# § 5506. Water policy with respect to agrichemicals
**(a)** **Authority** The Department of Agriculture shall be the principal Federal agency responsible and accountable for the development and delivery of educational programs, technical assistance, and research programs for the users and dealers of agrichemicals to insure that—
The Secretary is authorized to undertake such programs and assistance in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local governments and agencies, and appropriate nonprofit organizations. The Secretary shall disseminate the results of efforts in extension, technical assistance, research, and related activities. The Secretary shall undertake activities under this subtitle in coordination with the Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality in section 5402 of this title.
**(1)** the use, storage, and disposal of agrichemicals by users is prudent, economical, and environmentally sound; and
**(2)** agrichemical users, dealers, and the general public understand the implications of their actions and the potential effects on water.
**(b)** **Effect on existing authority** 7 U.S.C. 136
The authority granted in subsection (a) does not alter or effect the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( et seq.).
**(c)** **Participation** The following agencies shall participate in the Department’s water program: the Agricultural Research Service; the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in conjunction with the system of State agricultural experiment stations and State and county cooperative extension services; the Economic Research Service; the Forest Service; the National Agricultural Library; the National Agricultural Statistics Service; the Soil Conservation Service; and other agencies within the Department deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1499, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3632; Pub. L. 102–237, title II, § 201(g), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1847; Pub. L. 104–127, title VIII, § 859(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7511(c)(14), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1268; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7511(c)(14), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2030.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This subtitle, referred to in subsec. (a), means subtitle H (§§ 1491–1499) of title XIV of , , , which enacted sections 136i–1 and 5506 of this title, amended sections 136a, 136a–1, 136d, 136w–3, and 3157 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of this subtitle to the Code, see Tables.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is , as amended generally by , , , which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 136 et seq.) of chapter 6 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
### Codification
and made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by were repealed by .
Section was not enacted as part of the Agriculture and Water Policy Coordination Act which comprises this chapter.
### Amendments
2008—Subsec. (c). , substituted “the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in conjunction with the system of State agricultural experiment stations and State and county cooperative extension services; the Economic Research Service;” for “the Cooperative State Research Service in conjunction with the system of State agricultural experiment stations; the Economic Research Service; the Extension Service, in conjunction with State and county cooperative extension services;”.
1996—Subsec. (b). struck out “and ” before “does not alter”.
1991—Subsec. (a). , inserted “Agricultural” before “Environmental Quality” and substituted “” for “section 1612 of this Act”.
Subsec. (b). , substituted “Effect” for “Affect” in heading and inserted reference to .
Subsec. (c). , inserted “and” after “Animal”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2008 Amendment
Amendment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
Amendment by effective as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, , to which the amendment relates, see , set out as a note under .