40 CFR § 165.60 - General provisions.

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title: "40 CFR § 165.60 - General provisions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "165.60"
section_name: "General provisions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "165"
part_name: "PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 136 through 136y."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 47422, Aug. 16, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 165.60 General provisions.

(a) *What is the purpose of the regulations in this subpart?* The regulations in this subpart establish requirements for repackaging some pesticide products into refillable containers for distribution or sale.

(b) *Do I have to comply with the regulations in this subpart?* You must comply with the regulations in this subpart if you are a registrant who distributes or sells a pesticide product in refillable containers, if you are a registrant who distributes or sells pesticide products to a refiller (that is not part of your company) for repackaging into refillable containers, or if you are a refiller of a pesticide product and you are not the registrant of the pesticide product. Each pesticide product that is subject to the regulations in this subpart as set out in § 165.63 and that is distributed or sold in a refillable container must be distributed or sold in compliance with the standards of these regulations.

(c) *When do I have to comply?* Any pesticide product repackaged into a refillable container and released for shipment by you after August 16, 2011 must be repackaged in compliance with the regulations of this subpart.

[71 FR 47422, Aug. 16, 2006, as amended at 73 FR 64227, Oct. 29, 2008]