A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize emergency action with respect to pesticides which present an imminent hazard to the public health.
Pesticide Tolerance Emergency Authority Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revoke exemptions, or establish or reduce tolerance levels, for raw agricultural commodity pesticides when necessary to prevent an imminent public health hazard. Makes such an order effective upon issuance.
Requires the Administrator to promptly notify an affected person of any such order. Grants such person five days (from the order's publication in the Federal Register) to request a public hearing. Requires: (1) such hearing to begin within five days of such request; and (2) such order to be affirmed or revised within ten days of the hearings's competition.
States that the effective date of any such order shall not be delayed during administrative or judicial review. Prohibits judicial review until completion of a hearing.
Requires the Administrator to revoke the exemption of ethylene dibromide and establish a raw agricultural commodity tolerance level for it within ten days.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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