§136w–3 Identification of pests; cooperation with Department of Agriculture’s program

Summary

The Administrator must find which pests need to be controlled and work with the Secretary of Agriculture to make safer and more effective ways—chemical, biological, and other—to fight pests that hurt the quality or the money value of farm products sold here and abroad. They must list what control methods are available for each crop or animal, spot minor or local pest problems, and point out things that limit use of control methods, like resistance or rules that block them. The Secretary of Agriculture must send a report to the Administrator within 180 days after November 28, 1990, and every year after that. The report must include the lists above, name where control methods are in short supply, and describe research and outreach to fix those needs. The Administrator and the Agriculture Secretary must create integrated pest management plans that help producers, with special attention to minor pests. The Administrator, working with the Agriculture Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Public Health Service, must also find pests that matter for public health and run programs to improve safe and necessary use of methods to control them.