40 CFR § 172.20 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s172.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 172.20 - Scope."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "172.20"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "172"
part_name: "EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 136c, 136w. Section 172.4 is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 18782, Apr. 30, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "172"
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# 172.20 Scope.

This subpart sets forth regulations governing State issuance of experimental use permits pursuant to section 5(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (FIFRA). It also sets forth regulations governing authorization by the Administrator of State experimental use permit programs.