The Secretary is hereby empowered to petition the Federal Environmental Protection Agency for any exemption or dispensation allowable under the Federal Insecticides, Fungicides and Rodenticides Act (FIFRA) as amended, included under §§ 18 and 24(C) of said federal act.The Secretary shall determine, through regulations, the requirements for said dispensations and may establish the agreements, working committees, requirements for data and information, etc., and standards that he/she may deem necessary, including the notification and requirements regarding any type of experiment that is performed in Puerto Rico.The Secretary is hereby empowered to issue emergency exemptions pursuant to the provisions of § 18 of the abovementioned federal law, as well as of this chapter, after obtaining said authorization from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. The granting of said registries shall comply with the terms and conditions of said authorization and any other rule or regulation promulgated under federal jurisdiction. History —June 10, 1953, No. 49 p. 120, added as § 5-D on Aug. 21, 1999, No. 278, § 8.
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