{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-170.103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 170.103","heading":"Exceptions.","body":"Exceptions. This subpart does not apply when any pesticide is applied on an agricultural establishment in the following circumstances:\n(a) For mosquito abatement, Mediterranean fruit fly eradication, or similar wide-area public pest control programs sponsored by governmental entities;\n(b) On livestock or other animals, or in or about animal premises;\n(c) On plants grown for other than commercial or research purposes, which may include plants in habitations, home fruit and vegetable gardens, and home greenhouses;\n(d) On plants that are in ornamental gardens, parks, and public or private lawns and grounds that are intended only for aesthetic purposes or climatic modification;\n(e) By injection directly into agricultural plants. Direct injection does not include “hack and squirt,” “frill and spray,” chemigation, soil-incorporation, or soil-injection;\n(f) In a manner not directly related to the production of agricultural plants, including, but not limited to, structural pest control, control of vegetation along rights-of-way and in other noncrop areas, and pasture and rangeland use;\n(g) For control of vertebrate pests;\n(h) As attractants or repellents in traps;\n(i) On the harvested portions of agricultural plants or on harvested timber; and\n(j) For research uses of unregistered pesticides.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS","PART 170—WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD","Subpart B—Standard for Workers"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"f79628382d50537e883dbe4de7cc3bb3199e66e60a734c4fbad100fd9e2e178b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-170.102","next":"us/40-cfr-170.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}