidably persist in the environment and contaminate
food, the Administrator shall establish a new tolerance under Section 29 for the pesticide


chemical residue. The level permitted by the tolerance shall not be greater than the lowest
level that permits only such unavoidable levels to remain in food. The Administrator shall
evaluate any such tolerance at least once a year to determine whether modification of such
tolerance is necessary so that the tolerance provides only for the level of the pesticide
chemical residue that is unavoidable.

SEC 16, Tolerances, Practical Method of Analysis. ~
(a) General Rule - A tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue shall not be
established or allowed to remain in effect unless the Administrator
determines, after consultation with the Secretary, that ~
(1) there is a method for detecting and measuring the levels of such
pesticide chemical residue in or on a food that will detect the residue
at the level established by the tolerance; and,
(2) except as provided in clause (b), such method is the best available,
practical method.

(b) Special Rule - If the Administrator determines that a practical method of
analysis for a pesticide chemical residue is not available, the
‘Administrator shall identify the best available method that is designed to
identify the lowest detectable amount of the pesticide chemical residue.
The Administrator shall, every 2 years after the date of the determination
under this paragraph, reevaluate the determination.

© Practical Method - A method shall be considered practical for purposes
of this Act only if it is a multi-residue method that can be performed by
the Secretary on a routine basis as part of surveillance and compliance
sampling of foods for pesticide chemical residues with the personnel,
equipment, and other resources available to the Secretary, or, if no
multiresidue method is available, only if it can be so performed by the
Secretary.

SEC 16. Tolerances, Consistent Application. The Administrator shall issue guidelines
providing for the consistent application of the requirements in Sections 6 to 15.

SEC 17. Exemptions, Authority. -—

(a) In General - The Administrator may promulgate regulations
establishing or revoking an exemption from the requirement for a
tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue in response to a petition
filed under Section 22;

(b) Expiration Date - Such a regulation may provide for an expiration date
for the exemption.

SEC 18. Exemptions, Standard, Authority and Risk Standard, -

(a) Establishment - An exemption may be established for a pesticide
chemical residue if such residue is not a human or animal carcinogen
and otherwise present no risk to human health, including the health of
individuals in the population groups set out in Section 13 from dietary
exposure to such residue

(b) Revocation - An exemption shall be revoked unless the residue is not
human or animal carcinogen and the residue does not present any risk
to human health, including the health of individuals in the population
groups set out in Section 13 from dietary exposure to such residue.

©) Tolerance - No exemption may be established or allowed to remain in
effect for a pesticide chemical residue for which there is in effect a
tolerance.


SEC 19. Exemptions, Exposure. For purposes of Section 18, in determining dietary
exposure to a pesticide chemical residue, the Administrator shall-

(a) use only reliable, statistically significant data regarding the dietary
exposure resulting from the consumption of the food for which the
‘exemption for such residue is proposed or is in effect;

(b) take into account all other exemptions in effect for such residue and all
other sources (including drinking water if data demonstrating
widespread or significant regional contamination in drinking water are
available) of dietary exposure to such residue; and

© consider the exposure to be the level of exposure that would occur if —

(1) all the food, for which the tolerance for such residue is proposed
or in effect, has amounts of such residue equal to the tolerance
proposed or in effect, respectively;

2) all other sources of dietary exposure to such residue described
in paragraph (b) ocour, and
() human exposure to the pesticide chemical residue at the

tolerance level occurs for a period equal to a lifetime.

SEC 20. Exemptions, Practical Methods of Analysis. An exemption to a pesticide chemical
residue shall not be established or allowed to remain in effect unless the Administrator
determines, after consultation with the Secretary, that there is a method for detecting and
measuring the levels of such pesticide chemical residue on a food and that such method is
the best available, practical method, as defined in Section 15.

SEC 21. Exemptions, Consistent Application. The Administrator shall issue guidelines
providing for the consistent application of the requirements in Sections 17 to 20.

ARTICLE IV
PETITIONS AND ACTION ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

SEC 22. General Rule for Petitions. Any person may file with the Administrator a petition
proposing the issuance of a regulation establishing, modifying, or revoking a tolerance or
exemption for a pesticide chemical residue.

SEC 23. Requirements for Petitions to Establish a Tolerance Exemption —
(A) Contents - A petition under Section 22 to establish a tolerance or exemption for a
pesticide chemical residue shall contain —

1) an information summary of the petition and of the data, information, and
arguments submitted or cited in support of the petition, including ~
a) a summary of the reports required under clause (4) respecting the safety

of the pesticide chemical residue; and
b) a characterization of
4. the exposure to the pesticide chemical residue due to any
tolerance or exemption already granted for such residue;
and
2. the additional exposure to such residue that would result if
the requested tolerance or exemption were granted;

2) a proposed tolerance for such residue, if a tolerance is proposed;

3) the name, chemical identity, and composition of the pesticide chemical that
produces such residue;

4) reports of tests and investigations made with respect to the safety of such
pesticide chemical, including complete information as to the methods and
controls used in conducting such tests and investigations;

5) data showing the amount, frequency, method, and time of application of such
pesticide chemical,


6)

0)

8)

9)

10)

reports of tests and investigations made with respect to the nature and
amount of the pesticide chemical residue that is likely to remain in or on food
when ready for sale to consumers, including a description of the analytical
methods used;

a description of methods for detecting and measuring the levels of such
pesticide chemical residue in or on the food, which methods meet the
requirements of Sections 15 and 21;

reports of investigations conducted on the effects of processing methods
used to produce food on the level and identity of such pesticide chemical
residue;

if the petition is for a pesticide chemical residue that is described in Sections
7, 8 and 9, all relevant data bearing on the physical or other technical effect
the pesticide chemical involved is intended to have and the quantity of the
pesticide chemical residue required to accomplish such effect; and

such other data and information (including a sample of the pesticide chemical
from which the pesticide chemical residue is derived) as the Administrator
may require to support the petition.

(B) Information Available to Administrator - If information or data required by this section
are available to the Administrator, the person submitting the petition may, in lieu of
submitting the information or data, cite the availability of the information data

SEC 24. Action on Petitions, Notice. -

(a) In General - Within forty five (45) days from the filing of the petition under Section 22
for the establishment of a tolerance or an exemption, the Administrator shall
determine if the petition complies with the requirements of Section 23. If the
‘Administrator finds requirements to be sufficiently complied with, he shall publish a
notice of the filing of the petition. If the Administrator determines that the petition
does not comply with such requirements, the Administrator shall notify the petitioner
of such determination.

(b) Contents - A notice published under this section shall —

(1)

(2)
(3)

announce the availability of a complete description of the analytical methods
available to the Administrator for the detection and measurement of the
pesticide chemical residue with respect to which the petition is filed;

include the summary required by Section 23 (a)(1); and

provide at least 30 days for comments on the petition

SEC 25. Action. The Administrator shall within 270 days from the publication of a notice
under Section 24 (a) with respect to a petition and after giving due consideration to the
petition, any comment on the petition and any other information available to the
Administrator -

(a)
(b)

(c)

issue a final regulation in accordance with the petition establishing a tolerance
or exemption for the pesticide chemical residue;

issue a proposed regulation establishing a tolerance or exemption for the
pesticide chemical residue, which tolerance or exemption is different from the
tolerance or exemption requested in the petition; or

issue an order denying the petition

SEC 26, Action on Petition, Modification or Revocation. —

(a)

(b)

Notice. - Within forty five (45) days from the filing of a petition under
Section 22 for the modification or revocation of a tolerance or exemption,
the Administrator shall publish a notice of the filing of the petition. Such
notice shall contain the full petition or a summary of the petition and shall
provide at least 30 days for comments on the petition.

Action - the Administrator shall within 270 days of publication of the notice
under Section 24(a) and after giving due consideration to the petition, any


comments on the petition, and any other information available to the
Administrator —

(1) issue a final regulation in accordance with the petition modifying or
revoking a tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical
residue;

(2) issue a proposed regulation modifying or revoking a tolerance or

exemption for the pesticide chemical residue, which tolerance or
exemption is different from the modification or revocation requested
in the petition; or

(3) issue and order denying the petition.

SEC 27. Actions on Petition, Comments and Final Regulations. \f the Administrator issues a
proposed regulation under Section 25(b) or Section 26(b)(2), the Administrator shall allow at
least 30 days for comments on such proposed regulations.

The Administrator shall issue a final decision within 180 days of the date of the
publication of the proposed regulations.

SEC 28. Action on Petition Priorities. The Administrator shall give priority to petitions for the
establishment of a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue that appears to pose a
significantly lower risk to human health from dietary exposure than pesticide chemical
residues that have tolerances in effect for the same or similar uses.

SEC 29. Action on Petition on the Initiatives by the Administrator. -
(a) General Rule - Upon his own initiative, the Administrator may issue a
final regulation establishing, modifying, or revoking a tolerance or

exemption for a pesticide chemical residue;

(b) Notice - Before issuing a final regulation under paragraph (a), the
‘Administrator shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking and provide a
period of not less than 30 days for public comment on the proposed
regulation unless the Administrator finds that it would be contrary to the
public interest to issue the notice and provide the period and state the
reasons for the finding in the notice of final regulation.

SEC 30. Action on Petition, Effectivity Date. -

(a) General Rule - Except as provided in paragraph (b), a final regulation
issued under Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 shall take effect upon
publication.

(b) Delay -

(1) General Rule - If a regulation issued under Sections 24, 25, 26,

27, 28 and 29 revokes or modifies a tolerance for a pesticide
chemical residue or revokes an exemption for a pesticide
chemical residue, the Administrator may, delay the effectivity date
of the regulation to permit the tolerance or exemption to remain in
effect at the level in effect immediately before such regulation is
issued only—

(a) for foods that on the date of the publication of the
regulation, contain such pesticide chemical residue
in an amount that is not more than the amount that
could legally be applied on the date the
Administrator acted under Sections 24,25, 26, 27,
28 and 29; and,

(b) if dietary exposure to the pesticide chemical
residue in or on the foods described in clause (A)
meets the negligible risk standard prescribed by


(2)

Section 6 under the period of delay of the

effectivity date.
Period of Delay - If the Administrator finds that delay of the
effectivity date of such a revocation or modification is consistent
with the public health, the Administrator may delay such date
under Section 5 for each type of food that contains such pesticide
chemical residue, for the period that is required for such food to
be sold to consumers in the course of the usual practice for
persons engaged in the production processing, transportation,
storage, and distribution of the type of food.

SEC 31. Actions on Petition, Special Data Requirements. —

(a)

(b)

(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)

Determination of Inadequate Data - The Administrator shall take the
action described in Sections 5 to 16 if a tolerance or exemption is in
effect for a pesticide chemical residue and the Administrator determines
that the data contained in the petition, which had been submitted, under
Section 22 for establishment of the tolerance or exemption under this Act
are not adequate to support the continuation of such tolerance or
‘exemption because ~
based on the data contained in the petition and other data
available to the Administrator, the Administrator determines that
dietary exposure to such pesticide chemical residue may present
a risk to human health that is greater than the standard
prescribed by Sections 6 to 15 and Sections 18, 19 and 20; or
the data contained in the petition are insufficient requirements of
Section 23
Action by Administrator - When the Administrator makes the
determination described in paragraph (a) with respect to a tolerance or
‘exemption for a pesticide chemical residue, the Administrator shall ~—
within 30 days of a determination under Section 4, initiate an
action under Section 29 to modify or revoke the tolerance or
exemption so that the tolerance or exemption meets the
standard prescribed by Sections 6 to 15 or Sections 18, 19 and
20, and within 1 year of such determination issue a final
regulation to complete such action; and
within 30 days of the date of a determination under Section
4(a)(2) require the submission of data to support —
(a) the existing tolerance or exemption; or
(b) a new tolerance or exemption for such residue that meets the
standard prescribed by Sections 6 to 15 or Sections 18, 19 and
20.

SEC 32. Action on Petition, Special Data Requirements, Submission of Required Data. -
When the Administrator requires the submission of data under Section 31(b)(2), the
Administrator shall publish an order —

(a)

(b)
(c)

(a)

requiring one or more interested persons to notify the administrator that
such person will submit the required data;

describing the type of data required to be submitted;

describing the reports required to be made during and after the collection
of the data; and

establishing deadlines for the actions described in paragraphs (a) and
©.


SEC 33. Action on Petition, Special Data Requirements, Deadlines. Except as provided in
Section 34, if an order is issued under Section 32 with respect to a tolerance or exemption
and a deadline in the order is not met, the tolerance or exemption is revoked, effective 45
days after the date the deadline is not met. Immediately after such deadline is not met, the
administrator shall publish a notice of the revocation.

SEC 34. Action on Petition, Special Data Requirements, Extension of request.

(a) Request - Any person may request the Administrator to issue an order to
extend the deadline established under Section 32(d) before expiration of
the deadline;

(b) Grant of Request - The Administrator may grant such a request only if —

(1) the person submitting the request notified the Administrator

pursuant to Section 32(a) in compliance with the deadline
established under Section 32(c); and

2) the Administrator finds that extraordinary circumstances beyond
the control of such person prevented such persons from
submitting the required data.

(0) Extension - If the administrator issues an order extending a deadline-

(1) the Administrator may extend the deadline for a period no longer
than such time as is necessary for such person to submit the
data; and,

(2) the Administrator shall establish a new deadline in accordance
with Section 32(d)

(d) Delay - If a tolerance or exemption is revoked under Section 31(b)(1), the
Administrator may delay the effectivity date under Section 30(b);

() Evaluation of Data - within 90 days from the date of the receipt of data
under Section 32 the Administrator shall evaluate such data and
determine whether action is required under Section 29 with respect to the
tolerance or exemption, for the pesticide chemical residue for which the
data were submitted so that such tolerance meets the negligible risk
standard prescribed under Sections 6 to 15 or Sections 18, 19 and 20. If
the Administrator determines that action under Section 29 is required, the
‘Administrator shall complete such action within 1 year of the date of such
determination

SEC 35. Confidentiality of Data. Data submitted to the Administrator in support of a petition
under Section 22, which data have not previously been made available to the public without
restriction, shall upon request of the petitioner, be considered as entitled to confidential
treatment by the Administrator until publication of a regulation or order under Sections 24 to
28 in response to the petition unless disclosure of such data is required by Section 24
(@)(Z)(B) or Section 36 is allowed by Section 35.

SEC 36. Confidentiality of Data Disclosure. Data that are entitled to confidential treatment
under Section 34 until publication of a regulation or order under Sections 24 to 28 may be
revealed to —

(@) either House of Congress or any committee or sub-committee of such
House to the extent of matter within the jurisdiction of the committee or
subcommittee;

(b) any officer or employee of the State in connection with the official duties

‘of such officer or employee under any law of the State for the protection
of health or the environment or for specific law enforcement purposes; or

(o) contractors with the State authorized by the Administrator to examine
such data in the carrying out of contracts under such statutes under such
security requirements as the Administrator may provide.


SEC 37. Access to Data in Support of Petition, General Rule. -

(a)

(b)

(o)

(d)

(e)

Public Access - If data in support of a petition are submitted to the
Administrator, the Administrator before acting on such petition, shall
provide, in accordance with this subsection, public access to health and
safety data that are submitted or cited in support of such petition.
Request - To obtain access to such data, a person shall, not later than
thirty (30) days after the publication under Section 24 of a notice of the
filing of a petition, send by certified mail to the Administrator and to the
petitioner a request for such access and the affirmation required by
Section 37.

Grant of Request. - The Administrator shall grant such request unless,
within 15 days after the receipt by the Administrator of such request and
affirmation, the petitioner submits to the Administrator an objection to the
request asserting that the affirmation is inaccurate and other reasons for
the objection

Objection. - If an objection to a request is submitted to the Administrator
within such 15-day period, the Administrator shall resolve such objection
within 5 days after receipt of the objection. If the Administrator
determines to grant the request, access shall not be permitted until 5
days after the petitioner making the objection has been notified that
access has been granted.

Denial of Request. - If access to data is denied, comments on the
petition for which such data were submitted or cited shall be filed within
30 days after the decision of the Administrator denying access.

SEC 38. Access to Data In Support of Petition, Restriction. -

(a)

(b)

(1)

(2)
(3)

Affirmation - Data referred to in Section 37 may be made available only
to person who provides an affirmation (and such supporting evidence as
the Administrator may require) that —
states that the person is not engaged in, and is neither employed
by, nor acting (directly or indirectly) on behalf of, any other
person, or affiliate of, a person, engaged in the production, sale or
distribution of a pesticide chemical;
identifies any business, employer or other person, if any, on
whose behalf the person is requesting access to the data; and
states that the person will not intentionally or recklessly violate
this section.
Affiliate - For purposes of this paragraph, an affiliate of a person is a
person who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the other
person

SEC 39. Access To Data In Support of Petition, Comments. -

(a)

(b)

General Rule. - Data supporting a petition may be made available under
Section 36 to a person only for the purpose of permitting the person to
submit comments on such petition to the Administrator. Such comments
may reasonably quote data submitted to the Administrator. No person,
including the Administrator, may make such comments publicly before
the decision of the Administrator on the petition for which such data
were submitted or after such decision if the petition is denied.
Restrictions. - A person who obtains data (directly or indirectly) under
Section 36 may not publish, copy or transfer the data to any other
person to obtain approval to sell, manufacture or distribute a pesticide
chemical anywhere in the world.


SEC 40. Access to Data in Support of Petition, Procedure. —

(a) In General - Data made available under Section 36 may be examined at an
office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources or an
appropriate State agency under the conditions prescribed by this Article and
may not be removed from such office.

(b) Record - The Administrator shall maintain a record of the persons who
inspect data. A copy of such record shall be sent on request to the person
who submitted the data,

(©) Basis for comments. - Once access to data supporting a petition is granted,
the data may be examined and notes may be taken for use in developing
‘comments on the petition. Such comments on the petition shall be filed within
sixty (60) days after the decision of the Administrator granting access, unless
the comment period is extended by the Administrator.

SEC 41. Access to Data after Decision. When the Administrator takes final action on a
petition submitted under Section 22 or on the initiative of the Administrator under Section 29,
the Administrator shall make available to the public the administrative record of the decision,
including the data relied upon for the decision.

SEC 42. Existing Pesticide Chemical Residues; Pesticides Chemical Residues Under
Regulations. Regulations establishing tolerances for pesticide chemical residues under this
Article or exemptions for pesticide chemical residues under this Article on or before the date
of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be tolerances or exemptions issued under
this Act and shall be subject to modification or revocation under Sections 22 to 33.

SEC 43. Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues; General Rule.
Pesticide chemical residues that do not have tolerances or exemptions from tolerances
under this Act because the residues are generally recognized as safe under this Act shall,
until the expiration of the period prescribed by Section 45, not be considered unsafe solely
because the chemicals do not have such a tolerance or exemption.

SEC 44. Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues, List. Not later than
ninety (90) days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ~

(a) publish a list of all pesticide chemical residues that the Administrator has
determined are generally recognized on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act, as safe under this Act;

(b) require, by regulation, that any person who, before the date of the
enactment of this Act, distributed a pesticide chemical that is not on the
list described in paragraph (a), and that such person determined is
generally recognized as safe under this Act, shall —

(1) report to the Administrator the identity of such pesticide
chemical; and
(2) report to the Administrator the data that supports the claim that

the pesticide chemical is so safe.

‘SEC 45. Generally Recognized as Safe Pesticide Chemical Residues, Determination of the
‘Administrator. Not later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall determine if each pesticide chemical reported to the Administrator in accordance with
Section 44 is generally recognized as safe. If the Administrator determines, by order, that
such pesticide chemical is generally recognized as safe, the residue of such pesticide
chemical shall be considered a pesticide chemical residue subject to modification or
revocation under Sections 22 to 33,

SEC 46. Food and Drug Administration Monitoring of Pesticide Chemical Residues. —


(a) Sampling. - The Secretary shall conduct surveillance and compliance
sampling of food for pesticide chemical residues to determine if the
pesticide chemical residues are in compliance with this Act. In carrying
out this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to foods that contain
pesticide chemical residues included in a notice under paragraph (b).

(b) Notification. - The Administrator shall notify the Secretary of the pesticide
chemical residues that the Administrator determines, in the
administration of this Section ~

(1) are above the standard prescribed by Section 6; or
(2) are not above such standard but that may under certain circumstances
reach or exceed such standard

SEC 47. Fees. The Administrator shall, by regulation, require the payment of such fees as
will in the aggregate, in the judgment of the Administrator, be sufficient over a reasonable
term to provide, equip and maintain an adequate service for the performance of the functions
of the Administrator under this Act. Under such regulations, the performance of the services
or other functions of the Administrator under this Section may be conditioned upon the
payment of such fees. Such regulations may further provide that the continuation in effect of
a tolerance or exemption shall be conditioned upon the payment of an annual fee and for
waiver or refund of fees in whole or in part when, in the judgment of the Administrator, such
waiver or refund is equitable and not contrary to the purposes of this Article.

SEC 48. Judicial Review. Any person (including a person without an economic interest) who
may be adversely affected by a final regulation or order issued under Sections 24, 29, 33,
43, 44 and 45 may obtain judicial review of such regulation or order by filing a petition
requesting that the regulation or order be set aside in whole or in part in the Court of Appeals
within 60 days after publication of the regulation or order.

SEC 49. Judicial Review of Data. -

(a) In General - Any person (including a person without economic interest)
may obtain judicial review, of the adequacy of the data made available
by the Administrator under Section 41 to support the issuance of a
tolerance or exemption for a pesticide chemical residue, by filing a
petition for the review of data in the Court of Appeals.

(b) Scope of Review - Review in a proceeding initiated under the preceding
Section shall be limited to whether the data under review are adequate
to demonstrate that the tolerance or exemption supported by such data
meets the standards required by Section 6 or Sections 18, 19 and 20
and interpreted by the guidelines issued under Section 16 or 21

) Burden of Proof - In any such proceeding the Administrator shall have
the burden of proof on all issues.

SEC 50. Judicial Review, Court Responsibility. \n any action seeking judicial review of
actions under this Act, the court shall have the principal responsibility for deciding issues of
law.

SEC 51. Judicial Review, Attorney's Fees. Any petitioner who prevails in a proceeding
brought under this Act shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees and expenses
(including expert witness fees.)

ARTICLE Ill
EVALUATION OF EXISTING PESTICIDE CHEMICALS, RESIDUE TOLERANCES AND
EXEMPTIONS


SEC 52. Evaluation. Within one (1) year from the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall, for each pesticide chemical residue that has a tolerance or exemption in
effect, evaluate all available data with respect to the safety of such pesticide chemical
residue and the nature and amount of such residue remaining in or on foods and determine
if-

(a) the tolerance or exemption meets the requirements under this Act;

(b) the tolerance or exemption does not meet such requirements; or

(c) the data are insufficient to determine if the tolerance or exemption meets such

requirements.

SEC 53. Sufficient Data. -

(a) Acceptable Risk Data - If, with respect to any pesticide chemical residue
that is evaluated under Section 4, the Administrator finds that data for
the pesticide chemical residue are sufficient to determine that the
requirements for tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical
residue are met, the Administrator shall publish such finding

) Unacceptable Risk Data. - If, with respect to any pesticide chemical
residue that is evaluated under Section 52, the Administrator finds that
data for the pesticide chemical residue are sufficient to determine that
the tolerance or exemption for the pesticide chemical residue does not
meet the required standard, the Administrator shall, within one (1) year
of the date of such finding, modify or revoke the tolerance.

SEC 54. Insufficient Data, General Rule, Submission of Data. If, with respect to any
pesticide chemical residue that is evaluated under Section 52, the Administrator determines
that the data are insufficient to determine whether the tolerance or exemption meets the
prescribed requirements, the Administrator shall establish a schedule for the submission of
data in accordance with the prescribed requirements.

SEC 55. Insufficient Data, Determinations. The Administrator shall -

(a) within two (2) years from the date of the enactment of this Act, make
such a determination respecting a tolerance or exemption standard for at
least 30 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in effect for pesticide
chemical residues in existence on such date;

(b) within four (4) years from the date of the enactment of this Act, make
such a determination for at least 60 percent of the tolerances or
‘exemptions in effect for pesticide chemical residues in existence on such
date;

(©) within six (6) years from the date of the enactment of this Act, make such
a determination for at least 90 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in
effect for pesticide chemical residues in existence on such date; and

(d) within seven (7) years from the date of the enactment of this Act, make
such a determination for 100 percent of the tolerances or exemptions in
effect for pesticide chemical residues in existence on such date.

ARTICLE IV
REVIEW OF EXISTING METHODS OF ANALYSIS

SEC 56, Procedure -

(a) Determination - Within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall determine, for each
method of detecting and measuring levels of pesticide chemical
residues, whether the prescribed requirements have been met.

(b) Notice - The Administrator shall issue a notice identifying each pesticide
chemical for which there is such a method that does not meet such


requirements. Any such method that does not meet such requirements
shall comply with the requirements within three (3) years from the date of
the issuance of the notice.

(©) Revocation - If upon the expiration of such 3-year period, a method does
not meet such requirements, then any tolerance or exemption in effect
for the pesticide chemical residue subject to such method shall be
considered revoked

SEC 57. Fees. - The Administrator shall by regulation require the payment of such fees as
will in the aggregate judgment of the Administrator, sufficiently supplement over a
reasonable term to provide, equip and maintain an adequate system for the implementation
of this Act.

SEC 58. Separability Clause. If any provision, or part hereof, is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall
remain valid and subsisting,

SEC 59. Repealing Clause. Any law, presidential decree or issuances, executive order,
letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.

SEC 60. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the publication in
at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,