# 40 CFR § 170.103: Exceptions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.103

## Section

- **Citation:** 40 CFR § 170.103
- **Heading:** Exceptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 40—Protection of Environment > CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY > SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS > PART 170—WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD > Subpart B—Standard for Workers

## Text

Exceptions. This subpart does not apply when any pesticide is applied on an agricultural establishment in the following circumstances:
(a) For mosquito abatement, Mediterranean fruit fly eradication, or similar wide-area public pest control programs sponsored by governmental entities;
(b) On livestock or other animals, or in or about animal premises;
(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;
(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;
(e) By injection directly into agricultural plants. Direct injection does not include “hack and squirt,” “frill and spray,” chemigation, soil-incorporation, or soil-injection;
(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;
(g) For control of vertebrate pests;
(h) As attractants or repellents in traps;
(i) On the harvested portions of agricultural plants or on harvested timber; and
(j) For research uses of unregistered pesticides.
[57 FR 38151, Aug. 21, 1992. Redesignated at 60 FR 21952, May 3, 1995]

## Nearby sections

- [40 CFR § 170.1 § 170.1 Scope and purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.1.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.2 § 170.2 Implementation and expiration dates.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.2.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.3 § 170.3 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.3.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.7 § 170.7 General duties and prohibited actions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.7.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.9 § 170.9 Violations of this part.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.9.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.102 § 170.102 Applicability of this subpart.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.102.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.103 § 170.103 Exceptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.103.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.104 § 170.104 Exemptions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.104.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.110 § 170.110 Restrictions associated with pesticide applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.110.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.112 § 170.112 Entry restrictions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.112.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.120 § 170.120 Notice of applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.120.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.122 § 170.122 Providing specific information about applications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.122.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.124 § 170.124 Notice of applications to handler employers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.124.md)
- [40 CFR § 170.130 § 170.130 Pesticide safety training for workers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-170.130.md)

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