A bill to extend certain compliance dates for pesticide safety training and labeling requirements.
PL 103-231 (S.1913), enacted 04/06/1994

PUBLIC LAW 103-231—APR. 6, 1994 
108 STAT. 333 
Public Law 103-231 
103d Congress 
An Act 
To extend certain compliance dates for pesticide safety training and 
Apr. 6, 1994 
labeling requirements. 
[S. 1913] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COMPLIANCE. 
Until January 1, 1995, it shall not be a misuse under section 
12(a)(2)(G) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136j(a)(2)(G)) to use any pesticide product in a manner 
inconsistent with the provisions of 40 CFR part 170 that are (1) 
subject to the compliance date specified in 40 CFR section 170.5(c) 
and (2) incorporated by reference on the label or labeling of any 
pesticide product. This delay in compliance shall not apply to spe-
cific worker protection requirements that appear directly on the 
label or labeling of the pesticide product. 
SEC. 2. REENTRY INTERVAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 40 CFR 
part 170, until January 1, 1995, a worker may enter an area 
treated with a pesticide product during the restricted entry interval 
specified on the label of the pesticide product to perform tasks 
related to the production of agricultural plants if the agricultural 
employer ensures that— 
(1) no hand labor activity is performed; 
(2) no such entry is allowed for the first 4 hours following 
the end of the application of the pesticide product; 
(3) no such entry is allowed until any inhalation exposure 
level listed on the product labeling has been reached; and 
(4) the personal protective equipment specified on the prod-
uct labeling for early entry is provided in clean and operating 
condition to the worker. 
(b) PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR IRRIGATION WORK.—For irriga-
tion work for which the only contact with treated surfaces is to 
the feet, lower legs, hands, and arms, the agricultural employer 
may provide coveralls, chemical resistant gloves, and chemical 
resistant footwear instead of the personal protective equipment 
specified on the label. 
SEC. 3. CROP ADVISORS. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of 40 CFR part 170, until Janu-
ary 1, 1995, persons performing duties as crop advisors shall not 
be considered workers or handlers under 40 CFR part 170 (or 
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for the purposes of the pesticide label) and shall not be subject 
to the requirements of 40 CFR part 170. 
SEC. 4. SAFETY TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING MATERIALS.—Not later than September 23, 1994, 
the Administrator shall develop and distribute pesticide safety 
training materials that convey, at a minimum, the information 
referred in 40 CFR section 170.230(c)(4). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—^The Administrator shall assist the 
appropriate Federal, State, and tribal agencies in implementing 
the pesticide safety training programs required under 40 CFR part 
170. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act: 
(1) The term "hand labor" means any agricultural activity 
performed by hand or with hand tools that causes a worker 
to have substantial contact with surfaces (such as plants, plant 
parts, or soil) that may contain pesticide residues. These activi-
ties include, but are not limited to, harvesting, detasseling, 
thinning, weeding, topping, planting, sucker removal, pruning, 
disbudding, roguing, and packing produce into containers in 
the field. The term "hand labor" shall not include operating, 
moving, or repairing irrigation or watering equipment or 
performing the tasks of crop advisors. 
(2) The term "agricultural employer" means any person 
who hires or contracts for the services of workers, for any 
type of compensation, to perform activities related to the 
production of agricultural plants, or any person who is an 
owner of or is responsible for management or condition of 
an agricultural establishment that uses such workers. 
(3) The term "worker" means any person, including a self-
employed person, who is employed for any type of compensation 
and who is performing activities relating to the production 
of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment. The 
term "worker" shall not include any person employed by a 
commercigQ pesticide handling establishment to perform tasks 
as a crop advisor. 
(4) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency. 
PUBLIC LAW 103-231—APR. 6, 1994 
108 STAT. 335 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE PERIOD. 
The provisions in this Act shall be effective until January 
1,1995. 
Approved April 6, 1994. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1913: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): 
Mar. 9, considered and passed Senate. 
Mar. 17, considered and passed House, amended. 
Mar. 24, Senate concurred in House amendment.