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Code of Federal Regulations Title 40. Protection of Environment § 40.180.607 Spiromesifen;  tolerances for residues

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide/miticide spiromesifen, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of spiromesifen [2–oxo–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–4–yl 3,3–dimethylbutanoate] and 4–hydroxy–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–2–one, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of spiromesifen, in or on the following primary crop commodities:

Commodity

Parts per million

Bean, dry

0.02

Bean, edible podded

0.80

Bean, succulent

0.10

Berry and small fruit, low growing berry, subgroup 13-07G

2.0

Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A

2.0

Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B

12

Coffee, green bean 1

0.20

Corn, field, forage

5.0

Corn, field, grain

0.02

Corn, field, stover

8.0

Corn, pop, grain

0.02

Corn, pop, stover

4.0

Corn, sweet, forage

17

Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed

0.02

Corn, sweet, stover

12

Cotton, gin byproducts

15

Cotton, undelinted seed

0.50

Cowpea, forage

30

Cowpea, hay

86

Leaf petiole subgroup 4B

6.0

Leafy greens subgroup 4A

12

Pea, dry, seed

0.20

Peppermint, tops

45

Spearmint, tops

45

Tea, dry

40

Tomato, paste

0.80

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9

0.10

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8

0.45

Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C

0.02

1 This use has not been registered in the United States as of August 28, 2018.

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide/miticide spiromesifen, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of spiromesifen [2–oxo–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–4–yl 3,3–dimethylbutanoate] and its metabolites containing the 4–hydroxy–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–2– one and 4–hydroxy–3–[4–(hydroxymethyl)–2,6–dimethylphenyl]– 1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–2–one moieties, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of spiromesifen, in the following livestock commodities:

Commodity

Parts per million

Cattle, fat

0.10

Cattle, meat

0.02

Cattle, meat byproducts

0.20

Goat, fat

0.10

Goat, meat

0.02

Goat, meat byproducts

0.20

Horse, fat

0.10

Horse, meat

0.02

Horse, meat byproducts

0.20

Milk

0.01

Milk, fat

0.25

Sheep, fat

0.10

Sheep, meat

0.02

Sheep, meat byproducts

0.20

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances specified in the following table are established for residues of the insecticide/miticide spiromesifen, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of spiromesifen [2–oxo–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–4–yl 3,3–dimethylbutanoate] and 4–hydroxy–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–2–one, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of spiromesifen, 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

Soybean, forage

30

12/31/14

Soybean, hay

86

12/31/14

Soybean, seed

0.02

12/31/14

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for the inadvertent or indirect residues of the insecticide/miticide spiromesifen, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities listed below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of spiromesifen [2–oxo–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–4–yl 3,3–dimethylbutanoate], 4–hydroxy–3–(2,4,6–trimethylphenyl)–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non–3–en–2–one, and its metabolites containing the 4–hydroxy–3–[4–(hydroxymethyl)–2,6–dimethylphenyl]–1–oxaspiro[4.4]non– 3–en–2–one moiety, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of spiromesifen, in the following rotational crop commodities:

Commodity

Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage

1.5

Alfalfa, hay

3.0

Barley, grain

0.03

Barley, hay

0.25

Barley, straw

0.15

Beet, sugar, roots

0.03

Beet, sugar, tops

0.20

Oat, forage

0.20

Oat, grain

0.03

Oat, hay

0.25

Oat, straw

0.25

Vegetable, bulb, group 3-07

0.09

Wheat, forage

0.20

Wheat, grain

0.03

Wheat, hay

0.15

Wheat, straw

0.25
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