Exception Decisions to Early Entry Prohibition, Worker Protection Standard; Technical Amendment

EPA is modifying its worker protection regulation to provide notice of an additional administrative exception to the general prohibition on early entry into pesticide-treated areas contained in the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) issued under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The exception allows, under specific conditions, early entry for workers to hand harvest greenhouse grown cut-roses. To ensure that the regulated community is aware of this and future administrative exceptions to the early-entry prohibition, EPA is amending the WPS to add a new paragraph to Sec. 170.112(e)(7) which informs the regulated community where to locate Federal Register notices that set forth the terms and conditions of the administrative exceptions.