Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 1.djvu/360

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108 STAT. 334 PUBLIC LAW 103-231—APR. 6, 1994 for the purposes of the pesticide label) and shall not be subject to the requirements of 40 CFR part 170. SEC. 4. SAFETY TRAINING. (a) TRAINING MATERIALS.— Not later than September 23, 1994, the Administrator shall develop and distribute pesticide safety training materials that convey, at a minimum, the information referred in 40 CFR section 170.230(c)(4). (b) IMPLEMENTATION.— The Administrator shall assist the appropriate Federal, State, and tribal agencies in implementing the pesticide safety training programs required under 40 CFR part 170. SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Act: (1) The term "hand labor" means any agricultural activity performed by hand or with hand tools that causes a worker to have substantial contact with surfaces (such as plants, plant parts, or soil) that may contain pesticide residues. These activities include, but are not limited to, harvesting, detasseling, thinning, weeding, topping, planting, sucker removal, pruning, disbudding, roguing, and packing produce into containers in the field. The term "hand labor" shall not include operating, moving, or repairing irrigation or watering equipment or performing the tasks of crop advisors. (2) The term "agricultural employer" means any person who hires or contracts for the services of workers, for any type of compensation, to perform activities related to the production of agricultural plants, or any person who is an owner of or is responsible for management or condition of an agricultural establishment that uses such workers. (3) The term "worker" means any person, including a self- employed person, who is employed for any type of compensation and who is performing activities relating to the production of agricultural plants on an agricultural establishment. The term "worker" shall not include any person employed by a commercigQ pesticide handling establishment to perform tasks as a crop advisor. (4) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.