Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/878

 92 STAT. 824

PUBLIC LAW 95-396—SEPT. 30, 1978

tion suspended under this subparagraph shall be reinstated by the Administrator if the Administrator determines that the registrant has complied fully with the requirements that served as a basis for the suspension of the registration. " (v) Any data submitted under this subparagraph shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (c)(1) (D) of this section. Whenever such data are submitted jointly by two or more registrants, an agent shall be agreed on at the time of the joint submission to handle any subsequent data compensation matters for the joint submitters of such data,", (b) The amendment to section 3(c)(1)(D) of the Federal Insecti7 USC 136a note, cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act made by this section shall apply with respect to all applications for registration approved after the date of enactment of this Act. MINOR USE REGISTRATIONS

Ante, p. 820.

SEC. 3. Section 3(c)(2)(A) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Eodenticide Act, as redesignated by section 2 of this Act, is further amended by inserting immediately after the second sentence the following: "The Administrator, in establishing standards for data requirements for the registration of pesticides with respect to minor uses, shall make such standards commensurate with the anticipated extent of use, pattern of use, and the level and degree of potential exposure of man and the environment to the pesticide. In the development of these standards, the Administrator shall consider the economic factors of potential national volume of use, extent of distribution, and the impact of the cost of meeting the requirements on the incentives for any potential registrant to undertake the development of the required data.". SIMPLIFIED REGISTRATION PROCEDURES; EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION OF DATA

Ante, p. 820.

SEC. 4. Section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Eodenticide Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof new subparagraphs (C) and (D) as follows: "(C) SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES.—Within nine months after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Administrator shall, by regulation, prescribe simplified procedures for the registration of pesticides, which shall include the provisions of subparagraph (D) of this paragraph. "(D) EXEMPTION.—No applicant for registration of a pesticide who proposes to purchase a registered pesticide from another producer in order to formulate such purchased pesticide into an end-use product shall be required to— "(i) submit or cite data pertaining to the safety of such purchased product; or "(ii) offer to pay reasonable compensation otherwise required by paragraph (1)(D) of this subsection for the use of any such data.".

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