{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-176.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 176.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The terms have the same meaning as in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act section 2, and in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act section 201 and § 166.3 of this chapter. In addition, the following terms are defined for the purposes of this part.\nAgency means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\nApplicant means any entity authorized under section 18 of FIFRA to request an emergency exemption that requests such an exemption under § 166.20 of this chapter, or issues a crisis exemption under § 166.40 of this chapter.\nCrisis exemption means an exemption authorized under FIFRA section 18, in accordance with §§ 166.40 through 166.53 of this chapter.\nEmergency exemption means a specific, quarantine, or public health exemption authorized under FIFRA section 18 and the regulations at §§ 166.20 through 166.35 of this chapter.\nEPA means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.\nFFDCA means the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.).\nFIFRA means the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C 136 et seq.).\nTolerance means the maximum amount of a pesticide chemical residue that may lawfully be present in or on a raw agricultural commodity, or processed food, or animal feed, expressed as parts per million by weight of the pesticide chemical residue in the food or feed.\nTolerance exemption means a formal determination by the Agency pursuant to FFDCA section 408(c), 21 U.S.C 346a(c), that no tolerance is needed for a given pesticide chemical residue in or on a particular food commodity. For purposes of this part, the term “tolerance” shall include an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS","PART 176—TIME-LIMITED TOLERANCES FOR EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS"],"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":"512cad15b631b478d38d2cf6354d4b3a8437c3251e8bc4207e010d4a47ef7ac4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-176.1","next":"us/40-cfr-176.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}