[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR170.210]

[Page 260-261]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 170_WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart C_Standard for Pesticide Handlers
 
Sec. 170.210  Restrictions during applications.

    (a) Contact with workers and other persons. The handler employer and 
the handler shall assure that no pesticide is applied so as to contact, 
either directly or through drift, any worker or other person, other than 
an appropriately trained and equipped handler.
    (b) Handlers handling highly toxic pesticides. The handler employer 
shall assure that any handler who is performing any handling activity 
with a product that has the skull and crossbones symbol on the front 
panel of the label is monitored visually or by voice communication at 
least every 2 hours.
    (c) Fumigant applications in greenhouses. The handler employer shall 
assure:
    (1) That any handler who handles a fumigant in a greenhouse, 
including a handler who enters the greenhouse before the acceptable 
inhalation exposure level or ventilation criteria have been met to 
monitor air levels or to initiate ventilation, maintains continuous 
visual or voice contact with another handler.
    (2) That the other handler has immediate access to the personal 
protective equipment required by the fumigant labeling for handlers in 
the event entry

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into the fumigated greenhouse becomes necessary for rescue.