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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 834

PUBLIC LAW 95-396—SEPT. 30, 1978 RESEARCH AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES

7 USC 136r.

SEC. 20. Section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Kodenticide Act is amended by— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), striking out all after the phrase "and he shall" down through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "conduct research into integrated pest management in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture."; and (2) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) MONITORING.—The Administrator shall undertake such monitoring activities, including, but not limited to monitoring in air, soil, water, man, plants, and animals, as may be necessary for the implementation of this Act and of the national pesticide monitoring plan. The Administrator shall establish procedures for the monitoring of man and animals and their environment for incidential pesticide exposure, including, but not limited to, the quantification of incidental human and environmental pesticide pollution and the secular trends thereof, and identification of the sources of contamination and their relationship to human and environmental effects. Such activities shall be carried out in cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies.". STATE COOPERATION, AID, AND TRAINING

7 USC 136u.

SEC. 21. Section 23 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 23. STATE COOPERATION, AID, AND TRAINING. "(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Administrator

may enter into cooperative agreements with States and Indian tribes— "(1) to delegate to any State or Indian tribe the authority to cooperate in the enforcement of this Act through the use of its personnel or facilities, to train personnel of the State or Indian tribe to cooperate in the enforcement of this Act, and to assist States and Indian tribes in implementing cooperative enforcement programs through grants-in-aid; and "(2) to assist States in developing and administering State programs, and Indian tribes that enter into cooperative agreements, to train and certify applicators consistent with the standards the Administrator prescribes. Effective with the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1978, there are authorized to be appropriated annually such funds as may be necessary for the Administrator to provide through cooperative agreements an amount equal to 50 percent of the anticipated cost to each State or Indian tribe, as agreed to under such cooperative agreements, of conducting training and certification programs during such fiscal year. If funds sufficient to pay 50 percent of the costs for any year are not appropriated, the share of each State and Indian tribe shall be reduced in a like proportion in allocating available funds. "(b) CONTRACTS FOR TRAINING.—In addition, the Administrator may enter into contracts with Federal, State, or Indian tribal agencies for the purpose of encouraging the training of certified applicators.