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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 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
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(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.
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.
(b) Effect on existing authority
The authority granted in subsection (a) of this section does not
alter or effect the responsibility of the Environmental Protection
Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (7 U.S.C. 136 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 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;
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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