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13127.5
. (a) The director, with the concurrence of the Secretary
for Environmental Protection, may defer the suspension of
registration of a pesticide product, as provided in Section 13127.2,
if both of the following occur:
(1) The director receives a petition from the registrant or any
other person requesting a deferral of suspension.
(2) The director makes a written finding of one of the following:
(A) Suspension of the registration of the product would cause
substantial economic hardship to the users of the product, that there
would be no significant, unmitigated human exposure to the product,
and that no feasible alternatives to the product are available.
(B) Suspension of the registration of the product would be more
detrimental to the agricultural or nonagricultural environment than
continued use of the product, that there would be no significant,
unmitigated human exposure to the product, and that no feasible
alternatives to the product are available.
(C) Suspension of the registration of the product would result in
significant risk to the public health and that no feasible
alternatives to the product are available.
(b) The director shall limit the use of any product granted a
deferral of suspension pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a)
to specific uses that conform to the director's findings pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).