Terms Used In 40 CFR Part 169 - Books and Records of Pesticide Production and Distribution

• batch: means a quantity of a pesticide product or active ingredient used in producing a pesticide made in one operation or lot or if made in a continuous or semi-continuous process or cycle, the quantity produced during an interval of time to be specified by the producer. See 40 CFR 169.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• device: means any device or class of device as defined by the Act and determined by the Administrator to be subject to the provisions of the Act. See 40 CFR 169.1
• inability: means the incapacity of any person to maintain, furnish or permit access to any records under this Act and regulations, where such incapacity arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of such person. See 40 CFR 169.1
• producer: means the person, as defined by the Act, who produces or imports any pesticide or device or active ingredient used in producing a pesticide. See 40 CFR 169.1