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Pesticide Regulations - Regulations affecting pesticide use in South Carolina.

bullet one  Laws Affecting EPA's Pesticide Programs bullet one  Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)  - EPA
bullet one  Major Environmental Laws  - EPA bullet one  Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) - OSHA
bullet one  Clean Air Act - EPA bullet one  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) - EPA
bullet one  Clean Water Act (CWA) - EPA bullet one  South Carolina Chemigation Act  - DPR
bullet one  Endangered Species Act  - USDA/EPA bullet one  South Carolina Pesticide Control Act - DPR
bullet one  Field Sanitation Standard - OSHA bullet one  Worker Protection Standard (WPS)  - EPA/DPR
bullet one  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) - EPA/DPR/CESbullet one  Special Requirements
 
bullet one  Food, Agriculture, Conservation & Trade Act (FACT) (Pesticide Recordkeeping)
   - USDA/AMS		 bullet one  For more information on laws and regulations affecting pesticide applicators in South Carolina, contact Clemson University Department of Pesticide Regulation
bullet one  Pesticide Recordkeeping - Summary of recordkeeping requirements for pesticide applicators.
bullet one  Ag Law Summary - (PDF) Summary of Major Existing EPA Laws and Programs That Could Affect Producers of Agricultural Commodities. (Follow this link to obtain a free copy of Adobe Acrobat® Reader 7.0 for viewing PDF files.)
bullet one  Laws Governing Use and Impact of Agricultural Chemicals - a series of publications on Laws Governing Use and Impact of Agricultural Chemicals by Michael T. Olexa, Associate Professor and Agricultural Law Specialist, Food and Resource Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, (IFAS), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
bullet one  EPA Laws Regulating Pesticides
bullet one  EPA Office of Pesticide Programs Reports
bullet one  Iowa State Entomology Index: Pesticides and Regulations - This site alpha-lists several dozen links to sites related to pesticide regulations.
bullet one  EPA Federal Register documents - The Federal Register is the daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal Agencies. The EPA Federal Register Site contains the full-text of selected Federal Register documents that deal with environmentally-related issues. You can read these selected EPA notices back through 1994.
bullet one  Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) - The Canadian government regulatory agency which "protects human health and environment by minimizing risks associated with pest control products while enabling access to pest management tools." The website is available in English and French and includes contact information for pesticide programs, regulatory information, international activities information, sustainable pest management data, online publications, related links and a headlines section.

Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or family status and is an equal opportunity employer. Clemson University Cooperating with U.S. Department of Agriculture and South Carolina Counties, Extension Service, Clemson, S.C. Issued in Furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914.

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Last Updated: December 1, 2005