40 CFR §152.3 — what it says, and how the exam tests it

§ 152.3 Definitions. Terms used in this part have the same meaning as in the Act. In addition, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this section. Act or FIFRA means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 136-136y). Active ingredient means any substance (or group of structurally similar substances if specified by the Agency) that will prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate any pest, or that functions as a plant regulator, desiccant, or defoliant within the meaning of FIFRA sec. 2(a), except as provided in § 174.3 of this chapter. Acute dermal LD 50 means a statistically derived estimate of the single dermal dose of a substance that would cause 50 percent mortality to the test population under specified conditions. Acute inhalation LC 50 means a statistically derived estimate of the concentration of a substance that would cause 50 percent mortality to the test population under specified conditions. Acute oral LD 50 means a statistically derived estimate of the single oral dose of a substance that would cause 50 percent mortality to the test population under specified conditions. Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or his delegate. Agency means the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), unless otherwise specified. Applicant means a person who applies for a registration or amended registration under FIFRA sec. 3. Biological control agent means any living organism applied to or introduced into the environment that is intended to function as a pesticide against another organism declared to be a pest by the Administrator. Distribute or sell and other grammatical variations of the term such as “distributed or sold” and “distribution or sale,” means the acts of distributing, selling, offering for sale, holding for sale, shipping, holding for shipment, delivering for shipment, or receiving and (having so received) delivering or offering to deliver, or releasing for shipment to any person in any State. End use product means a pesticide product whose labeling (1) Includes directions for use of the product (as distributed or sold, or after combination by the user with other substances) for controlling pests or defoliating, desiccating, or regulating the growth of plants, and (2) Does not state that the product may be used to…