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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.180.361 Pendimethalin;  tolerances for residues

Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide pendimethalin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of pendimethalin, [N–(1–ethylpropyl)–3,4–dimethyl–2,6–dinitrobenzenamine] and its metabolite, 4–[ (1–ethylpropyl)amino]–2–methyl–3,5–dinitrobenzyl alcohol, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on the commodity.

Commodity

Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage

80

Alfalfa, hay

150

Alfalfa, seed

0.10

Almond, hulls

6.0

Apple, wet pomace

0.20

Artichoke, globe

0.1

Asparagus

0.15

Beans

0.10

Beans, forage

0.10

Beans, hay

0.10

Berry, low growing subgroup 13-07G

0.1

Brassica head and stem, subgroup 5-A

0.1

Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B

0.20

Bushberry subgroup 13-07B

0.10

Caneberry subgroup 13-07A

0.10

Carrot

0.5

Citrus, oil

0.5

Corn, field, forage

0.1

Corn, field, grain

0.1

Corn, field, stover

0.1

Corn, pop, grain

0.1

Corn, sweet, forage

0.1

Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed

0.1

Corn, sweet, stover

0.1

Cotton, gin byproducts

3.0

Cotton, undelinted seed

0.1

Crayfish

0.05

Fruit, citrus, group 10-10

0.1

Fruit, pome, group 11-10

0.1

Fruit, small vine climbing, except grape, subgroup 13-07E

0.10

Fruit, stone, group 12-12

0.1

Grape

0.1

Grass, forage, fodder, and hay crop group 17, forage

1,000

Grass, forage, fodder, and hay crop group 17, hay

2,000

Hop, dried cones

0.1

Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B

0.2

Lettuce, leaf

4.0

Melon subgroup 9A

0.10

Monarda, fresh leaves

0.2

Monarda, oil

1

Nut, tree, group 14-12

0.10

Olive

0.1

Onion, bulb subgroup 3-07A

0.1

Onion, green subgroup 3-07B

0.2

Peanut

0.1

Peanut, hay

0.1

Peas (except field peas)

0.10

Peppermint, oil

1.0

Peppermint, tops

0.2

Pomegranate

0.10

Potato

0.1

Rice, grain

0.1

Rosemary, fresh leaves

0.2

Rosemary, oil

1

Sorghum, forage

0.1

Sorghum, grain, grain

0.1

Sorghum, grain, stover

0.1

Soybean, forage

0.1

Soybean, hay

0.1

Soybean, seed

0.1

Spearmint, oil

1.0

Spearmint, tops

0.2

Sugarcane, cane

0.1

Sunflower subgroup 20B

0.1

Turnip greens

0.20

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10

0.1

Vegetable, soybean, succulent

0.10

Wheat, grain

0.10

Wheat, forage

3.0

Wheat, hay

0.60

Wheat, straw

0.30

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide pendimethalin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on commodities listed in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring only the sum of pendimethalin (N–(1–ethylpropyl)–3,4–dimethyl–2,6–dinitrobenzenamine)) and its metabolite, 1–(1–ethylpropyl)–5, 6–dimethyl–7–nitro–1H–benzimidazole (metabolite 6), calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of pendimethalin, in or on the commodity.

Commodity

Parts

per

million

Cattle, fat

0.30

Cattle, meat

0.10

Cattle, meat byproduct

3.0

Goats, fat

0.30

Goats, meat

0.10

Goats, meat byproduct

3.0

Horse, fat

0.30

Horse, meat

0.10

Horse, byproduct

3.0

Milk

0.04

Sheep, fat

0.30

Sheep, meat

0.10

Sheep, meat byproduct

3.0

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances specified in the following table are established for combined residues of the herbicide pendimethalin, [N–(1–ethylpropyl)–3,4–dimethyl–2,6–dinitrobenzenamine], and its metabolite 4–[ (1–ethylpropyl)amino]–2–methyl–3,5–dinitrobenzyl alcohol, in or on the specified agricultural commodities, resulting from use of the pesticide pursuant to FIFRA section 18 emergency exemptions. The tolerances expire and are revoked on the date specified in the table.

Commodity

Parts per million

Expiration/revocation date

Bermuda grass, forage

25

12/31/10

Bermuda grass, hay

60

12/31/10

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

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